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Nigerian soldiers of the 21 Brigade of the Nigerian Army deployed to rout Boko Haram from the dreaded Sambisa Forest in Borno State early Friday went on the rampage by turning against their officers and firing gunshots in all directions.
People familiar with the matter said the troops complained of mistreatment and then began to shoot indiscriminately, threatening to kill any officer who stands on their way.
“The brigade is based in Bama but is currently deployed at Bula Bello in Sambisa for Operation Rescue Final,” a military insider told PREMIUM TIMES.
“But suddenly soldiers started mutinying at 6AM today, firing in all directions and threatening to pull out of the operation.
“As some of them fire gunshots, some started preparing vehicles to move out of location. They also warned officers to steer clear or they would be shot dead.
“They are saying their commanders have been treating them badly and telling them lies. As I speak to you, the firing is still going on, and there is confusion everywhere.”
The commander of the Brigade, Col AG Laka, could not immediately be reached to comment for this story.
The Nigerian Army is yet to issue a statement on the incident.

Contacted, the spokesperson for the Army, Sani Usman, a brigadier general, declined comment on the development.
There have been repeated cases of mutiny by Nigerian soldiers since the war against Boko Haram began, and the Army has tried over 100 soldiers for the offence.

The worst case occurred in May 2014 when troops of 7 Division, angered by the death of 12 of their colleagues in a Boko Haram ambush, opened fire on the vehicle of their General Officer Commanding (GOC), Major General Ahmadu Mohammed.

http://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2016/12/16/breaking-soldiers-go-on-rampage-in-borno-turn-against-officers/

One of my injury members

By the time Buhari is, done you guys will all be going your separate ways courtesy of the 97-5% dichotomy

Wonderful!!

So Gambians wants dogs and baboons to soak in blood experience??

If only Gambia knew how dumb the man they are looking up to is.

Well, its a good news that there are people dumber than Nigeria.

The coalition of seven political parties that produced The Gambia President-elect, Adama Barrow, is looking up to President Muhammadu Buhari to deploy his vast experience, alongside other African leaders, to resolve the political logjam in the West African country.

According to a statement issued by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Femi Adesina, one of the coalition members, Hamad Bah, spoke with the media during the high-level ECOWAS /AU/UN Joint Mission to The Gambia on Tuesday.

He said: “We need the experience of President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria in many ways. Like President Jammeh, he is a former military officer, so he knows how the military thinks, and would be able to talk to him appropriately.

“Again, President Buhari was in the opposition in Nigeria for about 12 years, before he won election in 2015. So, he also knows how the opposition thinks. He can feel what we feel. We are quite glad that President Buhari is here, it gives us a lot of hope.”

The high-level team, in series of meetings that lasted the whole of Tuesday, met with President Jammeh, twice, conferred with Barrow, consulted with security chiefs, members of the diplomatic community, leadership of the electoral commission, and many other interest groups.



The consensus was that President Jammeh needed to respect the result of the December 1 election, which he had earlier accepted, congratulated the winner, only to recant a week later, calling for fresh polls “to be conducted by a God-fearing electoral commission.”

http://linkis.com/thenationonlineng.net/8uk4t

lalasticlala mynd44

Another senior Nigerian Army officer has been killed by suspected Boko Haram militants.
The officer, O. Umusu, a Lieutenant Colonel and Commanding Officer, 118 Task Force Battalion in Borno State, was killed alongside his security details, by an Improvised Explosive Device in an ambush Monday evening.

Military insiders said the officer and his men were returning from Maiduguri to their location towards Baga. The incident happened between Sari and Gudumbali.

Their remains were evacuated to 7 Division Medical Services and Hospital, our sources said.
This is the fourth lieutenant colonel the army is losing in two months.


More details coming…

http://omojuwa.com/2016/12/breaking-another-nigerian-lieutenant-colonel-killed-suspected-boko-haram/

Imagine hoisting the Biafran flag inside the court premises in Abuja


See where Buhari has catapulted these people with his stubborn disposition

mightyhazell:
Am confused!

Who do I believe now

The same way you cudn't believe we are sliding into recession

"we have decimated bokoharam"


May amadioha send Buhari on an errand to his ancestors

Tell them to shut up.....they wont listen


They go about yelling how they are decimating Bokoharam

Police say two explosions have ripped through a market in northeast Nigeria’s Madagali town, and a survivor says they killed at least 10 people.

Boko Haram Islamic extremists are blamed for the attack Friday morning on the edge of the group’s Sambisa Forest stronghold, which Nigeria’s military has been bombing ahead of ground assaults.

Since the military has dislodged the extremists from towns and villages this year, the insurgents have been attacking soft targets.

Survivor Ahmadu Gulak says the two explosions struck simultaneously at opposite ends of the market selling grains and vegetables. He says he counted at least 10 bodies and many wounded people being ferried to a nearby hospital by ambulance.

Police spokesman Othman Abubakar confirms the blasts but says he has no toll of victims yet.

http://omojuwa.com/2016/12/just-two-bomb-blasts-kill-10-madagali-town-market-bokoharam-blamed/

Buhari and his band of ministers are complete public disgrace!

That you did not know they will win, therefore you did not prepare for there benefits.

So you made preparations with millions and sent them out to go fail

“Don’t forget that nobody even knew the team will emerge victorious". “If we were confident they will emerge victorious, all the federation would have done is to plan for process of participation and entitlement.''


From this statement we can infer that:

1)That the Minister did not expect our girls winning- classic case of the administration. FAILURE.!!

2) That if the girls had lost, they would not be paid a dime.

I thought the girls played against Cameroon as the only opponent; I didn't know they were also playing against Nigerian officials spiritually

The Minister of Youths and Sports, Mr. Solomon Dalung, on Thursday said the Federal Government did not expect the Super Falcons to win the just-concluded CAF African Women Cup of Nations in Cameroon.

He said that was why the government was currently facing difficulties in paying the players’ entitlements.

Dalung spoke with State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja amidst continued protests by members of the victorious Falcons over their unpaid allowances.



The players had seized the trophy they won at the competition and said they would hold on to the trophy until the authorities concerned offset the N238.05m accumulated bonuses which they are being owed.

They had threatened that if President Muhammadu Buhari refused to address their grievances at the Federal Executive Council’s meeting on Wednesday, they would embark on protest on the streets of Abuja.

But the minister said the situation could have been avoided if the Nigerian Football Federation had envisaged that the team would win and put in place the process of paying their entitlements.

He said, “Don’t forget that nobody even knew the team will emerge victorious.

“If we were confident they will emerge victorious, all the federation would have done is to plan for process of participation and entitlement.

“It is already established in sports tradition, when you win this is what you are entitled to.

“The situation is highly unfortunate and I don’t like it. These girls have given confidence to women who want to embrace sports, so this will go a long way in killing this laudable achievement. It is unfortunate but we will make sure the right thing is done.”

The minister said his position had always remained that the process of request for funds for sporting projects must come earlier to meet the objectives.

He said if the federation had requested for funds on time, the process of settling the players would have been easier.

The minister admitted that the matter was not handled properly, regretting that there are also issues of outstanding payment of coaches.

http://punchng.com/never-knew-falcons-will-win-awcon-says-minister/

Akinwunmi Adesina, former minister of agriculture, says the Goodluck Jonathan administration was mocked for introducing cassava flour and bread, which he claims all Nigerians now eat.

Speaking at the African Economic Conference in Abuja on Monday, Adesina said Africa must work on feeding itself and the world via import substitution.

“When I was minister in Nigeria, we moved aggressively on import substitution with use of cassava flour for use as composite flours in bread making and confectionery industries,” he said.

“People laughed us to scorn: Nigerians, they said, would never eat bread made from cassava flour. Well, unknown to Nigerians, flour millers, small, medium and large, have now all shifted to partial substitution of wheat flour with cassava composite flours.

“Don’t look for ‘cassava bread’, all your bread is now cassava composite flour-based. The industry has shifted. The story is not just in Nigeria. As we speak, several countries have taken the homegrown policy in Nigeria to help reduce their wheat imports, including Liberia, Togo and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).”

He said a “young graduate, Noel, from Bukavu in Democratic Republic of Congo, together with his colleagues, have moved into agribusiness. In just a little over one year, they manufacture cassava flour, well-packaged and standardised for bakers”.

“Today, Noel and his team 4 generate income of $4,000 per week, or $16,000 a month, or $196,000 per year. That means they are making over N78 million annually if converted into naira at the official interbank market rate. They are already multi-millionaires.

“He that has ears let him hear: The key to Africa’s prosperity is value addition in agriculture, in turning our products to money, in looking inwards. Africa must feed itself.”

Adesina said to take new agricultural technologies to scale, AfDB will soon be launching a new $800 million initiative – Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) – with the goal of reaching 40 million farmers over ten years.

He said the bank would invest $24 billion in agriculture and agribusiness over the next ten years.

https://www.thecable.ng/akinwunmi-adesina-we-were-mocked-for-it-but-everyone-now-eats-cassava-bread?utm_source=nnd&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=nnd

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I believe this is personally directed at the inventor of cultism and runaway/fugitive white bearded Nigerian busybody taking refuge in US.

Wole Sonyinka is a naive shallow minded educated Nigerian man but an illiterate by American standard.

USA is not a nation as NIGERIA where the people and leadership abhor integrity and embrace corruption!.

America is a democracy where the rule of laws are observed by every individual no matter your statue!

Wole Sonyinka should surrender his green card to US Homeland Security before been forced by law to do so!

I am ready to go to court in America to enforce the law against Wole Soyinka.

Green card is a privilege offered by the State an not a right!

hmmmm

The President-elect of the United States, Donald Trump, has warned that anybody who burns American flag or destroys permit card may lose citizenship or go to jail.

He posted this on his Twitter handle on Tuesday.

“Nobody should be allowed to burn the American flag - if they do, there must be consequences - perhaps loss of citizenship or years in jail!,” he said.




Read more at http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/international/burn-american-flag-go-to-jail--trump-warns/173772.html#USDEpBZeimCeubDY.99

Soyinka you are on your own

Don't let trump start with you

Jesusloveyou:
but not the division of south Africa
And mko struggle would have also lead to liberation of Nigeria

Mandela fought against imposition/occupation/oppression by foreigners.

Nnamdi Kanu is fighting against imposition/occupation/oppression by foreigners

MKO fought for his personal and political gain and was rightly handled

SillyMods:
Same way we warned Dilector KANU but he refused to heed our advice. See where his strong head has landed him!

Kanu and MKO struggle are different matters entirely.

Mandela was also warned but his resoluteness led to the liberation of South Africa

Do they ever listen to advice

The same way we warned Tinubu against supporting Buhari.

The only difference between Tinubu and Abiola presently is that MKO is late

I tell you.....Buhari is an irredeemable senile old and hallucinating fool.

What concerns the now sterilized voyager with whats happening in South Sudan

Smelly mallam with bad breathe is worried about South Sudan while his own people are suffering acute hunger and insecurity.

This Buhari is a shameless man walahi

He that pushed and old woman should not bother how she falls......


The people of Niger delta/Igbos have been pushed severally