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Politics › Re: Fulani Herdsmen And Bandits Have Started Fleeing Nigeria - Patrick Anum by AlphaTaikun: 3:27pm On Nov 05, 2025

Christistruth00:
Nigeria Security agencies should use Mobile telephone tracking technologies to pinpoint their destination in Cameroon and hand it over to the Cameroon Police and Soldiers

I totally agree with you here.

These foreign Fula militia bandits from the Sahellian countries of Cameroon, Niger Republic, Mali, Burkina Faso, Senegal, etc, were the same criminals Nasir El-Rufai paid millions of Nigerian Naira to over the killings by these Fulas of innocent Southern Kaduna citizens when he was the Kaduna State Governor as revealed in his 2017 Channels Television interview which is still on YouTube and which several media outlets criticized him for. Nasir El-Rufai should have contacted the INTERPOL to bring them to justice. This is why Southern Kaduna disliked the APC but now, many of their strong politicians including Audu Maikori have NOW joined APC from the PDP because the current Kaduna Governor Uba who was a member strong member of the Pro-democracy activists during the June 12 struggle in the 1990s (just like Senator Shehu Sani) is totally different in character and temperament from that insidious Nasir El-Rufai.

If this report is found to be TRUE in the absence of any video EVIDENCE or recordings, they are moving into the Fulani-speaking part of Northern Cameroon in the "Adamaoua Region" which is a larger extension of Adamawa in Nigeria.

This news MUST be properly verified to ensure that it's NOT propaganda BUT if it isn't, I'm NOT surprised as Donald Trump's tactless and rambling comments and posts would have alerted them to start escaping anyway. This should have been a covert operation with the United States working in alliance with Nigerian Special Forces.

I propose that these Cameroon Fula settlements should be militarily targeted in partnership with Cameroonian military forcesto eliminate these bandits in any U.S. invasions BECAUSE most of the foreign Fula militia bandits crossing into Nigeria are from Cameroon, Niger Republic, Mali, Burkina Faso, as far as Mauritania the original dispersal point of ALL Fulas whose paternal lineage is of Berber North African origin. The invading Berber/Arabs of the Morocco/Algeria regions fathered children with black women who were used as part of their harems and that's how Fulas began to evolve centuries back.

Politics › Re: Fulani Herdsmen And Bandits Have Started Fleeing Nigeria - Patrick Anum by AlphaTaikun: 3:11pm On Nov 05, 2025

MadeInTokyo:
There has also been sightings of movement of large convoys of fulani herdsmen and bandits on bikes leaving the country across several other borders in the North

The greedy Chinese Government is also funding these terrorists in Nigeria

Foreign Affairs › "600,000 AMERICANS LOOKING for JOBS in Africa - U.S. Crisis Shocks the World" by AlphaTaikun(op): 2:57pm On Nov 05, 2025

"Here’s Why 600,000 Americans Are Looking for Jobs in Africa — U.S. Crisis Shocks the World"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWv9_ldSscA
African Spotlight 24 •

Politics › Re: Fulani Herdsmen And Bandits Have Started Fleeing Nigeria - Patrick Anum by AlphaTaikun: 2:28pm On Nov 05, 2025

MadeInTokyo:
https://x.com/patrickanum/status/1985960339167494186

This development comes amidst United States imminent military operations in Nigeria against jihadist terrorists groups operating in Nigeria.

The foreign Fula militia bandits would naturally flee ONLY to come back though the non-existent land borders routes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1zvMNhsYcw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c49zkWs8ixM&pp=0gcJCQMKAYcqIYzv

Foreign Affairs › "Rome Tower Collapse" by AlphaTaikun(op): 2:22pm On Nov 05, 2025

"After Scary Rome Tower Collapse, Death Toll Revealed; PM Giorgia Meloni Says This As Probe Launched"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktL5-yKi2Is
Hindustan Times •

Foreign Affairs › "B.Oris3" by AlphaTaikun(op): 1:57pm On Nov 05, 2025*

Yorùbá and The Diaspora - Part 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2vgab1VkNA?si=xf6Kl145S6Up_m74
Busuyi Oris•
Explore the rich legacy of the Yorùbá people beyond their homeland in this captivating video, 'Yorùbá in the Diaspora.' From vibrant communities in other African countries to their influence in the Americas, Europe, and the Caribbean, discover how Yorùbá culture, language, and traditions continue to thrive and shape global history. Join us as we trace their journeys and celebrate their enduring heritage.

Travel › Re: Air Peace Pilots Test Positive For Alcohol After Port Harcourt Runway Overshoot by AlphaTaikun: 1:54pm On Nov 05, 2025

OboOlora:
People trivializing this do not understand the safety hazards that is embedded and comparing it to DANFO drivers that do same is very foolish. Road accidents have a 50% fatality rate while air is 100%

I know for sure that pilots and footballers are given unexpected and routine alcohol and drug swab tests, why has AIRPEACE or NACAA not been doing this.

U see why people would prefer to fly BA for £1500 instead of airpeace for £800?

If they can drink and smoke cana before flying, what is the assurance they wont take turns on air hostesses in the cockpit while the plane is on autopilot.

This is why I avoid anything Nigerian, including its citizens.

So many bad happenings associated with that country n its people.
Oshi!

@OboOlora

Your post is LARGELY succinct.

Your reference to: "Taking turns on air hostesses in the cockpit while the plane is on "autopilot" got my imagination activated though. However, there have in reality been cases of Caucasian pilots (British and American) making out and taking turns on air hostesses in the cockpit in the recent past.

Foreign Affairs › Re: US Department Of War Strikes Vessel Operated By Designated Terrorists - Hegseth by AlphaTaikun: 1:31pm On Nov 05, 2025

favour32:
You are right.

No Southern president has the balls to deal with Northern terrorists.

Their brother, President Yar' dua,was an exception.

He dealth with Northern terrorists in his two years of presidency.

In reality, Umaru Yar'Adua's Government DIDN'T deal totally and decisively with the insidious Northern terror sects and the extremely porous and non-existent borders made matters WORSE. After the killing of BH's founder Muhammed Yusuf in Borno State, the remnants of BH (The fanatical Islamist sect known officially as JAS, which was founded in 2002 during the OBJ Presidency in Borno State) ONLY got bolder and stronger by affiliating themselves with Al-Qaeda after Muhammed Yusuf's death in the hands of security agents who Yar'Adua had ordered to take them down in 2009. In 2006 for example, I remember reading about how members of JAS (aka BH) in bloody invasions attacked Panshekara in Kano State with guns, bows and arrows until the security agencies repelled them with Police helicopters and more from Kano and it was widely reported in the media such as Punch newspaper and the TheNEWS magazine how some youths who were University graduates and members of JAS (BH) from some prominent families burned their certificates and became radicalized Islamically in the Wahabi doctrine which is the strictest form of Islam. I must add that it was around 2009 that the name BH (Bok* Haram a Hausa derogatory name for JAS which JAS doesn't like to be addressed as) became popular in the North because it was former President Umaru Yar'Adua who made it popular. The original name of the terror group is JAS, or in full romanised: [Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād].

This is the same thing the the Tuareg jihadi groups operating in Mali, Niger Republic and Burkina Faso such as JNIM did by affiliating themselves with Al-Qaeda to get more funding and training support.

The ONLY long-term solution I see in the horizons is for the world's major super powers and all the West African countries to team up together using advanced Intel, advanced satellite surveillance systems, several attack drones, war planes, boots on the ground and more to jointly defeat the foreign Fula bandits operating in the West African Sahel countries, the jihadi terror groups such as JNIM, (BH and it's breakaway faction called ISWAP in Nigeria) operating in Mali, Niger Republic, Burkina Faso, parts of Northern Benin Republic, Northern Nigeria, Chad, Northern Cameroon, Northern Cote D'Ivoire, Somalia, Mozambique, etc. This is the ONLY way Western investments can be safe in the entire African countries. Nigeria and other countries cannot win this war alone with joint military operations. Even the United States alone has NOT defeated Al-Shabab of Somalia after several years of intermittent bombings by U.S. combat jets.

A joint total war MUST also be declared on those operating in the Middle East before they lay there hands on portable nuclear weapons. Right now, ALL these terror groups use attack drones which they definitely got through the arms black markets via Iran and Turkey who produced very efficient drones and Iranian drones are being used by Russia in it's war with Ukraine as we speak.

Foreign Affairs › Re: US Department Of War Strikes Vessel Operated By Designated Terrorists - Hegseth by AlphaTaikun: 12:00pm On Nov 05, 2025

Ttalk:
That's the spirit of no nonsense being display, but in Nigeria the government must attach known and unknown sentiment to it. Playing politics and trying to be politically correct.

When are the Southern presidents going to have ball to confront the establishment that has rendered us weak and devastated

Obasanjo in trying to preserve his government, allow Sharia to be established laying the foundation for terrorist to build.

Jonathan came and watched helplessly as the destroyed his government through bombing and mass kidnapping, he failed to prosecute the terrorist he claimed were in his government, despite his complacency, he was booted out.

Today Tinubu the so called strategist master seems lost in his wisdom as the terrorist dares him with their open gun display while they come to the town to drink fura de nunu while engaging the government representative and giving them condition.

Now that Trump has disrupted the camaraderie that exist between the terrorist and every government in power, by telling us to put our house in order or he will come and take out the terrorist, the same Nigeria's that are helpless in the hands of the terrorist are crying of invasion

If terrorist sympathiser in the north are crying, it will be stupid of the middle belt and the South to echo same propaganda .

I wonder why the Southerners allowed the North to think for them, it is not today that the North start to detest US for standing against terrorist.

It is shameful to read so many unfounded conspiracy theories coming from the North and their lakky southerners. So irritating and disgustingy.

Shame

I'm on the same page with you with reference to the bolded.

Indeed, the Southern Nigeria Presidents right from OBJ to GEJ (In 2014 under Goodluck Jonathan, the Fula militia bandits were declared the 4th deadliest terror group on Earth by the Global Terrorism Index) and the current one have NOT kicked enough ass against the favoritism given to foreign Fula militia bandits, the foreign Tuareg bandits known as Lakurawa from Niger Republic and Mali terrorizing Nigerian communities. The JNIM jihadi groups from the Tuaregs of Northern Mali and Niger Republic too have also attacked Nigeria for the first time in Kwara just last week killing a soldier as reported in the media. The BH too are getting logistics through Chad and Niger Republic so it's a very big issue which calls for BIGGER international intelligence corporations.

The Hausas too in online videos I've seen since 2024 have vowed NOT to vote for any Fula politician as Governors or President because the Fulas have been allowing their foreign Fula militia bandits cousins to attack the majority indigenous Hausa people and the Middle Belt communities for years now. The foreign Fulas are also stealing Hausa lands and renaming the communities with Fula names.

President 'Bola Tinubu and his team have to wake up firm in calling the Fula bluff, and deal decisively with the Fula bandits. The Tuareg-led Lakurawa bandits and BH in the Yobe and Borno States areas can then be taken care of as well [and then proceed to build strong physical walls made from stabilized bricks with electric fencings and a strong biometrics database] to separate Nigeria from Chad, Cameroon, Niger Republic and Benin where these insidious bandits from the West African Sahel countries come from.

If these are done, the Hausas, the Middle Belt States and indeed many Nigerians will re-elect him in 2027 due to improved security. Period.

Politics › Re: Trump's Threat: China, EU, ECOWAS Express Solidarity With Nigeria by AlphaTaikun: 11:14am On Nov 05, 2025

Putindbutt:
Those who stood with Tinubu to reject military coup in Niger republic are also standing with him to reject Trump.

Succinctly stated. The attached image from Vanguard newspaper website says it all.

Politics › Re: Trump's Threat: China, EU, ECOWAS Express Solidarity With Nigeria by AlphaTaikun: 10:48am On Nov 05, 2025*

Pakute:
China and the European Union (EU) said yesterday they were solidly behind Nigeria in its efforts to wipe out terrorists, bandits and other criminals.

Also, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) pointed out that reports show that terrorist-related violence does not discriminate based on gender, religion, ethnicity or age.

No religious colouration to country’s insecurity - EU

EU Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs and Security, Anouar El Anouni, who reacted to Trump’s threat, reaffirmed the bloc’s commitment to freedom of religion and belief, and to the protection of all communities.

“The EU expresses its solidarity with all the communities and families affected by the violence, including the recent large-scale attacks in the Southern belt of Nigeria and in the Northeast,’’ El Anouni added.

He assured that the European bloc has taken note of the statements made by the American administration concerning Nigeria.

El Anouni added: ‘’The EU reaffirms its commitment to freedom of religion and belief, and to the protection of all communities, especially to minorities, and we underline our commitment to the peaceful coexistence of the Nigerian population, beyond geographical, ethnic, political, or religious differences.

‘’We recognise the many factors behind the violence in Nigeria. Let us note that religion is only one of these factors, and only in certain instances.

“The European Union cooperates with the competent Nigerian authorities and implements multi-faceted support in Nigeria to prevent violence, to encourage the consolidation of peace and to assist the victims of violence and forced displacement.”

China Warns US Against Interference In Nigeria’s Affairs

In Beijing, China’s Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, Mao Ning, told reporters at a news conference that Beijing would not turn its back on a ‘’comprehensive strategic partner’’ like Nigeria, especially in its time of challenge.

“We oppose any country’s interference in other countries’ internal affairs under the pretext of religion and human rights. We oppose the wanton threat of sanctions and use of force,” Ning said.

“As a comprehensive strategic partner of Nigeria, China firmly supports the Nigerian government in leading its people to a development path that fits Nigeria’s national realities,” he added.

Trump’s genocide claim divisive, dangerous for region’s cohesion - ECOWAS

In a statement yesterday in Abuja, ECOWAS drew the attention of its partners and the international community to the growing level of violence that terrorist groups of different colouration have perpetrated in some countries in the West African region, including Nigeria.

It said it was important for all to note that perpetrators of violence target innocent civilians of all religious denominations, including Muslims, Christians, and adherents to other religions.

The regional bloc rejected ‘’false and dangerous claims’’ that seek to deepen insecurity in communities and weaken social cohesion in the region.

The statement reads in part: “Perpetrators of this violence target innocent civilians of all religious denominations, including Muslims, Christians, and adherents to other religions.

“As independent reports have confirmed over the years, terrorist-related violence does not discriminate based on gender, religion, ethnicity or age.

“ECOWAS calls on the United Nations and all partners to support member states in their fight against these groups and to treat as false any claims that these terrorist groups target one group, or that there is a genocide of one religious group in the region.

ECOWAS calls on the whole world to stand by the countries in the region in their fight against terrorism that targets all communities.’’

https://thenationonlineng.net/china-eu-ecowas-no-religious-colouration-to-countrys-insecurity/

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2025/11/trumps-threat-eu-expresses-solidarity-with-nigeria/

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2025/11/ecowas-dismisses-christian-genocide-allegations-says-claims-threaten-regional-unity/

As a man who has a deep knowledge of global geopolitical dynamics, I can say here and NOW that ONLY joint military operations between Nigeria and the United States with advanced attacked drones and U.S. Intel are needed here instead of a unilateral U.S. military attack WITHOUT the permission of President 'Bola Tinubu. The war on jihadi or Islamist terror groups and foreign Tuareg and Fula militia bandits operating in Nigeria and the West African Sahel countries MUST be a global effort contrary to the beliefs of some highly uninformed posters and commentators online and offline who think this is a Nigerian Goverment inneficiency.

The European Union, China, and ECOWAS have spoken very well here. I appreciate aspects of Donald Trump's concerns BUT he shouldn't have talked about Xtian genocide alone but he should have spoken for the Muslims as well. The United States too CANNOT be totally exonerated from the historical sharp rise of these insidious jihadi terror groups and foreign Fula militia bandits in the West African Sahel countries over the decades due to the removal of Muamar Gaddafi of Libya from power which destabilized Libya further including the Sahel countries of West Africa which led to a proliferation of heavy weapons and other small weapons and ammunition in the hands of non-state actors such as the Tuareg rebels of Mali and Niger Republic (who had worked as Gaddafi's body guards and security men) including foreign Fula militia bandits who now use small surveillance drones and relentlessly kidnap for ransom, murder, and as we speak, more than half of Mali and Burkina Faso including parts of Niger Republic are under the firm control of the JNIM jihadi group led by the Tuaregs of Mali who are affiliated with Al-Qaeda to take over countries West Africa for Islamization.

While it's TRUE that foreign Fula militia bandits have attacked indigenous people especially in the Middle Belt States of Nigeria (Southern Kaduna, Benue, Plateau, Taraba, Adamawa, parts of Niger State, parts of Kwara, parts of Kogi) where you have indigenous Xtian or indigenous religion adherents, the far Northern Nigeria States of the North West and North East of Nigeria too where you have a huge population of Muslims have ALSO lost many of their lives and lands even far more than the Middle Belt to these Fula bandits.

They have ALSO been attacked by BH, JNIM jihadi group from Mali, Mamuda, Lakurawa who are Tuaregs. So, you can ALL see that it's majorly foreignerscfrom the West African Sahel countries such as the Fulas and Tuaregs of JNIM from Mali Mamuda and Lakurawa that are fueling the Nigerian banditry and jihadi attacks through the non-existent borders between Nigeria and other countries. The Colonialists did NOT build walls separating one country they created from the other so the criminal gangs just cross illegally into Nigeria to cause havoc. Period.

So, this is beyond the Nigerian military who have really tried their BEST to eradicate these gangs. This MUST be a collaborative effort to deal holistically with the jihadis especially in Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger Republic and Nigeria. If you deal with the bandits and jihadis such as BH in the North East of Nigeria, WITHOUT building walls or physical barriers separating Nigeria from Chad, Cameroon, Niger Republic and Northern Benin Republic, and have effective biometrics and identification systems in place, more of these Fula militia bandits and jihadis will still find their way into Nigeria in an endless cycle.

The United States (and her allies) over the years are unfortunately historically responsible for providing training and funding in millions of USD to Osama Bin Laden and other jihadi groups in Afghanistan who were fighting the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan from the late 1970s till the 1980s during the Cold War era to checkmate USSR's global military influence. So, Trump should know BETTER not to point fingers at Nigeria or take unilateral actions WITHOUT military collaborations with Nigeria. The Malians, Niger Republic and Burkina Faso too have badly mismanaged their war on the JNIM jihadi group of Mali because they over relied on Russia which has been distracted by an ongoing war to deal with in Ukraine.

Politics › Re: Christian Killings: I Never Replied Trump, Who Am I To Reply Him? - Akpabio by AlphaTaikun: 9:13am On Nov 05, 2025

nairalanda1:
No, protocol.

The response to trump will come from either our ambassador to the USA, the foreign ministry and or the presidential spokesperson

Senate president isnt in charge of foreign policy

Succinctly stated.

Politics › Re: Senate President Akpabio Petitions Police Over False Report by AlphaTaikun: 8:56am On Nov 05, 2025

Antoeni:
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has petitioned the Police and the Department of State Services (DSS) to track down those behind a fake report credited to him as attacking United States (U.S.) President Donald Trump.

“Somebody will sit in the comfort of his room and produce a report, even fake pictures of 2023 when the Senate President with Senators visited Port Harcourt for a different event, and claim that I responded to President Trump. Who am I to answer President Trump?” Akpabio said.

“This time, the Senate President of Nigeria did not answer President Trump. The quotation was concocted to cause a diplomatic row. It is the Presidency that can respond officially to such matters,” he added.

Akpabio warned that such fake reports are capable of causing tension and damaging Nigeria’s international relations.

“I believe the Cybercrimes Unit of the Police, the DSS and others should find that character out, because it is meant to cause friction and put the Nigerian Senate in disrepute,” he said.

Deputy Senate President Barau Jibrin threw his weight behind Akpabio, describing the false publication as an attack on Nigeria’s sovereignty and the integrity of its parliament.

Barau said: “You didn’t say it, that’s correct. You shouldn’t be scared of saying it. I’m not scared of Trump. We are a sovereign nation. Nigerians must not be afraid to speak their minds.”

Akpabio, however, clarified that the Senate had not yet discussed Trump’s recent comments about Nigeria in plenary.

“We have not discussed the comment of President Trump in chambers yet. When the Senate deliberates on it officially, only then can I speak,” he said.

He cautioned Nigerians against sharing unverified information, stressing that such actions could endanger the country’s diplomatic standing and mislead the public.
https://thenationonlineng.net/senate-president-akpabio-petitions-police-over-false-report/?utm_source=&utm_medium=twitter

The Nigerian Senate President Akpabio has done the right thing here. Special units of the intelligence agencies MUST ensure that everyone spreading massive disinformation online via NL and other platforms such as X, YouTube WhatsApp FB and offline are brought to justice. The inability to STOP the disinformation is destabilizing the Nigerian political ecosystem while destroying democracy.

The Nigerian President Tinubu and his team don't seem to realize that it's NOT only the foreign Fula militia bandits, Lakurawa, Mamuda, BH, JNIM, ipob, etc that are a security risk to Nigeria BUT those who spread massive disinformation or FAKE news through YouTube, WhatsApp, X, and phone-in programs on radio and TV.

Foreign Affairs › Re: Despite Threats By Trump, Zohran Mamdani Wins New York Mayoral Election by AlphaTaikun: 8:43am On Nov 05, 2025

ALTERNATEID:
Zohran Mamdani, 34, has won the New York City mayoral election and will become the first Muslim mayor of the biggest city in the US

The self-described democratic socialist was relatively unknown just months ago, and surged to victory with promises to tax millionaires to pay for expanded social programmes

"In this moment of political darkness, New York will be the light," Mamdani says in a victory speech where he outlines his policies and challenges President Trump

Trump has threatened to cut NYC's federal funding if Mamdani won over independent Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa

Meanwhile, Democrats are projected to win governor races in Virginia and New Jersey
Also today, Californians voted to redraw the state's congressional districts to favour the Democratic Party ahead of elections next year

Trump was not on the ballot on Tuesday, but he cast a shadow over all these contests, writes North America correspondent Anthony Zurcher
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cg51m5emnmvt

The protest vote in favor of the Democrats was deep.

Foreign Affairs › Re: Despite Threats By Trump, Zohran Mamdani Wins New York Mayoral Election by AlphaTaikun: 8:41am On Nov 05, 2025

ALTERNATEID:
I just watched Mamdani’s victory speech and I was so impressed. He did not just beat Donald Trump’s candidate, he gave Trump a middle finger and called him out for his irresponsible leadership.

Young, bold, articulate and intelligent. He reminds me of the Obama of 2008. Democrats shouid rally round this guy to deal a serious political blow to Donald Trump and his MAGA white supremacist.

Politics › Re: Christian Killings: I Never Replied Trump, Who Am I To Reply Him? - Akpabio by AlphaTaikun: 8:39am On Nov 05, 2025

Nazgul:
He doesn't want the US to blacklist him for visa application. He knows that Nigeria isn't safe and APC wouldn't remain in power for ever. So he's playing safe.

He (Akpabio) doesn't have to go to the United States or apply for any US visa. There are many countries he can go to as a second option in a worse case scenario since most high profile folks like Akpabio and HNI individuals have second passports. Some Americans and their families who can afford it have also been leaving the United States even before Donald Trump's Presidency began to live in other countries [in the Caribbean, South America, Africa, the EU, etc] for their own sanity and to live better lives in terms of security, and reduced cost of living.

The United States too is NOT blameless is fueling global geopolitical tensions because the U.S. has over the years been irresponsible for sponsoring these terror Islamist groups in it's proxy cold wars with the former Soviet Union (Russia and the other former Soviet Republics). Osama Bin Laden and his group fighting in Afghanistan against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan back in the late 1970s till the 1980s was heavily funded by the United States to checkmate USSR's global influence.

Osama Bin Laden later used the resources and Intel provided by the United States to become a terror with his Al-Qaeda jihadi group which has spiralled into other jihadi groups such as ISIS, ISWAP, JNIM (in Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger Republic), BH in North East Nigeria, etc. The Shiites of Iran jihadi terror groups have also been active by sponsoring and training radical gangs of Shiites in Northern Nigeria and other parts of the world [such as Hamas of Palestine, the Houthis of Yemen, and Hezbollah of Lebanon] since the 1979 Shiite Iranian revolution by the Mullahs.

Politics › Re: Christian Killings: I Never Replied Trump, Who Am I To Reply Him? - Akpabio by AlphaTaikun: 7:38am On Nov 05, 2025*

[quote author=fergie.001 post=137361201]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaiKPEtyezI

I never replied to President Trump over allegations of Christian genocide. I've petitioned the police and the DSS to find the character behind the news. It's the presidency that'll answer President Trump. Who am I to answer President Trump?

SP Godswill Akpabio[/quote]The man Godswill Akpabio is right over there. It's NOT within his purview to respond to the POTUS' rant online and offline. It's the Nigerian Presidency and other diplomatic channels that'll have to respond.

The highly IRRESPONSIBLE person(s) behind the spread of the fake story online MUST be brought to justice. Disinformation from disgruntled elements such as the secessionists, wannabe YouTubers, bloggers, and online publications such as Omoyele's SR and PG will destroy the Nigerian democratic space and worsen insecurity if NOT checkmated urgently by special units of the intelligence agencies. Period

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Politics › Re: Sadeeque Abba Warns Trump: We Will Bury American Soldiers Alive In Nigeria by AlphaTaikun: 8:19pm On Nov 04, 2025

Putindbutt:
Trust me, the disgrace the US troops will collect will be more than the disgrace they faced in Afghanistan. If the local people do not support you, you're fried already. These are the local people telling Trump to stay clear their land. The Nigerian Army knows what they are facing whenever their movements are being leaked and ambushed. I still believe all this is just initial gra gra from Trump. If he wants to help us, give us weapons without the usual delaying and unreasonable conditions attached to it. And give the office of the NSA the Intel you gathered.

Nuhu Ribadu is a Fula from Adamawa State and he's the NSA. President 'Bola Tinubu should have moved the NSA away from that office to another position of maybe an Ambassador or something. As long as Nuhu is there as the NSA, I have NO confidence that the foreign Fula militia will be contained or defeated because they are his Fula kinsmen. It's the same with all the minority Fula Governors of the majority Hausa States of the North West of Nigeria who are also granting amnesties to Fula bandits in Katsina and other States of the NW.

You want the United States to give out Intel to the office of the NSA? That's risky to do as long as Nuhu is there as the NSA because he is loyal to his ethnic background and even said in a media interview that he had to step down as the Action Congress Presidential candidate due to the respect he has for another Fula, Muhammadu Buhari of the then CPC in the 2011 Presidential elections.

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Politics › Re: Sadeeque Abba Warns Trump: We Will Bury American Soldiers Alive In Nigeria by AlphaTaikun: 8:04pm On Nov 04, 2025*

nlfpmod:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCEgPA86jO4?si=RXaPNUrMdmebjSaI

Killing Of Christians: “President Trump Should Be Warned That If He Sends The US Army To Nigeria, Nigerians Citizens Are Ready To Fight Them. We Will Bury Everyone Single America Soldier That Steps Into Nigeria Al!ve”.~ Pro Sadeeque ABBA Says pic.twitter.com/BddHbGFR5o
— Somto Okonkwo (@General_Somto) November 4, 2025

Those who the Gods want to destroy, they first make M*d.

He's obviously a Fula so it's NOT strange he had sympathies for the heinous acts his foreign Fula militia bandits are doing on Nigerian soil to several indigenous people of Nigeria from Hausalands of the far North to the Middle Belt States to the Southern States.

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Politics › Re: Governor Abdulrazaq Holds Lavish Birthday For Son, Abdul, In UK by AlphaTaikun: 7:28pm On Nov 04, 2025

Ekrenji:
Rubbish news. I even thought that the governor was there and he was spending kwara people’s money!

So because someone’s father is a governor, he cannot celebrate his birthday in peace again? Was his dad poor before he became a governor? No! That man was even rumored to have a refinery outside Nigeria before he became a governor so what is the fuss if his grown up son is celebrating his birthday in peace?

That was the same way they were dragging Obi because of his son’s sexual orientation. When will Nigerians learn to separate politicians from their adult children

This is the BEST post right ABOVE on this thread that captures the whole situation. I too looked out to see if the Kwara Governor was in the video BUT didn't see him after playing it over again.

Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq is indeed a very wealthy oil and gas mogul married to a woman who is an indigene of Lagos State.

However, with the dire security situation on the ground in the towns of Kwara North and Kwara South caused by those insidious foreign Fula herdsmen and bandits who come into the communities of indigenous Nigerians, I would have expected the Kwara Governor's son to have a low-key ceremony in solidarity with the hundreds of Kwara indigenes and residents who lost their lives. This video is the needed tool that the political detractors or opponents of his father will use to FINALLY destroy his father's political career. He should just go back and concentrate on being the oil and gas mogul he was before becoming a Governor. The Ogun State Governor Prince Dapo Abiodun is also a wealthy oil and gas mogul BUT his folks in Ogun State have been complaining about the bad roads in some of the major industrial estates and other communities as seen online. Although as of October, he had completed the construction of the new Gateway International Cargo Airport which already has scheduled flights from Ogun State to the FCT.

Perhaps, wealthy people (Naira or USD) multimillionaires and billionaires should be excluded from contesting for Governorship or other elective positions because they seem decensitized from the realities that those folks on the street level feel. Many don't even have a clue with their Commissioners on how to keep the environment clean from indiscriminate dumping of refuse. However, activists too CANNOT be trusted to do well in governance as seen by the past failures of these from around the world who eventually turned to ruthless dictators. [Omoyele Sowere of Sahara Reporters is incidentally one of those who has that streak of dictatorship in him].

A middle ground MUST be found by the electorate to know who among the several politicians will perform well in government... A Babatunde Raji-Fashola, an Alex Oti, an Nyesom Wike in terms of PH, Rivers State infrastructure, and now the good performance in the FCT infrastructure, etc.

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Politics › Re: Governor Abdulrazaq Holds Lavish Birthday For Son, Abdul, In UK by AlphaTaikun: 6:47pm On Nov 04, 2025

press9jatv:
Governor AbdulRazaq Holds Lavish Birthday For Son In UK As Bandits Sack Several Kwara Communities.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylZde1fFXpg?

https://saharareporters.com/2025/11/04/exclusive-kwara-governor-abdulrazaq-holds-lavish-birthday-party-son-uk-amid-rising

Politics › Re: The Popular Idumota Junction During The Colonial Lagos Era( Photo) by AlphaTaikun: 5:50pm On Nov 04, 2025

[quote author=Raco.on post=136354774]Yeah. The Wild, Wild West era was a period of peace and tranquility for a sophisticated region that ended up giving a nation a despicable criminally inclined man like Tinubu.[/quote]

Politics › Re: Tinubu To Announce New Ambassadors Amid Trump’s Threat by AlphaTaikun: 4:58pm On Nov 04, 2025

OLAADEGBU:
Genocide Claim: Stop The Denial, Act - Expert Ladi Thompson
Channels Television

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFsuEC6zd_Q?si=OvJr2UBA0zLh_XHN

Politics › Re: Tinubu To Announce New Ambassadors Amid Trump’s Threat by AlphaTaikun: 4:56pm On Nov 04, 2025

OLAADEGBU:
BREAKING: Tinubu to announce new ambassadors amid Trump’s threat

President Bola Tinubu is reportedly set to finalise and announce the appointment of Nigeria’s new ambassadors to foreign missions worldwide.

This development follows months of diplomatic gaps and mounting pressure over the country’s absence of envoys abroad, which has persisted for two years since the worldwide recall of the previous ambassadors.

According to Arise News, the President has ordered a “final cleanup” of the list of ambassadorial nominees ahead of its imminent release.

The push to fill these crucial diplomatic vacuums comes as media outlets (including TRIBUNE ONLINE) report on Nigeria’s intensifying diplomatic engagement with Washington following threats from US President Donald Trump regarding alleged killings of Christians in Nigeria.

The lack of ambassadors has been cited as a significant diplomatic vulnerability.

Commentators on channels like Arise News have called for the immediate appointment of ambassadors to provide the necessary diplomatic buffers in the face of threats of foreign intervention and to strengthen Nigeria’s position on the international stage.

The imminent list is expected to confirm the APC-led administration’s commitment to prioritising its foreign service and addressing the diplomatic gaps ahead of complex international issues.
Source Tribuneonline.ng

Politics › Re: Trump's Military Action: China Warns Against Interference In Nigeria’s Affairs by AlphaTaikun: 4:50pm On Nov 04, 2025

Newsgeek24:
China says it firmly supports the Nigerian government as it “leads its people on the development path suited to its national conditions”, Very Nigerian reports.

Addressing a press conference on Tuesday, Mao Ning, spokesperson of China’s foreign ministry, said “as Nigeria’s comprehensive strategic partner, China firmly opposes any country using religion and human rights as an excuse to interfere in other countries’ internal affairs, and threatening other countries with sanctions and force”.

Ning was answering a question on US President Donald Trump’s threat of military action in Nigeria over alleged persecution of Christians.

On Saturday, Trump asked the US department of war to prepare for “possible action” in Nigeria.

Trump warned the Nigerian government to act fast to end the “killing of Christians” in the country.

He had also called Nigeria a “disgraced country”.

“If the Nigerian Government continues to allow the killing of Christians, the U.S.A. will immediately stop all aid and assistance to Nigeria, and may very well go into that now disgraced country, ‘guns-a-blazing’, to completely wipe out the Islamic Terrorists who are committing these horrible atrocities,” the US leader said.

“I am hereby instructing our Department of War to prepare for possible action.

“If we attack, it will be fast, vicious, and sweet, just like the terrorist thugs attack our CHERISHED Christians! WARNING: THE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT BETTER MOVE FAST!”
https://verynigerian.com/breaking-china-warns-u-s-against-interfering-in-nigerias-internal-affairs/

Celebrities › Re: Akinloye Tofowomo (Akin Shuga) Is Dead by AlphaTaikun: 4:38pm On Nov 04, 2025

naptu2:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Y3oQLttE0s?si=AV8VkdLLAlML8Kdg

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/entertainment/music/832536-ace-nigerian-singer-akin-shuga-is-dead.html

Akin took a gallant, final bow in Canada.

Celebrities › Re: Akinloye Tofowomo (Akin Shuga) Is Dead by AlphaTaikun: 4:34pm On Nov 04, 2025

naptu2:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JD0CP7_pnA?si=Z3kY1YUKioTN8v2w

Shuga Band

https://www.instagram.com/p/DQl7suojpc6/?igsh=ZHgzcmpubjBoYzh3

What! Akin Shuga of the Shuga Band brand has passed on... At 50. This is stunning. He was a highly talented guy despite his physical challenge. I take solace in the fact that he made it to 50 though which isn't too bad as he created some footprints in the sands of time.

My sincere condolences go to his wife and entire Tofowomo family.

#AkinShuga

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Politics › Re: Dr. Phares Urges Trump To Establish Emergency Base In Port Harcout Amid Invasion by AlphaTaikun: 4:20pm On Nov 04, 2025

codemaniacs:
they can indirectly sponsor attacks in PH to achieve their aim.

so be on the look out for attacks on innocent people in SE/SS region in the coming days, weeks, months, years..

attacks is also possible on the SW especially Lagos, since they want a coastal place but there is no Oil in Lagos..

Who is gonna attack Lagos or the SS? The Americans or the secessionists?

If it's the Americans under the current POTUS, it's NOT gonna happen. The Special Envoy (Mr. Bolous) of the United States on Africa and Asian Affairs met with President 'Bola Tinubu just last month over this insidious decades-long banditry and jihadi terror issue in Nigeria. Bolous is coincidentally a Lebanese-Nigerian and his SON is married to President Donald Trump's daughter. Donald Trump's daughter and her spouse both visited Pastor Paul Adefarasin when they visited Lagos together shortly before they got married.

The US Special Envoy on Africa and Asia, Mr Bolous is ALSO a friend to President 'Bola Tinubu and the wealthy Lebanese-Nigerian Chagoury family.

I hereby affirm authoritative that President Donald Trump will NOT militarily invade Nigeria WITHOUT President 'Bola Tinubu's knowledge contrary to the belief of these random posters online who are jubilating that Trump will remove Tinubu from office. That's one of the MOST irresponsible posts I've seen online.

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Politics › Re: Dr. Phares Urges Trump To Establish Emergency Base In Port Harcout Amid Invasion by AlphaTaikun: 3:58pm On Nov 04, 2025

codemaniacs:
read image below.

I read it fully earlier.

The Walid Phares dude used the hashtag "biafra region" in his post and that's what I have a problem with. There's NOTHING like "biafra region" in the Nigerian geographical maps or lexicon.

Regardless, his post is about humanitarian supplies with PH serving as a temporary base. Calabar, Warri, Lagos, etc, can also be used as temporary bases. However, that would depend on the Nigerian Federal Government to give a go-ahead. The United States can't unilaterally take a decision to site a temporary base in Port Harcourt as that would violate Nigeria's sovereignty.

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Politics › Re: Dr. Phares Urges Trump To Establish Emergency Base In Port Harcout Amid Invasion by AlphaTaikun: 3:37pm On Nov 04, 2025

TruthU87:
The Co-sec wrote:

Port Harcourt

To deter #BokoHaram and other jihadist groups in Nigeria—and to stop their massacres of Christians and threats against moderate Muslims— I advise the #Trump administration to establish an emergency base in #PortHarcourt, the main port city of the #Biafra region.

Such a move would enable the rapid deployment of international humanitarian aid, particularly assistance from American churches. President @realDonaldTrump has issued two strong statements condemning the jihadist attacks on Nigerian Christian communities and has directed the Secretary of War to prepare contingency plans for the “protection of communities” in Nigeria, should the federal government fail to stop the jihadists—as has been the case for years in northern and central Nigeria. In the meantime, targeted strikes against jihadist forces could also be considered.

@POTUS @VP @SecRubio @SecWar @SpeakerJohnson @ODNIgov @CIADirector @USAfricaCommand @envoy

Source:
https://dailypost.ng/2025/11/02/genocide-establish-emergency-base-in-port-harcourt-foreign-policy-expert-phares-urges-trump-2/

https://x.com/WalidPhares/status/1984994029214289958?t=RvClKvf6ECoLq-eZMaJrGg&s=19[/quote]There's NOTHING like "biafra region" in the Nigerian geographical maps. The current Bight of Bonny officially came into existence in 1967 to replace the former "Bight of biafra" and so shall it be. The biafra word is a Portuguese word and was replaced with Bonny (derived from the Ibani-Ijaw name) in 1967 just as the Nigerian Civil War (which lasted for exactly 2 years and 6 months) began from July 1967 to January 15, 1970.

This uninformed fella called Walid Phares is probably a Lebanese-American and he has to familiarize himself properly about the real history of Nigeria before speaking about Nigeria or any country. Period.

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Business › Re: Naira Broke A Major Rule In October by AlphaTaikun: 1:35pm On Nov 04, 2025*

DaddyJapan:
Naira broke a major rule in October

by Op-Ed Contributor November 3, 2025

Every October, Nigeria’s exchange rate tends to enter its storm season, a predictable cycle where the naira buckles under pressure before regaining composure towards the end of the year.

The pattern has been consistent enough to feel almost ritualistic.

In October 2022, the naira slipped from N735 to N795 per dollar at the official market before clawing its way back to N736 by December.

A year later, in 2023, it dramatically crossed the N1,000 threshold for the first time, plunging further to N1,180 by October before staging a modest recovery.

Even in 2024, with a supposedly freer exchange rate, the same script played out as the parallel market weakened from N1,700 in September to N1,750 in October, while the official rate dropped from N1,541 to N1,675 per dollar.

But this year, the script was quietly rewritten.

For the first time in years, the naira refused to follow the familiar October path of decline. Instead, it strengthened. According to Nairametrics’ currency tracker, the naira closed October 2025 at N1,427 per dollar in the parallel market, compared to N1,478 in the official market.

Even more curiously, the parallel market, which typically reacts more erratically to speculation and scarcity, appreciated slightly from N1,490 in September to N1,460 per dollar. In a country where exchange rate trends often feel like seasonal weather, this sudden calm was both surprising and telling.

The turning point appears to have come in September, when the naira broke through the N1,500 ceiling and began to build momentum. Unlike past rallies driven by temporary interventions or speculative excitement, this one seemed rooted in deeper structural and behavioural changes within the market.

Speculative demand has ebbed significantly, as fewer people are hoarding dollars. Ordinary Nigerians, financially stretched by inflation and high living costs, have little disposable income left to divert into foreign currency. Even among the political elite, the traditional dollar laundering channels have narrowed, and the new climate of scrutiny has made it safer to keep wealth in naira rather than offshore accounts.

Behind these shifts lies a broader policy reorientation at the Central Bank of Nigeria. Under Governor Olayemi Cardoso, the apex bank’s return to orthodoxy has brought a measure of credibility back to monetary management. Gone are the days of multiple exchange rate windows, opaque interventions, and unpredictable restrictions. The emphasis now seems to be on transparency, market discipline, and consistency, principles that investors and traders had long demanded but rarely received.

The results are starting to show: Nigeria’s foreign reserves have climbed to around $43 billion despite a combination of low oil prices and uninspiring crude output, a sign that confidence and portfolio inflows are quietly returning.

Institutional investors have also begun to adjust their strategies. In a high-yield environment where local currency assets now offer attractive returns, holding on to dollars looks increasingly unproductive. The opportunity cost of staying in foreign currency has risen, leading to gradual portfolio rebalancing in favor of naira-denominated investments.

Similarly, corporates that made substantial forex gains earlier in 2024 are now rushing to convert those gains before a stronger naira erodes them through mark-to-market losses. This forced conversion adds further liquidity to the domestic market and reinforces the local currency’s position.

What makes this moment significant is not merely that the naira appreciated in October, but that it defied a deeply ingrained historical pattern. For years, analysts and policymakers have treated oil prices and crude production volumes as the dominant variables in Nigeria’s exchange rate equation.

Yet, with the current free market framework and reduced policy interference, those traditional indicators seem to be losing their grip on predictive power. The market’s behavior suggests that confidence, liquidity conditions, and interest rate differentials may now carry more weight in determining currency direction than the volatile swings of the global oil market.

Of course, the situation remains delicate as Nigeria’s economy continues to face structural vulnerabilities such as stubborn inflation, fragile reserves, weak exports, and an overburdened consumer base.

A sudden policy reversal, geopolitical shock, or a collapse in investor sentiment could easily undo the recent gains.

But the fact that the naira managed to hold its ground, and even strengthen, during a period that has historically been its weakest, is a signal that something fundamental may be shifting beneath the surface.

Economists often cite the “impossible trilemma,” the idea that a country cannot simultaneously maintain a fixed exchange rate, allow free capital flows, and control its own monetary policy. The CBN seems to have made its choice: it has let go of tight exchange rate control in favor of market pricing, while using higher interest rates to attract capital inflows and stabilize the domestic market.

In this new framework, the path to currency stability lies not in defending artificial price levels, but in maintaining macroeconomic discipline and letting market confidence do the heavy lifting.

Cardoso calls this a “return to orthodoxy,” but it might well be something more transformative—a recalibration of how Nigeria’s currency finds its true value in an increasingly open and disciplined system.

If September marked the point where the naira broke a psychological ceiling, then October confirmed that the old cycle of seasonal weakness may finally be giving way to a new rhythm of resilience. The rule has been broken, and perhaps, just perhaps, a new one is being written.

That's a highly impressive historical insight.

As long as there is sustainable security, fiscal monetary discipline and the intentional diversification of the Nigerian economy through value addition of all resources and commodities domiciled within Nigeria, things will keep looking up economically.

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