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This matter of Nigerian Miliatry aircraft allegedly detained in Burkina Faso no clear at all.

There's a video of the Burkina Faso authorities claiming they detained Nigerian Military personnel after they forced them to land within Burkina Faso's territory.

Nigerian Airforce released a press statement claiming they made an emergency landing while enroute Portugal, they received cordial treatment from the Burkinabe authorities and that they acted in accordance with standard safety procedures and international aviation protocols.

Who do we say is telling the truth and who is telling lies here now? Why does it feel like our Military employing propaganda to deescalate matters ?

afrodoc2:
I have no information about this but I suspect military regimes will prioritise such training compared to civilian regimes.

A civilian regime will be happy to allow the top generals send only a few majors to the expensive training courses while the generals pocket the change. A happy general is a safe general.

Just a far-fetched theory of mine.

You made a very valid point, most of the top generals will rather embezzle those funds knowing nobody can arrest or try them for misappropriation of funds except the military authorities which they are part of.

iamoyindamola:
I read Xmas food is haram, abeg I they chop the haram food make una bring am

Dem Don show Salah shege on top releasing Christmas themed photos.

I saw a video over the weekend showing Christmas decoration in either in Dubai or Saudi Arabia(Noth sure which city exactly). I wonder what those people calling for Salah's head will do about that.

"Where do they get the knowledge that negotiating with terr0r!st is bad? Even the Quran or Bible doesn't oppose it.
Everybody negotiates with terr0r!sts, we negotiate for peace and our strategic interest. if negotiations will stop bl00dsh£d, we do it” - Sheik Gumi on BBC🙆🏼‍♂️🧎🏼‍♂️ pic.twitter.com/hFSOW9BFKp

— Oyindamola🙄 (@dammiedammie35) December 9, 2025

"Where do they get the knowledge that negotiating with terr0rist is bad? Even the Quran or Bible doesn't oppose it. - Sheikh Gumi on BBC.

afrodoc2:
Even if it does not become an armed conflict they need to review our military. The soldiers might be courageous and selfless but that is not useful in f the training and quality aspect of it are deficient.

Maybe the struggle against Boko Haram and co is not just due to lack of political will and enemies within.

But I used to think they do send the officers on trainings overseas in the past. Abi dem no dey do am again?

I think all those dem Buhari set were trained at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst

afrodoc2:
They need to assess the general combat readiness of our military and their overall quality.

All these little hiccups are suggestive of deeper problems.

Exactly why I hope a diplomatic solution to the problem is provided.

Let it not be that we are banking on past glory and rush into an unnecessary armed conflict that will impact negatively on our economic fortune.

Countries like Burkina Faso no really get much to lose like that if matters escalate into an armed conflict, we on the other hand have so much to lose at this time

Sportsweb:
🚨🚨🎙️| Jamie Carragher: "One thing I want to remind Mohamed Salah and maybe his agent… Before he came to Liverpool, Mo Salah was known as the guy who FAILED at Chelsea. That’s just a fact."

"He’s also the greatest player the country has ever had. Egypt in the AFCON are the most successful nation. But Salah HAS NOT won AFCON."

That Carragher na basket mouth that would just criticize players greater than him anyhow all in the name of being a pundit.

Salah is arguably one of Loserpool's best players who brought glory back to Anfield when himself and Mane peaked. Whether he was a reject at Chelsea or not, the fact is he contributed to Loserpool winning the EPL after a long period under Klopp and restored them back to being a top team after years in the wilderness.

All those yeye club legends sef.

Tochex101:
Good question and the burkinabes are posturing like they are prepared for confrontation.
Tuggar should actually visit himself and handle it with wisdom.

I think it's only normal for them to posture lie that but they won't go for confrontation with Nigeria at thsi point in time.

They may use the Nigerian military guys as bargaining chip for whatever they want from Nigeria, but going confrontational with naija is a step too big and too wrong to take.

CrystalTiger:
Just seeing that Burkina Faso reintroduced death penalty for certain offenses last week..

If we had an independent NASS, BAT should be impeached immediately..

I don't think this will apply to our soldiers at all.

Burkina Faso won't want to risk going to war with Nigeria by subjecting our military men to their own martial law.

I think the matter will be sorted with diplomacy

afrodoc2:
Hehehe. Anything armed robber eye see make he take am like that cos dey no dey merciful themsleves. But if na tin of milk dis guy steal to dey chop all this wrestlemania beating e go too bad.

E be like say dem don comot the video from X.

Most likely the vawulence in the video is against Twitter rules and guidelines

[quote author=Ellexy post=137734117]As e dey hot.....

Eleven Nigerian military personnel are currently being held by the Burkinabe military regime in Bobo-Dioulasso, southwest Burkina Faso, after their aircraft conducted an emergency landing while "violating AES airspace". https://t.co/8hnvWDOc9r pic.twitter.com/B2AgJ9yivV

— Brant (@BrantPhilip_) December 8, 2025

hope a diplomatic arrangement can be made made with the Burkinabes for our military men to come home.

But what is our military aircraft doing in Burkina Faso airspace? I thought it was Benin we had military intervention, not Burkina Faso

afrodoc2:


The thing resemble skit. But was it a thief or an armed robber?

That's not a skit o, no skit maker will allow them slam him on to the floor like that in the name of content creation 😂

I don't know if the guy is an armed robber or a petty thief, but whichever he is ; he will will live to tell the story of how he nearly lost his live to a wrestling loving victim

iamoyindamola:
Izzou how's Lagos to delta(sapele) by road
Thinking of going this week
Yay or nay

Is it work related trip?

If it's work related and they gave u money for flight ticket, just go and enter the flight; don't spend the money with the intention of traveling by road o.

If the journey is not really important, please stay back. This period those boys on the highway will cash out massively by collecting ransom from people o

sleekdot:
this

Omo! 😲

That man wickedness na Promax ó. Who knows maybe he has been humiliated by a robber before in the past. Especially all those thieves that will rough handle u because they have weapon in their hands

izzou:
The guy get conscience sef

E find heap of sand take practice Ray Mysterio on top am

He pick better location for the smack down

ChristineC:
oh my gosh
the guy's hands look tied though, could have killed him with that stunt

It looks as if the guy actually doesn't care whether the their dies or survives. 😂

Shegzdave:
That guy seem like who thieves has been disturbing and he caught one of them that day

Exactly! E be like person wey thief don show serious shege before

iamoyindamola:
If he die nko

That's the plan.

99 days for the thief, 1 day for the owner

Dem Don give thief better smack down 😂😂😂

https://x.com/claire9978i/status/1998035616500711630?s=46

izzou:
What was the occasion about?

Looked more like they were joking sha.

And what on God's green earth is Remi wearing on her head?

I think it's the Ooni's 10th year Coronation anniversary in Ile-Ife, Remi was also getting a chieftaincy title(Yeye Asiwaju Gbogbo Ile Ooduwa)

Remi Tinubu vs Ademola Adeleke the dancing governor.

"I'm giving you 5 more minutes to finish your speech. The music is enough, that's not what I asked you to do."

But the governor continued singing.

She came back and reiterated:
“I will turn off the microphone. Stop the music."

Unbelievable disrespect.
pic.twitter.com/TQL4FQLuQt

— OurFaveOnlineDoc 🇬🇧 🇳🇬 (@OurFavOnlineDoc) December 8, 2025

Na wa!

afrodoc2:
Section 5(5) says

“Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (4) of this section, the President, in consultation with the National Defence Council, may deploy members of the armed forces of the Federation on a limited combat duty outside Nigeria if he is satisfied that the national security is under imminent threat or danger.”

Fairs then.

I guess the excuse will be that our national security is in danger because some Beninoise decided they do not want to continue practising democracy in their country.

No wam!

afrodoc2:
Since nobody is sure then we can just wait until there is more clarification.
Abi, how you take see am?

Section 5 of the Constitution says the President, in conjunction with the National Defense Council, can deploy the military on a limited combat mission outside Nigeria if he thinks the country's national security is under imminent threat. The previous section is however clear that he can't declare war on another country without senatorial approval.

Section 5(4)(b) says :

except with the prior approval of the Senate, no member of the armed forces of the Federation shall be deployed on combat duty outside Nigeria.

afrodoc2:
When it comes to emergency intervention to save a democratically elected government due process of obtaining senatorial approval will render the intervention useless. Coups fail or succeed over a period of less than 12 hours, usually during the night. If we are to apply that rule, then there would be no need to intervene at all.

How are we sure the legitimate government had been toppled when the request was made?

I'm not sure of anything, I'm only asking a question which answer may actually make the whole situation complicated.

I do not think there's anywhere the constitution says the senate approval can be discarded because of emergency of any of such request.

If we can find reasons to discard due process now, who knows what reasons another government will come up with to jettison following due process over a totally different matter in the future?

Ibeme:
Nothing controversial at all. I don't know why David Hundeyin crowd are crying all over Twitter.

In my opinion, it actually has nothing to do with what David Hundeyin thinks or not.

Ideally irrespective of who made the request or how urgent the request is, the GCFR cannot order Nigerian military for combat duty outside the country without getting the approval of the senate.

The question is: Did the senate sit to delibrate on this deplaoyment of our armed forces to Benin? Was it this afternoon?

afrodoc2:
The government of Benin requested for help nah. The Nigerian forces were sent at their government's request to save them from unconstitutional change of government. Nothing controversial about this.

Did this accession to Benin's request follow the due process of obtaining approval of the senate as provided in section 5 of the Nigerian constitution?

And how sure are we the legitimate government had not been toppled when the request was made?

Ibime:
You are confusing unilaterally with bilaterally

So far it was requested by the legitimate Government of Benin, it is above board

Okay, let's see where that leads us in the long run.

Gabzy1:
Bros I hear you, I’m not denying the progress at all. 91 goals in 23/24 is impressive, 88 the season before that is also impressive too.

Nobody is saying we’re still the same team that was getting battered 4-0 by Liverpool or rolled over by City every time. That’s facts, the team has improved compared to Emery/Wenger days.

But let’s not act like the attack is suddenly peak City or Klopp Liverpool either, that’s all I’m saying.

Yes, 23/24 season we scored 91 but we only created the 5th-most big chances from open play behind Mancity, Liverpool, Chelsea and Aston Villa. We converted our chances more and absolutely destroyed teams from set pieces.
We scored 22 non-penalty set-piece goals, that's ridiculous numbers.

Last season we suffered a drop in our goal scoring form with 69 goals. We were 7th for big chances created. That’s exactly why everyone was screaming for a proper No.9 and we went and got Gyokeres.

This new 25/26 season, we are already sitting 9th in big chances created after 15 games with only 30 big chances created despite banging in 28 goals so far.
We’re still scoring because, Saka, Eze, Gyokeres, Trossard have been very clinical in front of goal, not because we’re constantly ripping teams apart.

Martinelli has been quiet for about 18 months or there about now if we’re honest.

Trossard is a good finisher, but he’s not that guy who’s going to consistently unlock a low block on his own.

Odegaard is still great at dropping deep, recycling possession and playing the safe sideways pass, but he’s lost a lot of that final-third magic since his injuries last year. Key passes are way down, big chances created are basically zero.

Eze looks class on the ball no doubt, but too often goes missing in big moments, almost like he’s hiding from the responsibility of grabbing the game by the scruff of the neck.

How many times this season have we seen gyokeres making a run in behind and literally no one even looks for the pass?
Ball goes sideways, we keep on passing the ball around on the edge of the box, then a cut-back that gets blocked.

I’m telling you, drop prime Haaland in this team tomorrow and he’d still spend half his time waving his arms in the air because the service from wide areas and midfield just isn’t consistent enough.
We hardly play proper balls in behind or killer through balls anymore.

I appreciate what Trossard, Martinelli, Odegaard bring to the team. They lead the press well, run their socks off, and track back brilliantly.

But we need another elite creative midfielder or a proper progressive left-sided attacker who can properly feed the striker and break down stubborn defences on a weekly basis.

No squad is perfect, there’s always one or two areas you can upgrade, and for me the No.10 or left wing is still the obvious one.

That's why I am hoping Saliba and big Gabi comes back on time so that we can continue to dominate in the set piece area to complement our goals scored from open play.

Hopefully we win the league.

Baba all of these things u are saying is because we have had some real unpleasant results in ghe past 2 weeks. I'm sure few weeks ago while we were getting favorable results one match after another, nobody was talking about us needing a creative midfielder or left sided attacker.

We fans need to be realistic and not always looking for who to blame and scapegoat when we have a rough patch in our title challenge.

Even rival fans acknowledge our fully fit team is solid and actually one of the few teams that has what it takes to win the league come may. The rough patch we've experienced in the past few weeks has been due to injuries to our key players, not because our coach has suddenly gone clueless or the team is lacking enough motivation.

I believe with most of our players coming back from injury the morale of the team will be boosted and we can go back to winning ways. I believe when we win games, our fellow title challengers will always have their own tough games and we should be ready to seize those chances to increase the gap between us by winning our own matches.

I think we fans should stay positive and not get distracted by all sorts of negativity rival fans are projecting about our team's title challenge.

Cheers bro. 🤗

DissTroy:
ECOWAS deploys troops to Benin Republic.

https://www.nairaland.com/8576741/ecowas-orders-immediate-deployment-troops

Good. That's what we should have done as allied/regional forces - not Nigeria going to bomb. Or we could have just bombed as first on the scene then claim it was ECOMOG.

The U.S. does same claiming NATO forces as a buffer.

Exactly!

It is understandable if Nigeria joins ECOWAS to deploy troops to Benin as part it's commitment to the regional body and maintaining peace in West African member states.

Nigeria unilaterally dropping bombs in a sovereign nation because we don't want their democratically elected government to fall is not the flex those people goading Nigerian federal government think it is.

The fact that countries like Ghana and Togo are not getting involved in Benin's internal conflict should tell anyone that Nigeria may actually be overstepping it's boundary and may be on the receiving end of such trespass from another country that is militarily superior to us in the future

liveLongNprospa:
Calm down.
Looks like this place has been something else since I last argued.

Nor vex nor vex.

U sef calm down and stop putting words into other people's mouth.

Unlimited22:
We have precision airstrikes for Benin Republic, but negotiation for Islamic terrorists.


OK cool.

If they explain Nigeria matter to you and you understand, the person no explain well.

liveLongNprospa:
You go like make Benin dey unstable?
Country wey dye share boarder with our economy nerve center

Where is the bold coming from? Where in any of my posts did I suggest that? Are u confusing me with someone else?

My post u quoted simply says I hope Nigeria didn't bomb Benin as it is being rumored online.

I'm hoping Nigeria didn't bomb Benin because by unilaterally doing so, we are giving any bigger country implied permission to bomb us as a sovereign nation over any of our internal issues they decided to intervene militarily.