₦airaland Forum

ola6: Fashola, na your papa own am? The Park is owned by the FG and flowers were planted by you.

Davo93: I am not a GEJ ass licker but i will be sincere with myself.

The first option would have been the best if what the Islamic sect is demanding is relatively reasonable.

I will not opt for the second option except adequate and top intelligence has been gathered else we will loose those damsels with the sect members. However, what i will suggest is that the operation to gather adequate information about this sect should intensify so as to hit them rightly as soon as possible.

Davo93: Just look at this again, you have diverted the point i attended to initially.

Anyway, saying the government should negotiate their release is good but not on the ground that some jihadists that have killed hundreds of innocent Nigerians should be freed. It will be the most silly decision the President of a nation will take.

Also, saying the FG is not interested in rescuing those young girls is fallacious. I may want to agree with you if you say the effort at getting them out need to be stepped up. I am also of the opinion that it is high time the people of Borno started telling their Governor Shettima to #BringBackOurGirls

Davo93: There are two things here: Probably you don't who Malala is or you are one of these Oppositions that critisizes the GCFR at anything he does and see no sense in any of his actions.
For your information, this same Malala you said is not as important as NG government took her 'WARNED' Obama about US drone attack right in his presence. So always try to make constructive criticism and not... Gracias!
https://images.politico.com/global/2013/10/11/malala_wh_605.jpg

bigass: Imagine you got same picture.

hushmail: I am sure the list exists....................

better to keep mute and let Nigerians keep dying, keep getting blown up all over the place, school girls getting kidnapped and even me sef than to tell a truth that will divide nija

Yomieluv: This Fashola sef,why call on FG alone,when its suppose to be joint effort in tackling the problem,as if the people there don't pay tax to the state government.politics is one of our bane of under development.

Evergreeen123: If Buhari is the sponsor of Boko Haram why havent your useless ogogoro fisherman president arrested him?

You jonathanians foolishly claim that that Buhari is the sponsor ofboko haram yet your fisherman president went ahead to give the noble General an award at the centenary celebration.

Jonathan must be an 1diot for giving a terrorist a national award

ojimbo: if GEJ all the way from South West can sponsor your people to kill each other, that means that your tribe is the most foolish tribe on earth

Mogidi: No need for the list, just arrest their leader.

Idrismusty97: This is according to dailyindependent Earlier this month;
http://dailyindependentnig.com/2014/07/fg-arrests-quizzes-politicians-links-boko-haram/

Azazi blames Boko Haram attacks on PDP

The National Security Adviser, Andrew Owoye Azazi has blamed the rise of insurgence by the fundamentalist sect, Boko Haram in the country on the internal wranglings of the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and other political parties.

http://www.channelstv.com/2012/04/27/azazi-blames-boko-haram-attacks-on-pdp/

Idrismusty97: They should stop talking unless they release it. ASAP! Earlier this month they said they would release it.

The security chiefs were said to have worked on an intelligence report highlighting that “some top politicians are financially backing backing up the Islamic sect so as to de-stabilize the present administration.”

One of the security officials disclosed that the decision to compile the list was born out of the belief that the anti-terrorism battle could be won sooner than expected if people linked with violence were exposed.

According to the official,”this confirms the claims of the National Security Adviser, Gen. Owoye Azazi, that some undemocratic practices within the ruling Peoples Democratic Party in the build-up to the 2011 general elections fuelled the violence…the alleged politicians include those who don’t want Nigerians from outside their region to rule the country.”


http://www.channelstv.com/2012/05/05/fg-to-release-list-of-boko-haram-sponsors/

myweb: BUT WHY IS HE USING FG NUMBER PLATE?

Conflicts between pastoralists and resident local communities are not new in Nigeria. A violent attack on my village by nearby pastoralists in northern Nigeria in June highlights yet again the inability of the military to tackle this aggression.

For the past two years there have been violent clashes in many parts of the north – in Plateau, Benue, Nasarawa, Kaduna, Niger, Taraba, Katsina and Zamfara states – yet it is the Boko Haram insurgency that attracts global media attention. In all cases, the lack of action from the state continues to baffle observers.

Usually, Boko Haram militants emerge in convoys of trucks and motorbikes and take several hours to inflict violence in communities, and retreat to their base without any response from the military. Similarly, pastoralists and cattle rustlers will arrive at rural communities, where they unleash terror for days without any effective response from security agencies. It seems the security establishment is unable to address these constant threats, regardless of who they are coming from.

The failure of the state security agencies – the military, police, secret police – to confront this violence is sometimes attributed to incapacity. But many say deep corruption prevents the military from containing the insurgencies.

The complex dynamic of religion, locality and hierarchy in Nigeria tends to blur the issues and reduce everything to a competition between Christianity and Islam, or north v south. The governments at the federal, state and local level subtly play up these sentiments and exploit them for popular support from a divided citizenry. In addition, the local elite have a tendency to tap in to this rhetoric to maintain their turf and position.

Corruption in the military and other security agencies is rooted in the government's uniquely strange and ambiguous understanding of the concept of security. "Security matters are highly sensitive", is a common cliche in such circles, entrenching the idea that these matters need not be subject to public scrutiny.

This school of thought gained traction under many years of military rule, as demonstrated by the late despot Sani Abacha, who looted about £2.5bn under shady "security" heads from 1993-98.

In 2010, the government awarded a $470m (£274m) contract for security across the capital. However, few of the hundreds of cameras installed function, yet the work was paid for and signed off. Since this increased security effort, there have been seven bombings in Abuja, and yet despite the investment, the security agencies cannot track from where the bombs originate. In spite of this blatant failure to properly address insecurity in the capital, attempting to understand what happened is barred. A media inquest was made harder with a "secret clause" that prevents parties to the contract from disclosure.

In the huge military operation in the north east, where Boko Haram operates, which has been in place since a state of emergency was imposed in 2013, there are complaints by army members. These soldiers have often claimed that their budgeted allowance for dangerous field duties are shaved off by commanders, leaving them with less than 50% in some cases.

After protests by some aggrieved soldiers in Maiduguri, the army spokesman attributed their complaints to the absence of a commander who was away on training. The soldiers were dismissed as mutinous, and handed to a military court. Yet, the reality is that troops endure horrific conditions – they often lack tents or sleeping bags, many must scavenge for firewood to cook and they live a destitute life – hardly the motivation or replenishment required to fight a violent and constant aggressor.

Despite glaring corruption, politicians brush aside these issues and continue to bicker over the pending national elections. Many citizens believe there is complicity by the highest levels of the Nigerian state and ruling elite to allow these killings for political reasons, particularly in the runup to the 2015 polls.

The recent deployment of thousands of troops and equipment to protect ballot boxes during the Ekiti state gubernatorial elections is testament to the idea of complicity. Forces blocked opposition party members from campaigning before the election, yet did not apply similar support elsewhere, within more fragile parts of the country.

Regardless of who is attacking whom, there is no doubt that state security in Nigeria is a contentious issue that undermines trust in the government. It is a matter that is excluded from Nigeria's freedom of information law and entwined with ongoing corruption. With this deeply entrenched culture, the likelihood of ending Nigeria's insurgencies seems like a distant prospect.

Philip Ikita, a Rotary peace scholar at the University of Bradford, is a visiting fellow at the Institute of Development Studies

The statement wondered when the APC became the agency that was monitoring how Nigerians would move within the country and where they could go at any point in time.

It said, “The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria guarantees freedom of association and movement among many freedoms enshrined in it

uwa1: My frnd watch ur mouth. Even if u ve lost ur mind dnt u hv d fear of God in u.

Mogidi: Got me laughing as well bro, knowing most African states are giving out cocoa and groundnut for free.

You guys are nuts (ogbeni pardon the pun).

ROFLMAO!!!

murtalaa: oh Allah has blessed me with oil and have placed it at a convenient location to enjoy- Delta

The Nigeria’s Federal Government says the insecurity in the Niger Delta has greatly affected the ability of the government to deploy the 4,500 megawatts of electricity being generated in the country.

According to a statement issued by the Presidential Steering Committee on the National Integrated Power Projects (NIPP), the Niger Delta crisis weighs heavily on the Nigerian power sector.

The committee said only 2,500 megawatts of electricity generated were being transmitted stating some host communities where the power projects were sited were making it difficult to meet the target for laying the transmission lines.

afrol.com

Nigeria’s Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta Sunday claimed responsibility for an attack on a Shell pipeline . . .


The group said it used scuba divers to damage the underwater pipeline, currently undergoing repairs thanks to previous attacks by militants . . . Shell Nigeria stopped exports from its Forcados terminal on March 4 to repair previous damage to its pipelines . . . the Forcados terminal exports approximately 400,000 barrels of crude a day, which is more than a fifth of Nigeria’s total exports . . . underwater sabotage is a new strategy for militants, which previously have targeted above-ground pipelines and facilities . . . criminals also regularly steal oil, siphoning more than 200,000 barrels a day to sell on the black markets . . .

Increased insecurity combined with revisions in Nigeria’s oil revenue laws are discouraging new foreign investment, which is straining Nigeria’s economy.

lignet.com

jmaine: I knew you were always dull, and you did a great disservice to engage me personally, let us proceed.

In a sample population of 100%, with a populace of barely 40% having access to some hours of water supply while the overwhelming majority of roughly 60% has none.

In clear terms. 60% of the populace has total lack of it while the 40% minority enjoy some form of supply.

jmaine: If such was the case, majority of Lagos will be seeing glimpses of such and not the total lack of such we have. So try again later.

jmaine: Another empty shot devoid of basic deductive skills. A minor percentage of the populace is enjoying water supply courtesy the "Functional pipeline infrastructrure", while the overwhelming majority don't simply because the infrastructure to do so is starkly moribund on non existent.

jmaine: Another useless repetition. You were the fool who brought professionalism and tech into play here and all i did was to show you how the professionalism and tech of the American Army paid off here with the Chibok saga.

Your brains are in my palm and am enjoying the way am tossing it all around.