₦airaland Forum

TemporaryHansel:
Wtf

Na outsider dey introduce Iyeki to Oba wey supposed be hea dof his kingdom (the market inclusive)

chrisooblog:
More people died overall under PMB.

Do you have another breakdown for strictly NE?

I'm asking based on my initial submission that PMB handled the Boko Haram security situation better and they were operational mostly in the NE area.

No I don't.

What we are saying is there was problem in the North East when Jonathan was president and he was kicked out because he couldn't solve that security problem...

Buhari campaigned on the premise he would solve that north east insecurity problem and didn't mention there will be banditary problem in the north west and that the middle belt/north central's fulani herdsmen/farmers crises will take the turn it took. Neither were we prepared for the southeast becoming a security Flashpoint.

All of the aforementioned security problems joined the unresolved boko Haram issue. (Yes I can agree boko Haram was Pounded for a while under Buhari but they were never completely disarmed)

You may not understand Sha, but for someone like me who was in the northwest and could be reassuring people down south that the north west was safe back then when everyone was assuming there's no difference between north east with boko Haram issue and the peaceful north west ; it breaks my heart to see that almost all of northwest has been ravaged by Banditary and terrorism. That time when someone serving in Niger can just decide to go visit a friend serving in Kebbi, Sokoto or Zamfara without fear of kidnap. Chai!

chrisooblog:
You notice I never argued with you concerning the banditry or herdsmen issue. I even added the IPOB mishandling matter so this is far from a whitewashing attempt.

I'm just highlighting how if we strictly judge his efforts regarding Boko Haram then we can say there was a vast difference between when he got in and when he left. Does that mean Boko Haram is completely eliminated? No.

Please for knowledge sharing post the GEJ and PMB security fatalities when you see them.

According to ChatGpt, below are the estimate figures for both Jonathan and Buhari's tenures. The figures are for reported deaths ocassioned by Banditary, terrorism, communal violence, etc

ChatGPT gave source of their data o (before somebody will say ChatGpt is not accurate source of data)

PS: The data for Jonathan's tenure spans 5 year period while Buhari's covers the entire 8 years period..

Segedinho:
This is how it is going

"The position of Iyeki was vacant. I am here to inaugurate all the market leaders of the various local governments and Pastor Josephine as the leader of the state" - Folashade Tinubu-Ojo https://t.co/UW0qunZpwV pic.twitter.com/wchLSQZbgx

— The Benin Blogger (@TheBeninBlogger) October 3, 2025

That means the pastor Josephine lady na the weapon fashioned against Benin customs and traditions. At least Folashade did not bring someone from Lagos to impose on Benin women as Iyeki general, na daughter of the soil that was willing she used to achieve her agenda.

An excerpt in Chinua Achebe's things fall apart reads thus : " How do you think we can fight when our own brothers have turned against us? The white man is very clever." I think that was what happened in this case.

chrisooblog:
Yes GEJ started the offensive against Boko Haram using mercenaries but it was under PMB that Boko Haram was seriously degraded. Under GEJ suicide bombings, capture of multiple towns village was almost a weekly headline. This trend slowed down considerably under PMB. Yes it took a while but the situation though not perfect is not as bad as it was under GEJ.

Remember it was during PMB that Shekau died? Yes the military may not have been directly been responsible for his death but obviously the pressures and constant bombardments caused issues between ISWAP and the Shekau group.

Borno is still not completely terrorist free however things are better compared to GEJ times.

This doesn't cancel the fact that PMB dropped the ball woefully on the IPOB and Banditry/Herdsmen issue.

The fact is everyone who voted for Buhari instead of Jonathan thought Buhari would resolve the Boko Haram problem and insecurity will be a thing of the past.

But at the end of Buhari's tenure Boko Haram were still operative, ISWAP was operative, the IPOB/unknown gunment issue was there, Fulani Herdsmen issue was prevalent and Banditary in the entire North West became a thing.

I served in the North West during Jonathan's administration and the entire north west was peaceful. People who were victims of Boko Haram in the northeast were brought to the peaceful north west to settle. In the school I served, they brought hundreds of students of unity schools to be absorbed into the system to ensure the kids continue their education.

Guess what happened under Buhari? That particular school I served was attacked by bandits/terrorists under Buhari's government and students plus teachers were kidnapped. They even killed the security operative stationed in the school. Today states like Niger, Kebbi, Sokoto and Zamfara that were free from the Boko Haram madness under Jonathan had been ravaged by Banditary under Buhari's government.

As someone who knows the above, there's no way u can convince me Buhari didn't fail as far as security is concerned. There's no way u will give Buhari a pass where u claim Jonathan has failed security wise because on the overall Buhari wasn't better at all.

Perhaps, one of these days when I'm chanced I will try to dig out data of lives lost to insecurity during both ex-presidents' tenure for us to put to rest this propaganda that Buhari made the country safer.

chrisooblog:
I'm not a fan of PMB but let's not completely call a dog a bad name to kill it.

Yes Boko Haram is still a problem however the situation under Buhari improve compared to when GEJ was in charge. And as bad as Buhari was some of the Chibok girls were rescued/released.

His mishandling of the IPOB situation and complete failure to address the banditry/killer herdsmen issue nullified whatever progress he made in reducing the effectiveness of Boko Haram in the NE.

As per being appointed to negotiate on behalf of Boko Haram I remember Buhari rejecting their advances which led to them almost killing him in Kaduna so make of it what you will.

Nobody is calling a dog a bad name just to kpai it.

Yes when Buhari became president they went on offensive against Boko Haram but the truth is Boko Haram was never obliterated despite the Nigerian army experiencing some levels of military successes.

That was when "technically defeated" came into our military vocabulary. Initially Buhari government presented an image of Boko Haram threats being neutralized then they doubled down and said they were technically defeated. Don't forget Shekau was making videos mocking the Nigerian state.

Let's not also forget ISWAP came into the picture during Buhari's tenure and other insecurity challenges followed suit. Today Boko Haram is still operative in the northeast and one of the reasons why people talking about genocide against Christians and non-muslims are not totally off the mark.

If we measure what Buhari and APC promised in 2014/2015 promised against the current reality is, u will arrive at an unbiased conclusion that things have not turned out to be better for Nigeria before APC took over as far as insecurity is concerned.

izzou:
[color=royalblue]Buhari will handle Security, Osibanjo will handle the economy.

But rather, Buhari handled the economy, while Osibanjo handled the condolence visits from the fallout of Insecurity.

Maaaaddd ohhh!![/color]

Omo! I'm not even sure Osinbajo can count the number of places he went to pay condolence visits withing their 8 year tenure.

Apart from being unable to solve Boko Haram issue till DATE; ISWAP, Fulani Herdsmen, Bandits and Uunknown gunmen were added to our insecurity vocabulary within their 8 years tenure.

Garba Shehu is here saying Buhari did not negotiate for Boko Haram as if Jonathan claimed otherwise. I know it is that Jonathan's expectation that is paining him ; he knows Jonathan's expectation was what most Nigerians who voted for them had but were later disappointed. He's only angry that Jonathan is reminding Nigerians of Buhari government's failure.

semid4lyfe:
It was like that but it was worked on, and now better.

I noticed it's now better. Ẹ kú iṣẹ́ 👏

https://www.nairaland.com/8532424/buhari-never-negotiated-boko-haram

Why is Garba Shehu trying to rewrite history? We were all alive when Boko Haram named Buhari as one of their preferred negotiator and Buhari declined.

Why is he trying to make it seem like Jonathan wasn't saying something that was out there in the open?

Jonathan was also not wrong expecting Boko Haram problem would've been solved by Buhari within first few years of his presidency. That was one of the focal point of Buhari's campaign, we all have memories of how Buhari the general and Osinbajo the pastor/lawyer were touted to be the solution to all of naija's problem by APC in 2014 to 2015.

I hate it when people can't just accept they have failed and be trying to deflect talking gibberish

Semenyo makes it 3-1 off a counter attack.

Church Agbasa!

iamoyindamola:
Second time they led and bottle the lead

They are a very poor team.

Thank God Arteta binned this Leno; his body no dey always dey ground at all. The first goal was his fault and now the second looks like something he should've saved if he was well positioned.

Fulham just dey gbezome. Kluivert makes it 2-1

Semenyo with a Solo goal for equalizer

Chukwueze with the assist

BlueMann:
Neither team can keep the ball for 10 seconds. Misplacing passes that professionals at this level should be making.

The quality of the game, Bournemouth's camera angle and Fulham's kit are all horrendous. This one is a true eyesore.

I thought it was my TV that was giving the vibe hammartan, didn't know it's the quality of the camera and camera angle.

The match just dey somehow.

BlueMann:
This Bournemouth game is just pure comedy. The quality is ridiculously low.

Very low quality, looked like bunch of amateurs playing each other.

This Fulham number 10 playing like that one kid that holds the ball in amateur football/set always forcing passes all over the pitch

Ibime:
You can't judge a player whose been on sickbed for 4 years against a player at peak fitness

Fitness is everything in football

Both are the two best right backs in football at peak fitness

What about judging the player with his performance while he was fit? Why can't his stats while fit be compared with that of the other player they claimed he's not better than?

Remember it was EmaPrince that boldly made the claim unprovoked that "a fit James is better than Hakimi offensively and defensively "

We watched a fit James in 2021 and we disagree with Emaprince's claim because clearly Hakimi 2025 is definitely superior by eye test and by Stat.

Emaprince:
A fit reece is better than hakimi both defensively or in attack.

And what has oir complaimt has to do with CWC where we totally outclassed PSG?

They won barca ..and we are having a torrid time doesnt mean nada

SAPA dey make person look dangerous true true

iamoyindamola:
This thing is getting closer
Omo we are seeing strange things for this country, I couldn't finish the video because different thoughts were running through my head, amotekun was created to protect SW not killing them

That's why i told you that time if Road safety are given permission to start carrying gun, we go just dey pick dead bodies randomly on the highway.

andrewbaba44:
He should not even try bringing 2021 James performance when Chelsea won the ucl

😂

The problem is James was not even Chelsea's best player that year and I doubt he was even in the UCL team of the tournament. So you can't but wonder why he keeps insisting that version of James is better than Hakimi.

The fact is James had a lot of potentials to become what Emaprice thought he was, but the reality is different.

iamoyindamola:
Things are happening in this country

Yorùbá Sons and Daughters,

You must watch this video and share it. The security situation in the Southwest just got worse. Ibi ti a fi o ku si, ọna le ma gba ibẹ o. Bẹẹ sì ni, bi ikú ile ko ba pani, t'ode o le pa ni o.
If the murderers had fully disguised, we probably would… pic.twitter.com/h7Y5HVOUqH

— 𝑰𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒔 𝑨. 𝑶𝒏𝒊 PhD (@IdrisAOni1) October 3, 2025

Cc blueraydick and others if you understand Yoruba

So Amotekun that is supposed to be protecting people against herdsmen are busy killing people too?

Shey this one now is not another argument point against state policing?

andrewbaba44:
What was james peak form

Tell me the season ,I wan check something

I don ask am tire, he should tell us James'peak, bring out stats that shows James was on top of his game and let us compare with Hakimi's.

The only thing he's relying on is his personal bias for James and nothing else. We don see Hakimi in a world cup playing for an African team that reached fourth place and Hakimi was one of their best player(If not the best after their Goalkeeper). We have also seen Hakimi do it for French underachieving team in Europe.

Emaprince no wan bring any evidence other than his own belief that James is the greatest RB of all time based on potential.

Emaprince:
Team of the tourney that has magguire and some namelsess people. Lol.

Anyway, hakimi is good...but I will always take a peak James over him.

Shebi u watched the 2022 World cup, mention any RB u remember that performed better than Hakimi in that World cup.

What did Peak James do in 2021 that Hakimi hasn't done?

Picking a fit James over Hakimi is your prerogative as a staunch Chelsea fan, but most unbiased fans of football would pick Hakimi over fit James both offensively and defensively.

I already mentioned it in my initial response that Hakimi is not getting the hype because he plays in the French farmers' league but all the time he has played on the international scene and on the European stage there's been no doubt about his quality.

iamoyindamola:
Yes na, i had to filter alot when creating google account for my daugther still youtube were bringing stuff i don't like for her
I had to take the pain of getting sd card and download what i want from youtube for her or give her access to youtube kids
I have to go down her level and watch some of these stuff, there is she find interesting now Ballerina Capuchino
Sometimes they speak spanish abi na latin

No wonder Elon Musk was calling for people to cancel Netflix

Emaprince:
Atleast you said "in recent times" because Inury have hampered James greatly

I dont see anybody mentioning Hakimi back in 2021 when James was in a top shape. Not like the later is older...na just injury dey set am back. Then also, PSG over all star studded team dey boost Hakimi game...making it seem he is the second coming of cafu.

I have attached screenshot of the 2022 World cup team of the tournament ; Was the Morroco team also star-studded like the current PSG team you claimed boosted Hakimi's game?

The truth you know but probably won't agree with is that Peak Hakimi vs Peak Reece James; Hakimi comes out heads and shoulders above James. Be it at the national level or at the club level. Everyone knows James had that potential to be that great solid RB but at no point did he peak to the level you are placing him especially when the person u are comparing him with is Hakimi.

afrodoc:
Do you know the kind of poverty mindset a governor’s wife will have before she can be flaunting iPhone as an achievement.

The only defence they can have is that it is AI generated, if not, I pity the people of the state.
Even the one that the governor does not want to chop, his wife will remind him.

I wasn't defending her flaunting of the phone, I was only pointing out that the particular Twitter account that made the tweet with her video is most likely a blogger that added his or her own caption.

How the blogger got access to the video, we will never know. Maybe it was a paid post or not, who knows?

The woman just appears to me like all these vain people that would post anything on social media even if her husband was not a state governor.

Iamoyindamola so those LGBTQ people don carry their woke culture enter children cartoon? 😲

Wetin be this pic.twitter.com/aCaZ2jkW33 https://t.co/WB48JQkwJ3

— TobyWrites (@tobyasky) October 2, 2025

iamoyindamola:
Who have access to video her flaunting her new phone

That one I can't answer o. She must have posted the video somewhere before the blogger carry the video add him own caption

CrystalTiger:

The First Lady of Ebonyi State, Chief Marymaudline Ogbonna Nwifuru, sits pretty while showing off her newly acquired iPhone 17 Pro Max and Rolex watch. pic.twitter.com/ce13t7SStD

— People of Ebonyi (@PeopleofEbonyi) October 2, 2025

That's the video

I've watched the video and I also skimmed through the "People of Ebonyi" Twitter page; it appears the person behind the tweet is just an aspiring influencer randomly posting about Ebonyi state.

It seemed like the person behind the Twitter account just posts videos aboug the adds whatever caption that will make him garner more followers in preparation for farming Elon Musk's money. The Twitter account operator no really send the political correctness of his post and whathever effect it will have on the governor and his wife.

CrystalTiger:
Dave Umahi really carry eye go market for successor..Two years in, yet to read or see anything tangible from the stooge he installed..

The kind of stupidity Ebonyi people are celebrating nowadays..

Are u sure that's not a parody account created to troll her?

izzou:
[color=royalblue]The things you'll expect Nigerians to react to, we won't.

Yesterday, I watched Hundeyin talk about how the tinted permit is supposed to help curb crime, and also the money is not for any revenue, but to maintain the digital infrastructure.

And I ask...If I buy a car, I register it with all of my details, and I am given a number plate...Is the police saying this information is not enough to help?

If someone is kidnapped, and released, which information is more beneficial to the police? The number plate of the car that kidnapped me, or the colour of the car and if it was tinted?

Like I heard on a random reel on IG, "The worst of Nigerians are the ones ruling the best of us"[/color]

There's actually no explanation that justifies the tinted permit and the Police force knows this too; that's why they have been coming up with all sorts of ridiculous defense for the illegal extortion they've set their mind to perpetuate with the tinted permit thingy.

Like you rightly said, issuing tinted permit to tinted vehicle owners won't curb crime in anyway different from the way crime is curbed with the registration details of one's vehicle. That a vehicle is tinted and has a tinted permit doesn't stop criminals from using such vehicle for crime. In fact, most criminals would get the tinted permit so they can have a free pass at police checkpoints going forward.

And as for the claim that the money realized from issuing permits is for maintaining infrastructure, Ben must think Nigerians are dumb. If the money is for infrastructure maintenance, why can't they make it a one-off thing and not what one needs to pay for every year like Vehicle license? Or better still, why can't they ask government for increase in their IT budget instead of illegally turning themselves into a revenue generating agency rather than law enforcement agency?

Something tells me they decided to tow this line following the Proof Ownership's successful conversion to an annual thing in Lagos last two years. They just feel they too shouldn't be left out in this revenue drive; that's why they first came with the ECMR and then this tinted permit. Their eyes dey chook.