₦airaland Forum

Uchebobo:
Nigeria is a country established by God Boko Haram. . .

Awaiting national conference before any form of progress can be made.

Nigeria is the piece of land occupied by victims called Nigerians.

babapupa:
wetin dey sweet your bele over egunje money wey no go reach the front door of the good people of the delta? abi na the fist time the feds go send money go delta?

where you think all the 11% crude oil money plus the monthly statutory allocation dey go since?

den dey hustle and love-vendor you fo korokoro day light and you dey green like bingo,

you neva jamm,

No worry babapupa. Very soon, all of una go begin pack come ND as de only happening zone for 9ja! Na me go de give visa.
But we still no go buy any of dos ya yeye MIG 21 and Hind helicopter wen don rotten troway for Markudi. You can sell F22 to us sha

What is Nigeria? And that isn't a joke question.

JTF left Delta state which produces 40%+ of Nigeria's oil for Bayelsa which produces 1.5%?

One of MENDs demands is that JTF pulls out. FG is also considering paying royalties direct to ND communities. Haha!

http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/-/1066/635390/-/1385hp9z/-/

The guy is a real joke.

Was Tunde Idiagbon not another Kwara Fulani?

Kobojunkie:
At this point, the PEOPLE of Nigeria ought to have had enough of this. I mean PEOPLE ought to be making plans to ensure that come 2011 things start to change for the better. If not, then it all means PEOPLE of Nigeria are OK with what has been happening so far.

2011? You think Nigeria would get there? It is really sad, but we are heading for a Somalia like status; Boko Haram was the first warning.
A couple of days ago, the SSS Director General in a highly unusual move, warned of the implosion of the country by 2011, because of political machinations (by all indications, Boko Haram was one).

If the so-called amnesty fails, we are likely to see overt foreign intervention in various forms from those interested in the security of their energy supplies. From the general analysis in the West, there will likely to be a split up of the country; aside from oil, Nigeria as a whole does not have much to offer the West economically.

Clearly, there are complex issues driving the conflict in the Niger Delta, issues that are not going to be resolved in the near future. Efforts to create a formal peace process in the Delta continue, but so far have not borne fruit. Nonetheless, in the near term, the United States and other members of the international community should send clear signals to the Nigerian government that they are paying attention to the developments in the Delta and that they expect the government of Nigeria and the Nigerian military to adhere to basic humanitarian principles, including the protection of civilians, unfettered humanitarian access, and freedom of movement for noncombatants.

Andrew Blum http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/6262

Ibime:
One should always be mindful of the points above. . . .when I say I support MEND, people think I vouch for the ethics of the boys themselves. . . . this couldn't be further from the truth, cos I have stated repeatedly that the boys are hired criminals. . . . Im more mindful of the leadership of MEND than the boys. . .

Are the above your views or did you cull them from somewhere? If so, can I have the link please so I can sudy it for myself, especially with regard to Hillary Clintons visit.

Yes, those are just my views. But they are based on the degree to which the actions of MEND and their high levels of organisation are being studied/monitored by top strategic agancies World wide. It wouldn't be a surprise if somewhere, someone is seeing the kernels of a stable nation worth their backing; these things crossed my mind when the US seemed to cut Nigeria's status with Obama visit to Ghana.

@mbulela. Alams is a spent force that is now keeping a low profile for his own safety; he was used as a ladder. The same goes for Odili, who is now persona non grata in the Niger Delta and spends his time between Abuja and South Africa.

. . .Just to clarify a few things. . .

MEND is not an army, but a group of highly organised, educated and highly intelligent people who use the system to fight itself, both as a strategy and because they are minorities who cannot engage in frontal conventional warfare with the state. This is due to their minority status, population wise, economically and in both govt and military representation. In a law of the jungle, "winner takes all" nation like Nigeria, minorities are totally voiceless, with zero representation. Therefore, lateral thinking and asymmetric warfare have been employed with core goals in mind; ending deprivation, pollution, injustice, giving the Niger Delta a political voice and enriching the Niger Delta, while clamouring for fiscal federalism in Nigeria.
Peaceful agitation has failed several times, with the execution of the regions leaders (e.g. Ken Saro Wiwa) .
MEND works like this:

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[li]The leadership of MEND is deliberately kept unknown, so the leaders can function as every day Nigerians, pushing the cause in peaceful ways.[/li]
[li]MEND is very skilled at sourcing sophisticated weapons and provision of military training.[/li]
[li]Politicians love thugs so they arm up deprived youths to loot and shoot their rivals and to cow the general populace.[/li]
[li]MEND contacts these same thugs, gives them arms to use against the state that created them; only now there’s no politician boss and they aren't terrorising the populace; they are now used against oil wells.[/li]
[li]Politicians from all over Nigeria (especially from the far North) love bunkering, MEND uses this against them by making the waters unsafe (with the politicians very own former thugs).[/li]
[li]MEND uses the politicians apparatus to bunker oil to boost the economy of the Niger Delta.[/li]
[li]MEND controls very sophisticated arms (JTF claims to have captured a drone) and so controls the armed groups through supply.[/li]
[li]MEND exerts pressure for their cause by by putting pressure on oil supply.[/li]
[/list]

The nature of representation of minorities in a winner takes all society like ours has given birth to a new kind of creature of resistance. MEND is studied the Word over as a masterpiece of military strategy that can bring any nation to its knees (look at sites for Stratfor, Global Guerrillas etc). In the converse, JTF with no tangible gains apart from the destruction of Gbaramatu, is viewed as a failure.
Foreign powers are beginning to take note, let’s watch Hilary Clintons visit very closely; it will indicate the side of the table that the US will play its game (likely with the Niger Delta).
Until Nigeria redeems herself off corruption and institute true federalism, MEND will continue to win.

naijaking1:
Even China wants their own debate to paid in dollar. Many countries including China buy and hold so much US treasury bonds that they wouldn't want anything to change very drastically.

I support that.

China has started offloading its dollar holdings, prefering short term US Treasury bonds to the long term ones it currently holds to the tune of $1.5 trillion (govt debt).
Admitedly, this will take some time as world's highest foreign exchange reserves at $2 trillion (yes, in dollars). Also, the US owes China $800 billion (public debt).

China has recently started trading in Yuan within the ASEAN area to reduce its reliance on the dollar.

The dollar will lose ground, but not quite yet. The figures of China's dollar assets alone, are just too massive.

In some ways we are blessed o! I mean, see this guy, Kim Jung Il, the president of North Korea!

Now, this is another of those men negatively affected by their height, such as Napoleon and Hitler. When the weather is bad, he shoots off missiles that can reach Hawaii just for fun.
God punish any mosquito that attempts to bite him, he will respond with nuclear weapons!
Nobody knows who his fashion designer is (though some suggest that he's been wearing the same clothes since he was a baby). He is a very bush man.
They don't have Boko Haram in North Korea because, de man sef na Boko Haram!

Draughts kill millions and food is scarce. You can't just enter plane, begin go N Korea; flights are banned. No journalists are allowed; the population know nada about the outside world and many believe they are living in paradise. He inherited the presidency from his father and will pass it to his son. Children are taught (even before they can read) that he was born on the highest mountain and (similar to Jesus) a rainbow marked the sky where he was born.

Thank God for small mercies , Yar Adua is only slow and clueless
But lest we reach N Korea's level, we must throw him out.

deyg:
y governor.senator. y not , sssshhhhhhhh.i no say anything oooooo

No wonder 9ja is always failing! I forget Yar Adua!
For baba goslow, we need to roast Alaanuku the witch craft goat with tyre rubber, make e chop; Then de man go kpai!

@babapupa.

We di picture of your MIG 21 and other bad bad things?
Abeg leave MEND jare!
Swaga! MEND full ground troway!

Revolution by goat! Post some tyre roasted goat meat to your governor, senators etc!!!

She is coming to Nigeria http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8183862.stm

We keep beating tribalism, but are we really right?
To my mind, tribalism is the symptom of several boxes "Nigeria" does not tick. Some of these are captured in the questions:

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[li]What deeper thing than mere words makes a person Nigerian?[/li]
[li]What is the identity of the individual who feels that his ethnic culture offers them more protection than the Nigerian nation?[/li]
[li]What is the identity of the individual who feels that his ethnic culture offers them more love and understanding than the Nigerian nation?[/li]
[/list]

In other words, we need to define the contract between citizen and state (as in America); we need as a basis, to hold a national conference that will define how the component parts of the country as well as each individual co-exists. We have never done that, we've been papering over problems that just keep getting worse by the year.

The story that came out in the morning didn't make sense, especially as these guys had already refused a 50 billion "amnesty" package.

Kill this thread! This is a fake story.  

http://saharareporters.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3382:mend-clarifies-position-on-amnesty-and-the-qdefectionq-of-boyloaf&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=18

I said it earlier!!!

ocelot2006:
Seriously, SHUT THE F@#K UP! What's your problem ?!

Idiots like you.

That guy was not speaking for MEND. MEND has not yet got a negotiating team and the have not yet made any demands. Same article (contradiction highlighted);

Spokesman of MEND, Jomo Gbomo, in an exclusive e-mail response to an inquiry by Vanguard, however, said “We (MEND) are still consulting and hope that before the expiration of the 60-day ceasefire, the team can discuss with the President’s envoy.”

His words, “We are not interested in any direct talks with the President. There are some of us that crave such meetings and those are in the minority and they are doing so for selfish monetary gains. As long as the President gets our message from Timi Alaibe or from the pages of newspapers, meeting him is not as important as the actions he takes to bring about the change every Nigerian now craves for, such as fiscal federalism”.

He nevertheless said, “The Aaron team has not been put in place, but we are already making progress in taking a common position on the demands to be made”.

Quite clearly Vanguard has rushed out an article that rubbishes itself. If MEND is yet to finish choosing their spokesmen, what can we make of the whole story? How can anybody be speaking for them?

Parnassuss:
Personally, i think the truth in this case will never be fully known. But lets examine the lucid facts The police indiscriminately killed a criminal; for the seeming purpose of concealing his sponsors, retaliation to the blow he dealt their ego by killing their officers, or to prevent the sect from continuing, in the unlikely case where he WAS actually the high head of the sect. Some reports also claims the president knew about the sect and its mission b4 hand, considering the fact that the north is the bedrock of conflict and crisis in the country, that cannot be far fetched. Security must definitely have had some idea or inkling on the existence of such a sect. So, why did govt. not act, probably for the same reason the USA govt. did not act when it was told of Al-Quaida.
My summation on these recent events agrees with the thesis on there being a greater force sponsoring the sect, but i don't think it was anyone one intention for their puppet to get caught or to have him killed. I mean, if they were so influential they'd have to to do is to let him stew in prison for some years and get him quietly out to continue his job. Killing him would set back their operation except they already had a back-up plan and this was just a diversion, either way, this is one screwed up mess that deserves more intel focus and man power than i feel Uncle Umaru's putting up

There are different political factions up North, all playing do or die politics for 2011. Everything has been thrown in the mix, from sharia to various cults; viewed in this way, one can conclude that the man was deliberately killed as a cover up.

I am not trying to be ambassador to Yar Adua and neither will I ever be. But we can say he is a bad president without debasing his family name.
Attack his policies. Why his name? Was his brother who died in jail not called Yar Adua as well?
The man is old enough to be either a father or a grandfather to most of us.

As for making references to my parents, curses on you.

brein:
http://www.cnnmobile.com/primary/_p2Wq3S-it0cESpEus

For dang sake, What is NIGERIA's problem. We only bear an expired captioned slogan "Giant Of Africa" but nothing seem to be progressing as duely expected. Every top world country seem to be neglating Nigeria. Is Yara' dull our problem! Just curious.
Na wa oo!

Nigeria was on the list before, not so? Now we've been quietly dropped.

Why are we expecting that Barack Obama, a successful black wants to be dragged down by the inertia of Nigeria? A country that shoots captured criminals in cold blood? A country that can produce Boko Haram, all in the name of politics? Success rubs with success, what has Nigeria in its current state got to rub on Obama?

A lot of us really can't see the country for what it is. It isn't just Yar Adua, it is the vast majority of us. Indvidually we are failing and thinking we can just go about saying things like "Yar' dull" like we have no parents. Look in the mirror Nigerians!

The acceptance of brutish behaviour in place of rule of law is a sure sign that we are carrying several open sores from millitary rule.

We haven't even finished with Boko Haram, they say there's another group of illiterates that has declared independence in Niger state. . .