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Whether there was a massacre at Lekki Tollgate on October 20, 2020.

The atrocious maiming and killing of unarmed, helpless and unresisting protesters, while sitting on the floor and waving their Nigerian flags, while singing the national anthem can be equated to a 'massacre' in context.

"A massacre has been defined as the killing of multiple individuals, which is considered to be morally unacceptable, especially when perpetrated by political actors against defenceless victims" - Wikipedia

The panel considered whether what took place at the Lekki Tollgate on the 20th October, 2020 was a MASSACRE. According to the learned authors of Miriam-Webster online dictionary, one of the meanings of massacre is "the act or instance of killing a number of usually helpless or unresisting human beings under circumstances of atrocity or cruelty.

Bump: Seems it took them over a year to see what everyone else saw. I wonder what new evidence they saw that wasn't known to them a year ago.

Bleiz:
6 years is okay. It takes between 5 to 10 years to slowly fill up a dam to prevent shortage of water downstream. It can even be filled faster during the raining seasons we have here in Nigeria.

Remember that many tributaries of River Niger in Nigeria overflow their banks while causing flooding in adjoining plains, so faster filling of any upstream dam will be done during our rainy seasons within those proposed 6 years.

First contrarian opinion on the topic. I guess we'll see if Niger's EIA report was correct about its effects being minimal to Nigeria . If there's little threat of anything going wrong who knows why Nigeria agreed to those treaties. Who knows if Benin Republic from doing one next who wants to be dependent if they are successful.

The loss, through evaporation and modification of the Niger River water flows, in Nigeria will be low -2.8% at Yidere-Bode, 2.3% at Jebba and 0.6% at Lokoja.

Bleiz:
The Niger dam can be filled up slowly.

With filling it up slowly, downstream won't experience any adverse effects.

The timeline has been presented. Is 6 years slow enough for Nigeria to experience no adverse effects?

JOemmy:
Where exactly is the source of the river niger?

Guinea highlands according to Wikipedia.

Biafrarep:
Bottom line, the threat is limited to NW and NC.

This will effect the hrdropower plants. All four of them are in the NW. I guess the Niger's exports could cover that shortfall but they probably charge market rates. Who knows if they will prioritize Nigerians over their citizens who don't have access to power.

This mammoth project of 740 billion CFA francs (1.1 billion euros / $1.3 billion) is co-financed by the World Bank, African Development Bank (AfDB), Islamic Development Bank and French Development Agency.

"The only solution that can solve the recurring problem of food insecurity in Niger is the Kandadji dam because there will be 45,000 hectares (111,200 acres) of land that will be developed to improve production," says Ousmane Danbadji, head of the Network of journalists for water and sanitation (Rejea) and an expert on the matter.

The dam agency forecasts that 400,000 more tonnes of rice, corn and vegetables will be produced each year in a country where 80 percent of the population lives off traditional agriculture, dependent on rains.

A 130-megawatt power station is due to be built in Kandadji, aiming to generate enough electricity annually to enable Niger to free itself from its energy dependence on neighbouring Nigeria.

Barely 15 percent of more than 20 million Nigeriens have electricity, according to the Nigelec electricity company.

This project will be a boom for these people since they can abandon they dependence on Nigeria. How this effects Nigeria's power and water long term isn't their concern. I just find it interesting it's the evil French that partly financed this project.

Your big idea to raise revenue is to grant state enforced monopolies to certain countries. What should we expect from this policy besides increased prices because of the monopoly pricing. The consumers lose benefit if having wider market.

naijapower:
Nigeria export electricity constantly to other country whereas electricity supply is a challenge here in Nigeria.

Ok hows that strategy has been working out? Most of those nations owe Nigeria. Even that won't last long considering Niger Republic will eventually build Kandadji Dam and won't need Nigerian imports.

The Minister of State, Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel Development, Uchechukwu Sampson Ogah, on Tuesday, in Abuja insisted that capital punishment against illegal miners is the potent way of stopping fleecing of nation’s resources in the mining and solid minerals sector.

Nigerian politicians are hilariously stupid everything should be a capital crime to them except corruption. Even of they did make it a capital crime nobody will be executed since the governors dont do their jobs. Lol people foolishly defend them without asking why dont they take the next logical step by banning capital punishments, commuting sentences, or some other reforms.

Lol ECOWAS is going to be a dead institution pretty soon. Tomorrow weirdos will say its Frances doing because they couldn't get the ECO off the ground after 20 years. Isn't the African free trade zone serve a similar function to ECOWAS?

So Nigeria is judicially violated the rule of ECOWAS Liberation Schemes (ETLs), which caused hazard to Benin Republic, they are trying to do revenge measurement on Nigeria.

Lol what will benin Republic do when Nigeria retaliates again.

NTA and NAN are boring with little to offer. You don't see big investigative pieces from them like you see with BBC, Channels TV, Premium times etc. You hardly see anyone repost their content here. They would need to hire new leadership to correct this.

jmoore:
Nnamdi cashed out big time in 2019 and this year. While the gullible followers keep shouting 'no erection'.

Lol sounds like a waste of money since elections hold no matter what. The boycott harms the parties who has greater percentage of ipobs in their ranks. That assumes there's enough boycotters to swing the election to any party.

What do these actions achieve?

It gives them an air of legitimacy and shows their popularity. Anytime it's declared it gets the government and other people to make hyperbolic claims. It doesn't matter this happens every other year.

Do you think they will follow through next election cycle?

I don't think they can actually follow through. The doomsday narratives about elections not holding will be exposed as false.

nairalandankrah:
Ipob members do not participate in Nigeria's elections..

Then who are these various announcements directed to and why?

Has anyone noticed IPOB cancels their boycotts each and every time they declare one? What do these actions achieve? Do you think they will follow through next election cycle?

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EasternActivist:


See foolishness...

Wetyn you dey prove detector almajiri


Go find work... IPOB will give you madness soon. Continue

Lol you mumus will do the same in 2023 and fail yet again. You dumb animals never learn.

EasternActivist:
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Yeye gist, pure case of joblessness Go find work.
IPOB must be your living nightmare

You mumus have been exposed yet again. There's no denying facts. Lol the government had everything set without ipobs input. You idiots will take credit for sun rising and wind blowing tomorrow. Nobody needs your permission to vote unless your telling us you're forcing compliance.

EasternActivist:
You are the big idiot and a clown if you donno. You have no hope and nothing to fight for in life, you're not even better moreso your life must be in a mess right now that's why you're crying and pouring disgusting frustrations up and down... Go fix your low life then come back for reasonable conversation.

Lol your mumu organization has been declaring boycott only to back down like cowards for years. Its crazy you think nobody notices this. I'm just laughing at your idiotic predictions. Lol we'll see this pattern again in 2023.

You guys declared boycott in 2019 then back down.

2021 election state election then back down.

EasternActivist:
You really are not okay, y'all are really pathetic and disappointed when IPOB gave a go ahead of the election, yet here you're bleating up and down. Shame

Lol clown the election was going ahead with or without your permission. Next you idiots will take credit for the sun rising. The government didn't even have to negotiate with you idiots like the OP claimed needed to happen or release your foolish leader.

EasternActivist:
Have you asked yourself who among the adhoc staff will come out that day, accredit and collate votes...

Some times you need to get off your high horse.

Lol you've been proven utterly wrong but your still rambling on other threads. You clowns really don't have sense.

Runoff election incoming? This is going to be interesting election for betting.

Flier:
I thing it’s going to be the End of IPOB if APC should win Anambra poll
The loser candidates will put all the blame on IPOB and will do everything to destroy IPOB

Not at all unless you're telling us IPOB is forcing them to comply.

DeadCountry:
Osinbande is a common thief and Sahara reporters reported his thievery as it is. Why are you yorubas angry and defending the Ikene shaka bandit?

Lol the clown is reduced to repeating himself like a broken record. Oh well carry on.

Lol at some point nairaland going to ban their links cause it going to be automatic rule 8 violation.

OminickConcept:
Election is tomorrow, Ipob has cancelled sit at home out of shame after collecting money from gullible politicians. I believe by now you should be hiding in shame haven noticed that the people you are supporting and ranting for don't even know you exist talk less of caring about you.

He has no shame. Now he's pretending he knew IPOB would back down in his latest thread after all his foolish ranting.

Validated:
I knew that it would be suicidal for IPOB to go against the US warning. Immediately the US consul issued a visa ban on any trouble maker that disrupt Anambra elections, I knew IPOB would buckle. If they did not, it would have given the US enough reasons to rethink their position on IPOB. As most of their leaders are outsude Nigeria, this would have exposed their "non-violence" posture for tge world to see.

Believe this clown at your own peril. He was rambling the election couldn't hold a week a ago think ipob was all mighty. Now he's come with a new story after saying the government has to negotiate with them before an election can be conducted.

Validated:
How will INEC handle logistics with sit-at-home commencing on Nov 5? If INEC is not deluded, by now it would have postponed the elections by one week to November 13 2031. That way, the trial date for Nnamdi Kanu would have passed and stakeholders' negotiation with IPOB deepened, however, if INEC insists on November 6, then they will meet a deserted state like whar Buhari met on the day he visited IMO state, with only Uzodinma and his family alone around the airport to receive him. Even APC chieftains will not dare go out to vote.

Validated:
You all will come back in shame when INEC post-pones the election. This I have seen

Validated:
I knew that it would be suicidal for IPOB to go against the US warning. Immediately the US consul issued a visa ban on any trouble maker that disrupt Anambra elections, I knew IPOB would buckle. If they did not, it would have given the US enough reasons to rethink their position on IPOB. As most of their leaders are outsude Nigeria, this would have exposed their "non-violence" posture for tge world to see.

Validated:
You all will come back in shame when INEC post-pones the election. This I have seen

Election day is tomorrow. Get off what ever drugs caused your delusional state of mind.

doggedfighter:
"Money does not win election but vision does"




Not in Nigeria !


His constituency will disown him first reason is he doesn't have money to share.

Lol essentially the people get what they vote for.

Lol if Nigerians were this serious about government corruption and crime the society would be decent. Oh well its too bad.

According to the NYSC director, posting corps members to places of primary assignment was based on merit and the needs of the state government.

Lol tell your representatives you want NYSC to be abolished or made voluntary. NYSC pretty much makes graduates the property of the state like soldiers and prisioners. Always remember politicians don't need NYSC to lead but graduates need it to work for them.

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