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DoggoneDogg:
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Common sense dictates that if you are downing planes at this rate then you should have won the war by now.

Except of course, you're lying...

As a Putin sympathizer, you need not practice sophistry on us here. It is clear to anyone with common sense that the invasion is not going for Putin as planned.

Russia is bleeding 20 billion dollars daily in its infamous invasion of Ukraine that has reached its 10th day, the Russian economy is in tatters with the stock markets fallen more than 90% and the Russian currency losing value daily. Over 10,000 Russian soldiers have been killed, Russia has become more economically isolated than anytime in recent history and the statements from Putin show he is increasingly becoming frustrated with the foolish war he entered into. So what more do you need to know this is not how Putiin planned things?

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/russia-ukraine-crisis/daily-cost-of-ukraine-war-likely-to-exceed-20b-for-russia-study/2522706#

olabukola:
Did you guys read at all. Reason: The weapon may end up with terrorists which poses danger to commercial flight.

Take anything from Putin with a grain of salt. He really doesn't care about the world. People who fire thermobaric weapons and use cluster bombs in civilian areas can't claim to care about the welfare of others. Use of those weapons alone is a war crime. He is only concerned about those stinger missiles downing his figher jets!

Idumuje:
Cowards everywhere! Let yo you all, the world should have surrendered and let Hitler roll over everyone, to ‘save their country’

This is why Nigeria will remain backward forever. Cowards everywhere!

For some people peace is peace even if they are in chains. If you push them they run. If they have nowhere to run they start begging, ready to comply with anything just to be alive.

An agressor who does not share the same ideals with you, whom you have separated from about 30 years ago wants to take your land and control you and you say surrendering to him is the best option. Haba! Even animals fight when you encroach on their territory.

Dalil8:
DPR, LPR, Chechen and Russian forces have taken almost all eastern Ukraine towns and cities. I laugh at those of you that think Russia is losing this war.

A 40-mile long Russian military convoy is en-route to Kyiv at the moment. I doubt Kyiv would withstand another night of fighting.

https://static.dw.com/image/60954220_509.jpg

Your opinion seem to come out of a Pro-Russian mindset without concrete facts. Do you know that in 1996, it took Russia two whole months before they could overrun the Chechen capital of Grozny which is a city of just 200k people. Kyiv is many times larger than Grozny and the topography in some areas consists of several hills, ravines and small rivers.

Barely 5 days into the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian soldiers hungry for love are already bombarding Ukrainian women on Tinder and other dating apps without considerations for the various security implications.

Ukrainian women in second city Kharkiv — just 20 miles from tyrannical Vladimir Putin’s vast invasion force — have been stunned by a salvo of admirers in uniform.

Hunky Russian troops called Andrei, Alexander, Gregory, Michail and a bearded Chechen fighter nicknamed “Black” were among dozens whose profiles popped up.

And they looked certain to get a rocket from Red Army commanders last night after giving away their position and posting pictures of their uniforms in flirty messages.

Dasha Synelnikova’s phone lit up with snaps of dozens of randy Russians when she set her location to Kharkiv on Tinder yesterday.

The soldiers are believed to have come into range after the Russian President’s commanders ordered a huge influx of tanks and troops within striking distance of the city.

https://www.the-sun.com/news/4757640/russian-soldiers-tinder-ukraine/

dasparrow:
Indeed there is a double standard when it comes to how the mainstream media reports the news. We all know that. When white people do things that are not good, they report it differently than when a Black person does it.

Every news has its audience and even news channels know their audience. A British news station cannot be expected to spend equal time on news coverage of West Africa as it spends on European news or covering events in the United Kingdom. There are some things that are just simple logic without having to read ulterior motives and spin conspiracy theories.

venabili:
I agree. But why was the USA ready to bomb Cuba for accepting Soviet weapons on its soil back in 1962? And why do they keep reiterating the Monroe doctrine when it has no basis in international law?

Please get your facts right on the Cuba issue. USA didn't invade Cuba neither did they attempt to bomb Cuba. John Kennedy who was the US President during the Cuba Missile Crisis was advised to invade Cuba because USSR was building nuclear missile bases in Cuba. The invasion would have started a war. But Kennedy took the better option of creating a Naval blockade of Cuba to prevent nuclear missiles from being shipped into Cuba.

Kennedy's actions are far far more honourable than those of Putin despite the situation at Cuba being much more provocative than that of Ukraine. NATO doesn't site nuclear bases in member countries neither does it encourage its members to be agressors.

venabili:
Its crazy and definitely looks like encroachment. But nothing is worth war. Too many innocents suffer

There is no encroachment. The countries that joined NATO are sovereigns that have the right to make their decisions themselves. They are not subordinate to Russia or anyone.

If Russia is not comfortable with that then Russia should either join NATO or form a different military alliance and seek for countries to join the alliance. One of the most basic human rights is freedom to associate. Fighting or invading another country can never be the solution.

Rollsnjaguar:
Those urging western nations on will be shocked at what Putin is capable of. I know Putin will never loose, instead he will deploy nuclear weapons.

If Putin deploys nuclear weapons, he doesn't win. He looses. And we all loose because in a nuclear war there is no winner.

More than 25 years ago, Ukraine, which had the thrid largest nuclear weapon arsenal in the world was encouraged by Russsia, United Kingdom and the United States of America to give up the nuclear weapons in exchange for an agreement by Russia, UK and USA to never attack Ukraine or Ukriainian interests.

That agreement has now been betrayed by Russia.

Amid the ongoing Russian invasion in Ukraine, it is critical to dive deeper into the country’s backstory of betrayal.

Why should the United States care about Ukraine? Let’s dig in.

The short answer: U.S. officials promised Ukraine in the Budapest Memorandum 25 years ago that the U.S. would assist if Russia were ever to invade.

Indeed, the Budapest Memorandum of 1994 was when the U.S., Britain and Russia offered security assurances to Ukraine after the Soviet Union collapsed. Those assurances ultimately persuaded the Ukrainian government to give up the world’s third largest nuclear arsenal.

The countries said that Ukraine had committed to “eliminate all nuclear weapons from its territory within a specific period of time.” They pledged to “refrain from economic coercion” against Ukraine and to “seek immediate United Nations Security Council action to provide assistance to Ukraine” in the event of an “act of aggression” against the country.

Eliminating the nuclear threat was a big deal for the United States because the nuclear weapons were ultimately designed, built and deployed to attack America during the Cold War. The 1,900 strategic nuclear warheads Ukraine possessed had enough power to destroy every U.S. city with a population of more than 50,000 three times.

Ukraine returned all of its nuclear weapons to Russia by 1996…and now we’re here.

Unfortunately, Russia broke essentially every commitment it made to Ukraine. This ongoing invasion isn’t the first time Putin went against his word. He first disregarded the Memorandum when he invaded Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula in 2014.

Since Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014, the United States has provided Ukraine with $3 billion in reform and military assistance and $3 billion in loan guarantees.

Many argue that since the U.S. didn’t ever invade Ukraine, it upheld its Memorandum commitments. However, U.S. officials told Ukrainian officials that if Russia were to ever invade, the U.S. would respond.

While the specifics were never hashed out, U.S. officials urged that there would be some kind of response.

Long story short, this is why Americans should care about what’s going on in Ukraine.

https://humanevents.com/2022/02/24/things-you-should-care-about-how-ukraine-was-betrayed-in-budapest-memorandum/?amp=1

dawnomike:
Israel seems guilty of what we today accuse Russia of...

The capture and occupation of Golan Heights by Isreal during the Six Day War in 1967 and till date is not comparable to the Russian agression in Ukraine in any way.

The Six Day War started from the aggression of a coalition of Arab Countries that sought to crush Isreal. They were the ones who launched the war against Isreal and Golan was one of the territory won by Isreal during the war and which Isreal discovered was very strategic to its continued safety in the midst of enemies.

Please stop manipulating narratives to support Russia and comparing oranges and apples.

naija4life247:
I'm sorry for you. Putin can overrun the whole Europe in 72 hours. You are talking of small Ukraine

I don't think even the megalomaniac Putin would arrogate such capabilities to himself. 3 out of the 10 most powerful military are in Europe with combined defense budget that well exceeds that of Russia. And NATO won't be watching while Russia overruns Europe. Putin may be a megalomaniac but he isn't stupid.

Truthwords:
Nairalanders never fail to disappoint. The ignorance here stinks to high heavens. When i see how people are regurgitating the western media propaganda i start asking myself what the future of Nigeria will be like with such uninformed youths.

As usual the mainstream media is fooling all of you and I'll explain whats actually going on as briefly as possible .

During the soviet Union era, the soviets wanted to build an international military base in Cuba which was and still is in major alliance with Soviet / Russia. The then American president resisted at all course. That's because missile warheads could have easily been launched from cuba into the United States. At the fall of the soviet Union, western nations signed an agreement that NATO will not move into former Soviet colonies and that countries such as Ukraine will never be a part of NATO or be armed with nuclear capabilites.

Fast forward how many years after, NATO flouted those rules and are not only trying to bring Ukraine into NATO, they are also trying to Arm Ukraine to the teeth, a move which is very dangerous to the security and safety of Russia.

How will America and the other Westerners feel if Russia were to build military bases in places like Canada, Mexico, Bahamas etc surrounding the United States. MAINSTREAM MEDIA WILL NEVER POINT THIS OUT.

There are other cities in Eastern Ukraine such as Luhansk and Donbas, that want to willingly join Russia because they are Russian speaking people who have accepted Russian citizenship. Do not also forget that crimea willingly joined Russia and the people were so happy to display their Russian passport. That news even made it to nairaland front page but as usual, a lot of you forgot.

If America will not allow Russia building bases next to them, they and their western counterparts should also stop pushing into Russian territories under the pretence of NATO expansion.

Russia does not have a big media machine like the west and that's why we have been getting one sided information. Same thing they did with the biggest lie in History called covid SCAMdemic. Don't be too quick to conclude. Search for the truth, its Important.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uSSHvRwpKk


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3DSWum3Okw


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCjmn69PQ3c


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6ZgMgRuccw


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOmW-F0zM_w


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhIIUiic8kw

The US action during the Cuban crisis is understandable both then and in retrospect. It should however be noted that the US didn't use that as an excuse to invade Cuba and only sort to nip the issue at stake.

The claim of an agreement baring NATO from expanding east into former USSR countries is nothing but a blatant lie and deliberate misinformation. There was no such agreement. In fact Mikhail Gorbachev the former USSR President admitted NATO issue was not even raised at all by any of the new countries that broke out of USSR then.

At least 7 former Communist countries have already joined NATO as at 2004 and Russia made no storms or wars out of it.

It is also interesting to note that Russia had a relationship with the NATO military alliance dating back to 1991. It wasn't until 2014 that NATO unanimously decided to suspend all practical co-operation with the Russian Federation, in response to the Annexation of Crimea, but the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) was not suspended and continues till date. So people making all these spurious claims against NATO and the West just to justify Russian aggression in Ukraine should get themselves better informed.


Sources and references:

https://theconversation.com/ukraine-the-history-behind-russias-claim-that-nato-promised-not-to-expand-to-the-east-177085

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2004/03/30/7-former-communist-countries-join-nato/476d93dc-e4bd-4f05-9a15-5b66d322d0e6/

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia–NATO_relations

wirinet:
But NATO and the US had been doing same many times in the past. US and NATO armed and sponsored separatists in Benghazi to overthrow Gaddafi in Tripoli. The US armed and sponsored the kurdish rebels against Am-Bashir in Syria until the running came on the side of the Syrian president.

And what has been the result of such actions by NATO or US? Do they now have Libya as allies? Do they now have Syria as allies?

Guyman02:
https://www.rt.com/russia/550546-zelensky-nato-ukraine-neutrality/

This is just plain propaganda from Russia. They are not the mouthpiece of Ukraine.

wirinet:
The 2014 removal of pro Russian President was not the reason Ukraine wanted to join NATO. Ukraine and Georgia had been aspiring to join NATO since NATO invited then at the 2008 Bucharest summit.
NATO read out a communique inviting Georgia and Ukraine;

At no point did I state or insinuate that the removal of the Pro-Russian President was the reason for Ukraine wanting to join NATO.

The Russian problem in Ukraine of sponsoring and arming separatists in Ukraine in the wake of the Crimean War made joining NATO more attractive to Ukraine even more than mere aspirations dating back to 2008. When your neighbour is more powerful than you and becoming aggressive, it is common sense to look for succour and protection elsewhere.

Rugaria:
Very correct assessment.
The aggressors are the ones playing victims now..
NATO has to explain why it wants Russias immediate neighbor as a member.

Is it the same news article you read? How is NATO or Ukraine the agressor playing victim?

Ukrainians decided to remove a Pro-Russian President in 2014 which angered Putin because his puppet had been removed. Putin then found excuse to annex Crimea, starting the Crimean War and thereafter sponsoring and arming separatists in Eastern Ukraine, leaving thousands of Ukrainians dead from his actions.

The Russian problem apparently makes joining NATO and the EU attractive to Ukraine and Putin's response is to invade Ukraine and you now say NATO are the aggressors?

When your neighbour is strategic to your safety what you do is treat him nice and be good to him. Not that you want to manipulate and threaten him to the point of fighting him. You think that would in the long run help your situation? Putin really made a big mistake that would unfold in times to come.

omoredia:
Biden is a total failure. Trump would never have allowed this madness to go on

Trump was an ally of Putin and even praised the genius of Putin in moving troops to Ukraine recently. So what really are you saying?

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/feb/23/trump-putin-genius-russia-ukraine-crisis

kollinzgee:
Putin will loose?
Well I was told nairaland zombies are dumb now I just confirmed it.

You need to get your facts right before coming to a public platform to educate others. The Russo-Ukrainian War began in 2014 following the Russian annexation of Crimea from Ukraine. The Russian government feared that Ukraine's membership of the EU and NATO would complete a western wall of allied countries by restricting Russia's access to the Black Sea. That is the real issue at stake for Russia and others are just addendum.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia–Ukraine_relations

Jennyclay:
Good afternoon nairalanders and Happy new year to everyone. I promise to be brief.

My fiance and I hv been dating for 2 years. He's doing well for himself, he's humble, he's quick to apologize even when you're at fault. He calls his mom and siblings regularly, but he don't talk to his Dad. If I ask, he would say forget about him

My fiance has been keeping malice with his father for 3 years now. I don't know what transpired between them because he would never tell me. He act like his father doesn't exist.

His mom and I do talk on phone once in a while. Yesterday I called her to wish her happy new year, we spoke well and she prayed for me. Abt 10 mins later she called back, but this time she was crying, She explained how his son has not been talking to his Father, she said this year 2022 would make it 3 years, she said they have called elders and pastors to talk to him but all to no avail. She said It would be her greatest joy if I also help her talk to him since he loves me so much. We were on the phone for over 45min.

Nairalanders, he's coming to seek my hand in marriage by March but I'm scared and here are my reasons. 1) His he pretending to be nice to me 2) what if we have little misunderstanding when we get married will he forgive me or keep malice with me for years

I was so angry at him, I told him that I'm giving him now till month end to reconcile every conflict or dispute he has with his father else I'm calling our relationship a quit, because this character seems to be a redflag to me. He started begging me, he said I don't understand yet he's not telling me anything.

I'm really confused. Please help a sister.

The first red flag is that he could keep malice for that long. Three good years? With his own father? Well of he can do it with his father he can do it with anyone including you.

The second red flag is that he fears no one and no one can really talk to him. If his mother, relatives and pastors have talked to him and he is not budging, then who would plead for you when you offend him as a wife? Who can you report him to when he starts misbehaving?

When any of your fiances parents come to you and plead and cry to you to change his mind or attitude on an issue and say that he may listen to you because he loves you, that is a serious issue. Because these are the people you should ideally report him to when you have irreconcilable issues with him. That they cannot handle him is a serious red flag.

Finally, the third flag is that he refuses to tell you what caused the malice. If his Mother, Pastors and Relatives saw it fit to plead with him on the matter, then it is not likely the father committed a grevious sin. Someone keeping malice and refusing to tell you the cause but wants you to just flow with him doesn't value whatever you would have to say.

Think about these red flags very well before you walk into something you may regret in the future. Wives will always offend husbands o!

BeeBeeOoh:
• Osun govt alleges stockpiling of fake NSCDC uniforms

• Parties sign pact of good conduct with police



https://thenationonlineng.net/i-begged-oyetola-for-two-years-not-to-tamper-with-my-legacies-says-aregbesola/

Aregbesola seems to be delusional. When you have the opportunity to perform, you do your best and leave the stage. If anybody comes thereafter and is destroying what you built, as long as what you built were for the benefit of the people, the people will resist such a person without you talking or fighting.

The legacies you can fight for are the ones you leave for your children and family.

GreatAxeMan:
https://dailypost.ng/2022/02/15/colleges-of-education-threaten-strike-over-fgs-delay-to-pay-n15bn-revitalisation-fund/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1644935571

The current Government is just courting problem here and there. They are unable to pay N15billion Revitalization Funds for College of Education and yet promised to pay N75,000.00 per semester stipend to students in College of Education!

Estimating 100,000 College of Education students nationwide gives a per semester stipend budget of N 7.5 billion!!! Now that is another recipe for future problem because an economy struggling on loans should not be making such promises in the first place. But some people want to eat during their time and postpone the problem to future generations anyway.

https://punchng.com/fg-approves-stipends-for-education-students-in-public-tertiary-institutions/?amp

mapet:
These your submission are just overtly emotional and lacking in substance

1. Information from an Ex-Staff of Dowen who did not show up in investigation and at Corona's inquest to give evidence? Is the Corona to rely on Whatsapp video conversation of emotional women and not fact-based evidence?
2. The autopsy report served 2 purposes in this context. (1) It is the standard and legal reference for establishing cause of death. (2) It is the only veritable way to determine that what was alleged (Bully = Blunt Force Trauma) and( Poisonous substances= Toxins). Even when you take evidence from people who describes how he was beating, and such cannot be seen on the body to the extent that pathologist can certify it, then it is not evidenced.
3. Football injuries can indeed lead to infection. Basic knowledge of treatment tells you that when flesh is opened through irritation, abrasion or cuts, you administer antiseptic to clean it flesh almost immediately to prevent bacterial infection. If the body immunity does not attack the bacteria, it leads to fatality
4. On the Cult issue, the Police investigated that and led to a dead end. The Police did mention in their investigation that there was no evidence of cultism, no incisions, no tatoos or any other evidence to back that allegation.

A Corona's Inquest is not a criminal investigation and never equated to a Police investigation. It is simply an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding a death so that the death can be appropriately registered. So the Dowen ex-staff cannot be invited on any basis not directly related to the dead body. As you can see it is the pathologists that a mainly speakibg at the inquest.

Autopsy has its uses in murder investigations but it is beong overflogged here for clearly the wrong purposes. Dr. Soyemi who conducted the second autopsy gave evidence at the inquest that there was blackish substance found in the stomach of the boy but they refused to test the substance because allegedly LASUTH lacked appropriate facilities. Yet he was surprisingly eager to condemn the first autopsy's report of death by chemical intoxication on the basis that the throat and airways where not opened but didn't volunteer whether he opened them in his autopsy and what he found. At least the blackish substance would have entered the body through any of these points.

In fact the presence of the black susbtance casts suspicions on the Police statement that there were no findings in the oesophagus and stomach compatible with chemical intoxication based on the second autopsy report!

For me, the fact that an earlier report had concluded on chemical intoxication made it mandatory to test the blackish substance to clear all doubts. This is even more important when the parents of the boy claimed he was fed engine oil or some other substance. To resort to any other tactic to debunk the first autopsy while clearly the second autopsy is not 100% thorough is trying to play on the intelligence of the people.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/punchng.com/oromoni-black-substance-found-in-victims-intestine-lasuth-lacks-testing-lab-says-pathologist/%3famp

michlins:
This family scammed Nigerians and used public sympathy to condemn innocent people. The truth is coming out small small

While the law is that accussed people are innocent until proven guilty, the information from various sources including ex-staff of Dowen on the issue of bullying shows that it requires further investigation by the Police.

To simply try to equate autopsy result to the solution of an alleged murder case and bullying is shoddy work at its best. There are various ways to kill people that the autopsy would easily attribute to normal death and yet the cases are murder.

How did a football injury within days become a serious generalized infection? Has the deceased been a subject of bullying at Dowen has alleged? Are there student cults at Dowen? Where all relevant parties including students questioned thoroughly? All these are questions raised that we need answers to and not the singular focus on autopsy results. The Police really did a shoddy job.

Entprys:
Ordinary hijab ? Why are our christians brothers so segrigational ? Why are we so discriminatory ?
In a secular country ?
If they reject hijab, then, the school will be closed.

Will you also allow children of Traditional Worshippers to wear their religious garbs to school? Because if you don't then you are being discriminatory?

The Army and Police should also allow rank and file and officers to wear long beards because it is religious.

There would then be no need to have order and regulations for institutions and establishments because religion supersedes all. Isn't that the kind of world anarchy you want?

Bola146:
We need to pray for him this will be a great lesson to him

Pray for him to genuinely encounter Jesus so as to become born-again and be saved. Singing "Gospel" songs does not equate salvation.

Bola146:
Nobody is above sin but he should have been very careful since this his is second marriage. I think it's time for him to reconcile with God

Nobody is above sin is not an excuse for Okposo. This business of fornication and adultery is one he has been repeatedly accussed of severally over the years. So it is clear he is not remorseful.

blackmantis:
You want to engage a billionaire in a petty fight but when he uses his money you cry foul.

The crying foul is not about the use of money as the miscarriage of justice. If justice is for the highest bidder then the society is going to the dogs.

Bola146:
I guess this is his second marriage? Mistake indeed if it were the wife, he would have done worse than this but God exposed his dirty secret Madam, please accept his apologies, he will never do the mistake again

Or rather that he would be more faithful in always using condoms in future encounters!

He only apologised because the lady he impregnated publicly disclosed the matter. He had earlier told her to abort the baby and didn't feel any remorse saying that neither did he apologise before the matter became public. So how sincere is he?

Handsum64:
Why are these Jesus is Lord preachers this hypocritical?
Marry more than one wife if one is not sufficient for you instead of all these infidelity right left and center

Marrying more than one wife is never the solution to adultery! Lack of moral discipline and contentment is a major cause. You can have a dozen wives and still be adulterous.

Itopalucky:
"General Babaginda is a great leader, and one of the few Nigerian Presidents who stamped their efforts in the development of this country. He made some very viable diplomatic decisions, which are quite effective in Nigeria's relationship with the rest of the world, as well as in the aspect of economic and social empowerment of Nigerians. So I respect and regard him alot."

Babangida is not someone Nigerians should be celebrating we have any sense of history, cause and effects.

The young lady was probably not born or a small child duribg the Babangida era. But she should have asked her elders and read history. Babangida came to power via military coup and set the framework for many of the decay and corruption in the country that we see today, destroying institutions fof personal and selfish interests.

AsomArchitectNG:
Hmm. There's nothing the police can do about this as it's not a police case.

It's quite a serious matter though but i think you should assemble a family meeting with both parents involved. Make them see reasons why you can't go into marriage with him anymore and the need to break the oath.

She can report to the Police and it can become a criminal case against the boyfriend. At 17 years she was a minor and couldn't have legally consented to such ritual oath with a boyfriend who is already an adult and perhaps several years older than her. He took advantage for her.

Under Section 204-213 of the Nigerian Criminal Code Act, Offences in relation to witchcraft and juju such as being or believed to be associated with human sacrifice or other unlawful practice, is guilty of misdemeanour and is liable to imprisonment for two years.

Their blood oath would qualify as juju, witchcraft or unlawful practice and the guy can earn himself imprisonment.