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MrsAnyanwu:
pls I am interested ,I want to study medicine ,but don't know how to apply,pls someone should help me too.

I intend traveling to Philippines by April God willing. I can help you process your admission once I'm over there. All things being equal you should be joining me there by August

Princessah:
Only in Manila but the processing is going to come from Nigeria sent to you here and the red ribbon will be given to you.

i have been given a letter of intent for a master program. I'm waiting for my contact in Philippines to take it to Manila by next week for the red ribbon and then send it to me.

hi everyone, let's revive this beautiful thread

Nigeria: At least 150 peaceful pro-Biafra activists killed in chilling crackdown
24 November 2016, 00:01 UTC
The Nigerian security forces, led by the military, embarked on a chilling campaign of extrajudicial executions and violence resulting in the deaths of at least 150 peaceful pro-Biafra protesters in the south east of the country, according to an investigation by Amnesty International published today.
Analysis of 87 videos, 122 photographs and 146 eye witness testimonies relating to demonstrations and other gatherings between August 2015 and August 2016 consistently shows that the military fired live ammunition with little or no warning to disperse crowds. It also finds evidence of mass extrajudicial executions by security forces, including at least 60 people shot dead in the space of two days in connection with events to mark Biafra Remembrance Day.
“This deadly repression of pro-Biafra activists is further stoking tensions in the south east of Nigeria. This reckless and trigger-happy approach to crowd control has caused at least 150 deaths and we fear the actual total might be far higher,” said Makmid Kamara, Interim Director of Amnesty International Nigeria.
“The Nigerian government’s decision to send in the military to respond to pro-Biafra events seems to be in large part to blame for this excessive bloodshed. The authorities must immediately launch an impartial investigation and bring the perpetrators to book.”
Makmid Kamara, Amnesty International Nigeria's Interim Director
Since August 2015, there has been a series of protests, marches and gatherings by members and supporters of IPOB (Indigenous People of Biafra) who have been seeking the creation of a Biafran state. Tensions increased further following the arrest of IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu on 14 October 2015. He remains in detention.
Extrajudicial executions
By far the largest number of pro-Biafra activists were killed on Biafra Remembrance Day on 30 May 2016 when an estimated 1,000 IPOB members and supporters gathered for a rally in Onitsha, Anambra State. The night before the rally, the security forces raided homes and a church where IPOB members were sleeping.
On Remembrance Day itself, the security forces shot people in several locations. Amnesty International has not been able to verify the exact number of extrajudicial executions, but estimates that at least 60 people were killed and 70 injured in these two days. The real number is likely to be higher.
Ngozi (not her real name), a 28-year-old mother of one, told Amnesty International that her husband left in the morning to go to work but called her shortly afterwards to say that the military had shot him in his abdomen. He said he was in a military vehicle with six others, four of whom were already dead. She told Amnesty International: “he started whispering and said they just stopped [the vehicle]. He was scared they would kill the remaining three of them that were alive... He paused and told me they were coming closer. I heard gunshots and I did not hear a word from him after that.”
"Ngozi", a 28-year-old mother of one whose husband was killed
The next day Ngozi searched for her husband and finally found his body in a nearby mortuary. The mortuary attendants told her that the military had brought him and six others. She saw three gunshot wounds: one in his abdomen and two in his chest, which confirmed her fear that the military had executed him.
Amnesty International has also reviewed videos of a peaceful gathering of IPOB members and supporters at Aba National High School on 9 February 2016. The Nigerian military surrounded the group and then fired live ammunition at them without any prior warning.
According to eyewitnesses and local human rights activists, many of the protesters at Aba were rounded up and taken away by the military. On 13 February 13 corpses, including those of men known to have been taken by the military, were discovered in a pit near the Aba highway.
“It is chilling to see how these soldiers gunned down peaceful IPOB members. The video evidence shows that this was a military operation with intent to kill and injure,” said Makmid Kamara.
Deadly repression
Eyewitness testimony and video footage of the rallies, marches and meetings demonstrate that the Nigerian military deliberately used deadly force.
In many of the incidents detailed in the report, including the Aba High School protest, the military applied tactics designed to kill and neutralize an enemy, rather than to ensure public order at a peaceful event.
All IPOB gatherings documented by Amnesty International were largely peaceful. In those cases where there were pockets of violence, it was mostly in reaction to shooting by the security forces. Eyewitnesses told Amnesty International that some protesters threw stones, burned tyres and in one incident shot at the police. Regardless, these acts of violence and disorder did not justify the level of force used against the whole assembly.
Amnesty International’s research also shows a disturbing pattern of hundreds of arbitrary arrests and ill-treatment by soldiers during and after IPOB events, including arrests of wounded victims in hospital, and torture and other ill-treatment of detainees.
Vincent Ogbodo (not his real name), a 26-year-old trader, said he was shot on Remembrance Day in Nkpor and hid in a gutter. When soldiers found him they poured acid on him. He told Amnesty International:
“I covered my face. I would have been blind by now. He poured acid on my hands. My hands and body started burning. The flesh was burning… They dragged me out of the gutter. They said I’ll die slowly.”
A 28-year-old man who had acid sprayed on him by a soldier
A man who was detained in Onitsha Barracks after the Remembrance Day shooting on 30 May 2016 told Amnesty International: “Those in the guard room [detention] were flogged every morning. The soldiers tagged it ‘Morning Tea’.”
No action by authorities to ensure accountability
Despite this overwhelming evidence that the Nigerian security forces committed gross human rights violations including extrajudicial executions and torture, no investigations have been carried out by the authorities.
A similar pattern of lack of accountability for gross violations by the military has been documented in other parts of Nigeria including the north east in the context of operations against Boko Haram.
“Amnesty International has repeatedly called on the government of Nigeria to initiate independent investigations into evidence of crimes under international law, and President Buhari has repeatedly promised that Amnesty International’s reports would be looked into. However, no concrete steps have been taken,” said Makmid Kamara.
In the very rare cases where an investigation is carried out, there is no follow up. As a result of the apparent lack of political will to investigate and prosecute perpetrators of such crimes, the military continues to commit human rights violations and grave crimes with impunity.
In addition to investigations, the Nigerian government must ensure adequate reparations for the victims, including the families. They should end all use of military in policing demonstrations and ensure the police are adequately instructed, trained and equipped to deal with crowd-control situations in line with international law and standards. In particular, firearms must never be used as a tool for crowd control.
Background
The findings of this report involved an analysis of 87 videos and 122 photographs showing IPOB gatherings and members of security forces in the process of committing violations and victims of these violations. 193 interviews were conducted.
On 30 September 2016, Amnesty International shared the key findings of this report with the Federal Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Chief of Defence Staff, Chief of Army Staff, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Interior, Inspector General of Police and the Director-General of the state Security Services. Responses were received from the Attorney General and Inspector General of Police but neither answered the questions raised in the report.
IPOB emerged in 2012 and campaigns for an Independent Biafran state. Almost fifty years ago, an attempt to establish Biafra state led to a civil war from 1967 to 1970.

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thesicilian:
As for that there may be nothing you can do about that for now, although there is always an alternative to anything in this life. You can choose to boil more water on the few instances there's electricity, or go for gas, inverter, firewood, etc.
Or get a 2nd or 3rd job for extra income...

get 2nd or 3rd job for extra income? I'm sure you don't reside in the zoo.

thesicilian:
Gala is not an essential commodity so one can do without it. As for pure water, people should start learning how to boil tap water for drinking. When the going gets tough, the tough keeps going.

but kerosene is too expensive. 195 per litre

in addition, India, Pakistan and Bangladesh had to go their separate ways immediately the British left.

richidinho:
No sir

where in Philippines can one get the red ribbon? is it only in Manila?

repping Ezira, orumba south

hello house. please I would like to know if Philippines embassy in Nigeria still issue red ribbon to students?

hello house. please I would like to know if Philippines embassy in Nigeria still issue red ribbon to students?

please do Philippines embassy still issue red ribbon here in Nigeria?

Nwa Chineke

BiafraudExposed:
Mynd44 , OAM4J , Seun , Lalasticlala Dominique

Insulting a Nairalander that never insulted him. if is back post link period let's confirm
Than insulting a nairalander who never insulted u or wished u harm

don't mind the spoiled brat. he doesn't have good parental upbringing

Onenaira1:
You really are stupid!!!!

Here are post that I Just got RIGHT now from several different Radio Biafra london from FB. Wtf does that tell your illiterate brain. What does that tell you?
Don't quote me again, you are dumb as hell.

you don't have parental upbringing. you think everybody here is your type.

Onenaira1:
This goat is ridiculously STUPID!!!!

who told you they've not been using it?


I've been a member of all there official pages on FB....duh
I have a cousin that is one of their leaders, specifically their chapter in delta...duh??

Why won't I know their official FB pages when I have a family member that is part of their official you ediot.
Ask me another stupid question.


where does biafraudexposee gets it screenshots from?
Ask the no having life, loser Nigga where he gets them from.

there is a different between page and group. what we are talking about is the group, okay?
below is a screenshot from RADIO BIAFRA LONDON group as posted by biafraudexposed

Onenaira1:
This goat actually don't understand wtf inactive mean? So I was talking to an illiterate l this while.

Inactive mean they haven't been using it despite being a group. The news was made today because the page was REMOVED from FB today. Go and learn the difference between inactive and removed. Chei!!!! So much for someone claiming to be an adult.

While I'm at it, how does "following radio biafra" implicates my age? First of all, Radio Biafra is only a few years old....started approximately 2009 and became popular in 2012. Massob is the one that's been the oldest. So much for someone claiming to "following prophet nnamdi kanu". Come on get out of my face jor.

who told you its being inactive? who told you they've not been using it? where does biafraudexposee gets it screenshots from?

Onenaira1:
Wrong you the T!!!

Dude I was a member of Radio Biafra London page and followed them move when they decided to switch to RADIO BIAFRA. I've been following radio biafra for years now so who the f2k are you to tell me about a group I've known for years and also have a family member that's one of their leaders.
The official Radio Biafra London page that belonged to radio biafra itself was INACTIVE for Months!!!!!.
There active ones are still active as I type this

you are wrong. if RADIO BIAFRA LONDON was inactive for months why is the news out today.
you said you've been a member of the group for years now that means you are still a kid.
search for "ogbonaikenna" on nairaland to know when I started following Prophet Nnamdi KANU and radio Biafra

The federal government has appealed to Emirates Airline and other foreign airlines operating in the country to reconsider the decision of withdrawing their services.
According to James Odaudu, deputy director in the ministry of aviation, Hadi Sirika, minister of state for aviation, made the plea in Abuja during a visit by Manoj Gopi Nair, West African regional manager for Emirates.
Oduadu quoted Sirika as assuring the operators that the challenges confronting the aviation sector would soon be resolved.
“The minister has appealed to the management of Emirates and other airlines to reconsider their decisions to either suspend their operations or scale them down, considering the adverse effects on their long-standing costumers and the benefits they had reaped in the past,” Oduadu said in a statement.
“Government is not unaware of the issues that have created operational difficulties for both domestic and foreign airlines, such as Foreign Exchange, Aviation fuel and infrastructural deficiencies and the government has been up and doing to ensure the creation of an environment that is both enabling and profitable for all airlines to operate.”
But Nair explained that the decision to scale down operation was based on poor access to foreign exchange, high cost of aviation fuel and the state of the Abuja Airport runway.
On infrastructural deficiencies at Abuja airport, Sirika said the government was already handling the issue, noting that the long-term solution was to concession the major airports.
He added that the scarcity of aviation fuel, which threatened to cripple the industry in the recent past, had been resolved as government had made it easier for importers to bring in the product.

Onenaira1:
There are several radio FB london pages on FB. Even Radio biafra announced that the government also created one and tried to mask themselves as them . If you go directly on FB now and type in radio Biafra london, I bet you a billion dollars, several group pages will pop up with that exact name. The one that belonged to Radio Biafra has been inactive for several months. The others that other people created might have been active but the one from Radio biafra was not . The active one was Radio Biafra and that's still active.

wrong again. the official group with more than 800,000 members was still active as at this morning.

Onenaira1:
Why Are You Guys Wailing For.
He shut down Radio Biafra London FB page and so what? It's been inactive for months now.

Radio biafra still have two other pages they use which is still very much active. Radio Biafra is still active and so is Emeka gift....that's the one they have been using for several months now. If they shut that down as well ...then you can wail....even at that, oh well. How the f2k does that remove Radio Biafra website, twitter, youtube account, Radio amd the in face meeting they have.

The fact that dullard government paid to have radio biafra pages shut shows exactly what I said....illiterate are ruling that country as we speak . No wonder a high school dropout is their president

you are wrong bro. RADIO BIAFRA LONDON was still active as at this morning.

The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers on Wednesday issued a 21-day ultimatum to the Federal Government, urging it to prevail on international oil companies operating in the country to stop the ongoing mass retrenchment of oil workers to avoid further loss of jobs.
National President of NUPENG, Mr. Igwe Achese, stated this on Wednesday at the end of a meeting of the Central Working Committee of the union held in Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State.
Achese said many oil companies, including Chevron, ExxonMobil, Pan Ocean and Ground Petroleum, among others, were leaving the country following the prevailing economic recession, which has led to the sacking of about 3,000 oil workers.
He said if the Federal Government fails to stop the ongoing massive retrenchment in the sector, many oil workers would be sacked by their employers.
“It is painful to say as I address you, Chevron has wound up in the East and their offices closed. A total of 1,500 workers were sacked without their entitlements and nobody is saying anything. As we speak, many companies have left and many others are winding up to go.
“Many oil companies are winding up, including ExxonMobil, Pan Ocean, Sapiem Ground Petroleum, and Hercules Offshore Nigeria Limited. About 3,000 workers have already been sacked by the various oil companies.
“The Federal Government should act fast to avert further loss of jobs. There is too much redundancy in the oil industry, which needs urgent action from government to salvage the situation,” Achese said. oil companies.
“The Federal Government should act fast to avert further loss of jobs. There is too much redundancy in the oil industry, which needs urgent action from government to salvage the situation,” Achese said. punchng.com/3000-sacked-multinational-oil-companies-pull/

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A yet unknown number of Nigerian soldiers drowned in the Yobe River in North-East Nigeria as they tried to escape intense fire from Boko Haram fighters on Monday, PREMIUM TIMES can authoritatively report.
Also, no fewer than 22 soldiers are currently recuperating in a hospital in neighbouring Niger Republic following the attack.
The troops were manning an outpost in Gashigar, Borno State, near the border with Niger, when hundreds of terrorists advanced rapidly towards them, forcing the troops to abandon their position with some diving into the nearby river, top military sources familiar with the development told PREMIUM TIMES Wednesday.
The Nigerian Army had on Tuesday distributed a statement announcing the assault on Nigerian troops, but blamed it on “escaping Boko Haram remnants.”
But a day after the statement, which was signed by Sani Usman, a colonel, details of what actually transpired on the battlefield that day and the reaction of commanders on the ground have been exclusively obtained by PREMIUM TIMES.
According to the security sources, the soldiers, attached to 145 Task Force Battalion, came under attack around 5:00 p.m. on Monday, but rescue operation did not yield result until the next day.
On that Tuesday, three rescue operations were carried out by soldiers from the neighbouring Republic of Niger operating in Ngarwa.
Around 7:00 a.m., they rescued the first set of nine Nigerian soldiers. At about 2:00 p.m., seven more were rescued. The last set of six troops was rescued around 5:30 p.m. in the River Komadougou Yobe, which empties into Lake Chad through Niger.
The troops, numbering 22, were dispatched to Diffa General Hospital in Niger. Two of them sustained gunshot wounds while the rest were said to have been rescued unscathed.
The casualty figure, including those who drowned, was yet to be determined as at the time of filing this report.
The sources said the troops have started recounting the incident to their superiors.
The soldiers said they were manning their post in Gashigar when they learnt that suspected terrorists, dressed in black and multi-coloured camouflage, were approaching in several utility trucks while chanting ‘Allah Akbar!’ (Allah is great).
“Troops then had to flee from their position because of their their inability to take on the terrorists in such a large number and firepower,” one of our sources said.
“The terrorists then began chasing them, and we learnt that many jumped into the Yobe River where some of them drown or get fatally shot by the attackers.”
The soldiers also said Boko Haram seized their armoured vehicle and set it alight.
But the sources said the military leadership might open an investigation into the attacks to establish the claims of the soldiers.
One source said some of the claims made by the troops were doubtful.
For instance, the commanders said it is difficult to explain how utility trucks were used to dispossess soldiers of their armoured vehicles especially when the soldiers said they were standing alert in their position.
The leadership also found it curious that the soldiers were rescued with their bullets still largely unspent.
“If they actually came under attack while they were fully at alert, then they should have exhausted their ammunition before taking to their heels,” the source said. “At least that much should be clear.”
Mr. Usman did not respond to PREMIUM TIMES’ requests for comments.
Nigerian troops are fighting alongside their counterparts from Cameroon and the Republic of Niger.
Monday’s development marked the first time in more than two years that Nigerian troops would come under superior firepower that required foreign military personnel to come to counter.
A similar incident last occurred in August 2014 when about 480 troops crossed the border into Cameroon while fleeing Boko Haram.
It also underscored the renewed vigour of the sect to launch major attacks on not just civilians but uniformed men after losing the huge swathes of land it once controlled.
Besides losing territory, the insurgents had also been largely decimated by the troops which experts said is responsible for their activities being whittled down across their stronghold in the northeast.
The insurgency, which began in 2009, has left approximately 20,000 people dead and displacement of millions.
Boko Haram leaders recently engaged in negotiation with the Nigerian government which led to last week’s release of 21 of the over 200 girls kidnapped from Chibok, Borno State, in April 2014.
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DonphilopusGuy:
Do you have sense at all?

the guy you quoted is a born again zombie. why attacking him?