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 Politics › Re: Buhari Settles Down To Work, Calls For Mdas’ Bank Account Balances by atlwireles: 2:11pm On Jun 17, 2015 |
Kolade354:You believe the jokes you see on newspapers daily bah?  |
| Politics › Re: PHOTO: Nigeria Tops List Of Senator's Salaries Worldwide by atlwireles: 2:08pm On Jun 17, 2015 |
Another useless propaganda. |
| Politics › Re: A Mathematical Analysis Of The Proposed N5000 Stipends For Unemployed Youths by atlwireles: 1:51pm On Jun 17, 2015 |
Markieee: Bro It's 100,000,000,000 billion per month for the 20 million people Not 10 Billion We're actually talking of N1.2trillion per year. Let's hail Buhari please  , APC change , pathetic lazy almajiris and their dullard of a president.Where is the dullard going to get this money? 2 Likes |
| Politics › Re: Buhari Settles Down To Work, Calls For Mdas’ Bank Account Balances by atlwireles: 1:36pm On Jun 17, 2015 |
Keneking:Is that not the current law in the country? If you don't like the law, you people have majority in both houses, change it. Is very clear most of you have no clue how government is funded in Nigeria. 1 Like 1 Share |
| Politics › Re: Wike set to sack over 13,000 workers employed by Amaechi by atlwireles: 1:27pm On Jun 17, 2015 |
13,000 ghost workers. |
| Politics › Re: Buhari Settles Down To Work, Calls For Mdas’ Bank Account Balances by atlwireles: 1:19pm On Jun 17, 2015 |
anonimi:You have to wonder if these APC alamjiris know how government functions. A memo sent by the ministry of Finance through the AG's office, is making them shout Buhari  This country is in deep sh1t for the next 4 years. By the way this memo was sent two weeks ago. |
| Foreign Affairs › Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by atlwireles: 10:18pm On Jun 16, 2015 |
Angola spent more on its military last year than any other sub-Saharan African nation even though it’s been at peace since a civil war ended more than a decade ago. The southwest African country, which is about twice the size of Texas, budgeted $6.8 billion on defense, second only to Algeria in continental Africa, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. It’s more than the combined amount of Nigeria and South Africa, the region’s biggest economies that together have a population 10 times larger. Spending rose almost fourfold since the end of Angola’s 27-year conflict in 2002, the institute said. “What’s spectacular about this is that you essentially have a country that has been at peace over the last 13 years,” Ricardo Soares de Oliveira, author of the book “Magnificent and Beggar Land: Angola Since the Civil War,” said in a phone interview from London. “Just the numbers tell a crazy story.” Angola, the continent’s second-largest crude oil producer after Nigeria, has assumed a regional leadership role to broker peace in the rebel-threatened eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and sits as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council. The country’s emphasis on defense spending leaves it with less cash available to alleviate poverty in a country with the world’s highest child mortality rate. Defense Budget Even after Angola cut its budget by a quarter this year, reeling from a 40 percent plunge in oil prices, defense and security spending is set to rise, budget figures show. It will exceed the combined total allocated for health and education, according to Finance Ministry documents. The outlay on the military remains opaque with the government of sub-Saharan Africa’s third-largest economy failing to fully disclose its spending plans. A Defense Ministry spokesman, who gave his name only as Adriano, declined to comment when reached by phone in Luanda on Thursday. Angola invested $1 billion on fighter jets and weapons from Russia in 2013, according to Vedomosti, a Moscow-based business newspaper. The country paid an undisclosed sum for surveillance drones from Israel, London-based aviation news website Flightglobal.com reported. Armored Vehicles It’s also buying 45 Casspir armored personnel carriers from South Africa’s state-owned Denel SOC Ltd., according to the International Institute for Strategic Studies’ 2015 Military Balance report assessing defense policy. “These deals are handled by a handful of people that revolve around President Jose Eduardo dos Santos,” Paula Roque, a Johannesburg-based analyst with International Crisis Group, said by phone. The president has the discretion to spend a percentage of the budget “in any manner or form he wants, without accountability, fiscal transparency and without oversight of other organs of the state,” she said. The decline in oil income will force the government to slow its defense purchases, according to Alex Vines, director of the Africa Program at Chatham House in London. Already Angola shelved plans to buy seven patrol boats from Brazil in a deal agreed on in September, Vines said. Regional Power “The government was planning on a modernization process of the armed forces, partly aimed at strengthening Angola’s reputation as an emerging regional power in central Africa and the Gulf of Guinea,” Vines said in an e-mailed response to questions. “Oil price falls have meant a number of these efforts have been scrapped or moth balled.” Angola, with a population of 24 million, has an active armed forces of about 107,000, composed of 100,000 soldiers, 6,000 air corps members and 1,000 navy officers, according to IISS. That’s the sixth-largest contingent in sub-Saharan Africa, after Sudan’s 244,300 troops, followed by South Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Angola maintains a “ghost army” of former combatants that bloat the payroll, to ensure stability after the civil war, Vines said. Dos Santos, in power since 1979, ensures a portion of the defense budget goes to his military leaders and he appoints people who have no independent power base inside the ruling party so that they remain loyal to him, said Soares de Oliveira. “It’s meant that the army is both extraordinarily mighty, at least in terms of its size in the sub-Saharan Africa context there’s practically no equivalent,” Soares de Oliveira said. “But it’s also been politically reliable and politically quietist; it hasn’t had aspirations.” http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-06-12/angola-in-peacetime-is-sub-saharan-africa-s-top-defense-spender 1 Like |
| Politics › Re: Us Donated $5million To Nigeria, Not $5billion (photo & Audio Proof) by atlwireles: 9:56pm On Jun 16, 2015 |
Also this money was for the MNJTF which includes Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Benin and Cameroon. So Nigeria is actually getting $1M. The propaganda machine wanted to spread the wrong news claiming $5B. Unfortunately, the Americans wanted nothing to do with such a number. |
| Politics › Re: Amaechi Left Over N7billion For Wike's Government - Aide by atlwireles: 8:40pm On Jun 16, 2015 |
mbulela:If he had N7B, why did he not pay the outstanding salaries, that's the question? Wike has completed one salary period yet. 1 Like |
| Politics › Re: Photo. Libya During And After Col.gaddafi by atlwireles: 7:47pm On Jun 16, 2015 |
Libya revolution worked until Islam became the driving force. 1 Like |
| Politics › Re: Amaechi Left Over N7billion For Wike's Government - Aide by atlwireles: 6:46pm On Jun 16, 2015 |
mbulela:Why did Amaechi not pay the salaries before he left on May 29, with his invisible billions? 1 Like |
| Politics › Re: Amaechi Left Over N7billion For Wike's Government - Aide by atlwireles: 6:18pm On Jun 16, 2015 |
My sources said it was N7T  freaking lying almajiri party. APC, you people should fear God, una lie too much. 14 Likes 1 Share |
| Politics › Re: I Won’t Resign – Lasun (deputy Speaker, House Of Reps) by atlwireles: 6:08pm On Jun 16, 2015 |
The defeat of Gbajabiamila is very traumatic for APC. Make una sorry, that was the feeling 4 years ago, when you sabotaged PDP rep from Oyo state. |
| Politics › Re: Do You Still Remember USA................? by atlwireles: 5:43pm On Jun 16, 2015 |
Don't mind the liars it was $5M for Nigeria, chad, Niger, benin and cameroon to share. |
| Politics › Re: Ndi-igbo Have More To Gain As Nigerians by atlwireles: 4:52pm On Jun 16, 2015 |
[s] zendy:[/s] Trash |
| Politics › Re: Ndi-igbo Have More To Gain As Nigerians by atlwireles: 4:51pm On Jun 16, 2015 |
[s] BoosBae:[/s] Trash |
| Politics › Re: Ndi-igbo Have More To Gain As Nigerians by atlwireles: 4:50pm On Jun 16, 2015 |
zendy:Stop talking rubbish I repeat stop talking rubbish |
| Politics › Angola At Peace Is Sub-saharan Africa’s Top Defense Spender by atlwireles(op): 4:13pm On Jun 16, 2015 |
Angola spent more on its military last year than any other sub-Saharan African nation even though it’s been at peace since a civil war ended more than a decade ago. The southwest African country, which is about twice the size of Texas, budgeted $6.8 billion on defense, second only to Algeria in continental Africa, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. It’s more than the combined amount of Nigeria and South Africa, the region’s biggest economies that together have a population 10 times larger. Spending rose almost fourfold since the end of Angola’s 27-year conflict in 2002, the institute said. “What’s spectacular about this is that you essentially have a country that has been at peace over the last 13 years,” Ricardo Soares de Oliveira, author of the book “Magnificent and Beggar Land: Angola Since the Civil War,” said in a phone interview from London. “Just the numbers tell a crazy story.” Angola, the continent’s second-largest crude oil producer after Nigeria, has assumed a regional leadership role to broker peace in the rebel-threatened eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and sits as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council. The country’s emphasis on defense spending leaves it with less cash available to alleviate poverty in a country with the world’s highest child mortality rate. Defense Budget Even after Angola cut its budget by a quarter this year, reeling from a 40 percent plunge in oil prices, defense and security spending is set to rise, budget figures show. It will exceed the combined total allocated for health and education, according to Finance Ministry documents. The outlay on the military remains opaque with the government of sub-Saharan Africa’s third-largest economy failing to fully disclose its spending plans. A Defense Ministry spokesman, who gave his name only as Adriano, declined to comment when reached by phone in Luanda on Thursday. Angola invested $1 billion on fighter jets and weapons from Russia in 2013, according to Vedomosti, a Moscow-based business newspaper. The country paid an undisclosed sum for surveillance drones from Israel, London-based aviation news website Flightglobal.com reported. Armored Vehicles It’s also buying 45 Casspir armored personnel carriers from South Africa’s state-owned Denel SOC Ltd., according to the International Institute for Strategic Studies’ 2015 Military Balance report assessing defense policy. “These deals are handled by a handful of people that revolve around President Jose Eduardo dos Santos,” Paula Roque, a Johannesburg-based analyst with International Crisis Group, said by phone. The president has the discretion to spend a percentage of the budget “in any manner or form he wants, without accountability, fiscal transparency and without oversight of other organs of the state,” she said. The decline in oil income will force the government to slow its defense purchases, according to Alex Vines, director of the Africa Program at Chatham House in London. Already Angola shelved plans to buy seven patrol boats from Brazil in a deal agreed on in September, Vines said. Regional Power “The government was planning on a modernization process of the armed forces, partly aimed at strengthening Angola’s reputation as an emerging regional power in central Africa and the Gulf of Guinea,” Vines said in an e-mailed response to questions. “Oil price falls have meant a number of these efforts have been scrapped or moth balled.” Angola, with a population of 24 million, has an active armed forces of about 107,000, composed of 100,000 soldiers, 6,000 air corps members and 1,000 navy officers, according to IISS. That’s the sixth-largest contingent in sub-Saharan Africa, after Sudan’s 244,300 troops, followed by South Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Angola maintains a “ghost army” of former combatants that bloat the payroll, to ensure stability after the civil war, Vines said. Dos Santos, in power since 1979, ensures a portion of the defense budget goes to his military leaders and he appoints people who have no independent power base inside the ruling party so that they remain loyal to him, said Soares de Oliveira. “It’s meant that the army is both extraordinarily mighty, at least in terms of its size in the sub-Saharan Africa context there’s practically no equivalent,” Soares de Oliveira said. “But it’s also been politically reliable and politically quietist; it hasn’t had aspirations.” http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-06-12/angola-in-peacetime-is-sub-saharan-africa-s-top-defense-spender |
| Politics › Re: The Best Win-win Solution To APC Crisis by atlwireles: 3:19pm On Jun 16, 2015 |
change49ja:Too bad you live in West Germany |
| Politics › Re: N’assembly Crisis: APC Underrated G-5 Governors, Says Kwankwaso by atlwireles: 1:28pm On Jun 16, 2015 |
chukwudi44:Nah, this is what many will never want to hear. |
| Politics › Re: The Fulani Solidarity And Betrayal Of Bola Tinubu By Remi Oyeyemi by atlwireles: 1:19pm On Jun 16, 2015 |
TayoT:Tell your writer to stop crying over spilled milk. People like her miscalculated, they're seeing the grass is not greener across the fence. Don't blame Jonathan for your tribe's dogma. |
| Politics › Re: There Is No Real Substance To The Fabled Fulani Myth by atlwireles: 1:16pm On Jun 16, 2015*. Modified: 2:58pm On Jun 16, 2015 |
People trying to lift up their defeated egos came up with the fabled myth. 4 Likes 1 Share |
| Politics › Re: Breaking News......governor Wike Sacks All 23 LGA Chairmen In RIVERS STATE by atlwireles: 12:49pm On Jun 16, 2015 |
Lhanre:Your comment makes absolutely no sense to me. Read the topic on this thread and stay on point. |
| Politics › Re: Buhari Wears Official AU Badge Upside-down (pics) by atlwireles: 11:18pm On Jun 15, 2015 |
Buhari will provide so many materials for comedians in this county.  Basket mouth don hammer. 1 Like |
| Politics › Re: The Fulani Solidarity And Betrayal Of Bola Tinubu By Remi Oyeyemi by atlwireles: 10:39pm On Jun 15, 2015 |
nortcentrallord: 2 Likes |
| Politics › Re: The Fulani Solidarity And Betrayal Of Bola Tinubu By Remi Oyeyemi by atlwireles: 7:45pm On Jun 15, 2015 |
Why is this not making frontpage |
| Politics › Re: Oyegun: Buhari May Appoint Non-APC Members As Ministers by atlwireles: 7:43pm On Jun 15, 2015 |
Another load of bad news for certain people in Nigeria. 16 Likes 1 Share |
| Politics › Re: Jega: Allegations Of Electoral Fraud In Rivers Greatly Exaggerated by atlwireles: 7:35pm On Jun 15, 2015 |
^^^^^^^ soon and very soon, you will grow a working brain cell. |
| Politics › Re: U.S. Donates $5bn To Joint Task Force To Fight Boko Haram by atlwireles: 7:32pm On Jun 15, 2015 |
$5 billion please don't allow CNN hear this number. APC should stop lying |
| Politics › Re: Speaker Yakubu Dogara Appoints Ex-pdp Rep, Jerry Manwe As Chief Of Staff by atlwireles: 7:03pm On Jun 15, 2015 |
Imagine the anger in APC quarters 8 Likes 1 Share |
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