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Travel / Re: Canada Visit/tourist Visa Discussion. by bookface: 6:47am On Sep 11, 2021 |
Help! My cousin recently got his visa to Canada based on the family exemptions. It is urgent that he travels this September, but he he isn't fully vaccinated yet, he has only had the first dose. Is there any way he can travel without being fully vaccinated? Is there a way to get the "vaccine card" in lagos just for the trip/ |
Health / Re: ,,, by bookface: 11:52pm On Sep 10, 2021 |
is this still available? |
Romance / Re: Portharcourt "Sex PARTY" August 2018 by bookface: 10:54pm On Aug 02, 2018 |
ritylove: well, now that you got my attention, send nudes! 2 Likes |
Politics / Re: Tope Adebutu: Olujonwo Obasanjo Abandoned Me In Monaco During Honeymoon by bookface: 5:58pm On Jul 01, 2018 |
Proves that money isn't the most important thing or the survival of a marriage. 12 Likes 1 Share |
Foreign Affairs / Re: Syria - Details Of The Battle Between US And Russia by bookface: 7:06pm On Jun 06, 2018 |
Appleyard: here you go: https://www.polygraph.info/embed/player/0/29044452.html?type=video The lesson here is simple, don't go to fight against the most potent force in history of mankind, else you'd get your arse handed out to you! All that talk about s400 and whutnut is just talk! the US military is too potent and too deadly. 1 Like 1 Share |
Foreign Affairs / Re: Syria - Details Of The Battle Between US And Russia by bookface: 7:05pm On Jun 06, 2018 |
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Foreign Affairs / Re: Syria - Details Of The Battle Between US And Russia by bookface: 4:40pm On Jun 01, 2018 |
Appleyard: The video is in Russian, that was an English translation - i really need to explain this to you ? 1 Like |
Foreign Affairs / Re: Syria - Details Of The Battle Between US And Russia by bookface: 1:36pm On May 29, 2018 |
Russia is learning fast that USA under dithering Obama is NOT the same USA under Trump and Mattis. Mattis is ruthless, in his testimony to congress, he pointedly said "I ordered the approaching forces annihilated, and they were", not giving a single Fk whether they were Russians or not. It's become clear too many times, that Russia only prefers the narrative of big power conflict to appear big on the international stage, but when push actually comes to shove, she always ends up backing down--- like Turkey shooting down her Jets, US slapping around her allies, Israel bombing Syria and Iran without a single Fk. This has been the pattern every single time. If it had been Obama, the 45 US servicemen that came under attack would either have been captured (like Iran did do US sailors) or killed. But Trump is a completely different animal . I wonder if Iran would try that rubbish again this time. No one is celebrating by the way. But this is war. Those guys that got killed also planned to kill someone else. It's just a bit more difficult to go against 45 American Green Berets that are backed by the baddest firepower on earth than it is going against radical Syrians with small amours. Those guys took the wrong target and they got their ass torn. 1 Like 1 Share |
Foreign Affairs / Re: Syria - Details Of The Battle Between US And Russia by bookface: 1:22pm On May 29, 2018 |
Appleyard: Calm your tits bro, see below for an audio account of what took place. Audio Reportedly Captures Russian Mercenaries Describing Humiliating Defeat By US In Syria "The reports that are on TV about … well, you know, about Syria and the 25 people that are wounded there from the Syrian f— army and — well … to make it short, we’ve had our asses f— kicked. So one squadron f— lost 200 people … right away, another one lost 10 people … and I don’t know about the third squadron, but it got torn up pretty badly, too … So three squadrons took a beating … The Yankees attacked … first they blasted the f— out of us by artillery, and then they took four helicopters up and pushed us in a f— merry-go-round with heavy caliber machine guns … They were all shelling the holy f— out of it, and our guys didn’t have anything besides the assault rifles … nothing at all, not even mentioning shoulder-fired SAMs or anything like that … So they tore us to pieces for sure, put us through hell, and the Yankees knew for sure that the Russians were coming, that it was us, f— Russians … Our guys were going to commandeer an oil refinery, and the Yankees were holding it … We got our f— asses beat rough, my men called me … They’re there drinking now … many have gone missing … it’s a total f— up, it sucks, another takedown … Everybody, you know, treats us like pieces of s— … They beat our asses like we were little pieces of s— … but our f— government will go in reverse now, and nobody will respond or anything, and nobody will punish anyone for this … So these are our casualties.” Second clip: “Out of all vehicles, only one tank survived and one BRDM [armored reconnaissance vehicle] after the attack, all other BRDMs and tanks were destroyed in the first minutes of the fight, right away.” Third clip: “Just had a call with a guy — so they basically formed a convoy, but did not get to their f— positions by some 300 meters. One unit moved forward, the convoy remained in place, about 300 meters from the others. The others raised the American f— flag, and their artillery started f— ours really hard. Then their f— choppers flew in and started f— everybody. Ours just running around. Just got a call from a pal, so there are about 215 f— killed. They simply rolled ours out f— hard. Made their point. What the f— ours were hoping for in there?! That they will f— run away themselves? Hoped to f— scare them away? Lots of people f— so bad [they] can’t be f— ID’d. There was no foot soldiers [on the American side]; they simply f— our convoy with artillery.” |
Foreign Affairs / Re: Syria - Details Of The Battle Between US And Russia by bookface: 10:45pm On May 28, 2018 |
Lakeside79: LOL, there's not going to be a third world war. Russians are only good at bluster, nothing more. Just look at all the events |
Foreign Affairs / Re: Syria - Details Of The Battle Between US And Russia by bookface: 10:29pm On May 28, 2018 |
seunny4lif: LOL, really? Looks like your statement is not very consistent |
Foreign Affairs / Syria - Details Of The Battle Between US And Russia by bookface: 6:30pm On May 28, 2018 |
The day began with little hint of the battle that was about to unfold. A team of about 30 Delta Force soldiers and Rangers from the Joint Special Operations Command were working alongside Kurdish and Arab forces at a small dusty outpost next to a Conoco gas plant, near the city of Deir al-Zour. Roughly 20 miles away, at a base known as a mission support site, a team of Green Berets and a platoon of infantry Marines stared at their computer screens, watching drone feeds and passing information to the Americans at the gas plant about the gathering fighters. At 3 p.m. the Syrian force began edging toward the Conoco plant. By early evening, more than 500 troops and 27 vehicles — including tanks and armored personnel carriers — had amassed. In the American air operations center at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, and at the Pentagon, confounded military officers and intelligence analysts watched the scene unfold. Commanders briefed pilots and ground crews. Aircraft across the region were placed on alert, military officials said. Back at the mission support site, the Green Berets and Marines were preparing a small reaction force — roughly 16 troops in four mine-resistant vehicles — in case they were needed at the Conoco plant. They inspected their weapons and ensured the trucks were loaded with anti-tank missiles, thermal optics and food and water. At 8:30 p.m., three Russian-made T-72 tanks — vehicles weighing nearly 50 tons and armed with 125-millimeter guns — moved within a mile of the Conoco plant. Bracing for an attack, the Green Berets prepared to launch the reaction force. At the outpost, American soldiers watched a column of tanks and other armored vehicles turn and drive toward them around 10 p.m., emerging from a neighborhood of houses where they had tried to gather undetected. A half-hour later, the Russian mercenaries and Syrian forces struck. The Conoco outpost was hit with a mixture of tank fire, large artillery and mortar rounds, the documents show. The air was filled with dust and shrapnel. The American commandos took cover, then ran behind dirt berms to fire anti-tank missiles and machine guns at the advancing column of armored vehicles. For the first 15 minutes, American military officials called their Russian counterparts and urged them to stop the attack. When that failed, American troops fired warning shots at a group of vehicles and a howitzer. Still the troops advanced American warplanes arrived in waves, including Reaper drones, F-22 stealth fighter jets, F-15E Strike Fighters, B-52 bombers, AC-130 gunships and AH-64 Apache helicopters. For the next three hours, American officials said, scores of strikes pummeled enemy troops, tanks and other vehicles. Marine rocket artillery was fired from the ground. The reaction team sped toward the fight. It was dark, according to the documents, and the roads were littered with felled power lines and shell craters. The 20-mile drive was made all the more difficult since the trucks did not turn on their headlights, relying solely on thermal-imaging cameras to navigate. As the Green Berets and Marines neared the Conoco plant around 11:30 p.m., they were forced to stop. The barrage of artillery was too dangerous to drive through until airstrikes silenced the enemy’s howitzers and tanks. At the plant, the commandos were pinned down by enemy artillery and burning through ammunition. Flashes from tank muzzles, antiaircraft weapons and machine guns lit up the air. At 1 a.m., with the artillery fire dwindling, the team of Marines and Green Berets pulled up to the Conoco outpost and began firing. By then, some of the American warplanes had returned to base, low on either fuel or ammunition. The United States troops on the ground, now roughly 40 in all, braced their defenses as the mercenaries left their vehicles and headed toward the outpost on foot. A handful of Marines ran ammunition to machine guns and Javelin missile launchers scattered along the berms and wedged among the trucks. Some of the Green Berets and Marines took aim from exposed hatches. Others remained in their trucks, using a combination of thermal screens and joysticks to control and fire the heavy machine guns affixed on their roofs. A few of the commandos, including Air Force combat controllers, worked the radios to direct the next fleet of bombers flying toward the battlefield. At least one Marine exposed himself to incoming fire as he used a missile guidance computer to find targets’ locations and pass them on to the commandos calling in the airstrikes. An hour later, the enemy fighters had started to retreat and the American troops stopped firing.From their outpost, the commandos watched the mercenaries and Syrian fighters return to collect their dead. The small team of American troops was not harmed. One allied Syrian fighter was wounded. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/24/world/middleeast/american-commandos-russian-mercenaries-syria.html |
Travel / Re: Nigerian Woman Sues US Airline For Ejecting Her Over Body Odour by bookface: 1:46pm On May 13, 2018 |
She shouldn't have sued for discrimination - the burden of proof will be on her to show that she was specifically targeted for her race. Her case will fall through if there are other blacks on the flight. She should have sued for defamation of character and personal injury caused by the embarrassment. Airlines have clauses written in the long "Terms and Conditions" that allow them to eject passengers if they consider it to be in the interest of safety of other passengers. But this time, the burden of proof will be on the Airline to show evidence that she really did smell and risk the safety of the airline and its crew. 3 Likes |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by bookface: 3:32pm On Apr 29, 2018 |
Mutendiwashe: so yes to the drinks, just not in ldn? |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by bookface: 10:26pm On Apr 28, 2018 |
Mutendiwashe: hey are you close to Ldn or anything? what do you say we grab drinks sometimes? 1 Like |
Romance / Re: Dating In London Can Be Difficult by bookface: 7:55pm On Mar 26, 2018 |
Dating And Meet-up Zone / Re: Single Naijas In London Or UK by bookface: 12:14am On Jan 03, 2018 |
AdaezeJesus: no need to spam the boards |
Career / Re: Information About Nielsen Company by bookface: 8:26pm On Dec 28, 2017 |
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Travel / Re: Where Can I Rent A Car In Nigeria by bookface: 7:12pm On Dec 09, 2017 |
femzone: how much do you charge per day? |
Jokes Etc / Re: Show us how good and creative you are with your use of words... Fun all the way by bookface: 7:28am On Nov 25, 2017 |
Uyiii: WTF? |
Business / Re: ➜ ➜ ➜Currency/E-currency Market Deals➜ ➜ ➜ by bookface: 12:22am On Sep 27, 2017 |
cleanstar: Hi Cleanstar, I am a bit new to this and a bit curious on one question.Why would you sell the same dollars at different rate albeit from different sources? e.g why is payoneer rate cheaper than perfect money? Is this just due to the fact that you have more perfect money funds and wish to sell it quicker? |
Travel / Re: Traveling In The Schengen Area? Always Have Your Passport!-a Personal Experience by bookface: 11:22am On Sep 10, 2017 |
My holiday/travel rules: 1) Don't travel to places where majority haven't yet met or seen a black person. - i fcking hate the bewilderment glances 2) Don't travel to places where it's difficult to sue the police or the government 3) Avoid places where nationalism is ingratiated in the culture 4) Always keep an identification document with you - this is a sensible policy, even if you are not travelling outside of your resident area 5) Don't get into a fight with locals in places where majority don't speak English. - Preferably, don't get into a fight at all, unless to defend yourself. 14 Likes |
Properties / Re: Nigerians Can Now Own Houses With N30,000 — Osinbajo by bookface: 11:54pm On May 29, 2017 |
remember: 1 dollar to 1 naira? 5000 k per month for 25 million jobless Nigerians? One free meal per day for primary school pupils? Stabilize global oil prices at 100 dollars? Reduce fuel prices to 45 naira in the first year? One new refinery every year over four years? #wehdonesir #change!! 4 Likes |
Romance / Re: My Ex Begging For My Love After seeing This Photo of me by bookface: 10:07pm On May 29, 2017 |
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Foreign Affairs / Re: Why Does The American Establishment Hate Russia So Much? by bookface: 11:09pm On May 13, 2017 |
NairaMinted: Just go on RT, TASS, Sputnik to name a few, there is almost no chance you won't find some article castigating Americans...There's no chance you would watch a Putin interview without him castigating America. And you claim it's the other way round? Truth is, many Americans don't even know where Russia is until the recent elections. 1 Like |
Politics / Re: President Buhari Receives 82 Released Chibok Girls by bookface: 8:56pm On May 07, 2017 |
A sensible author should contact one of these girls to write a book about her experience ---- watch the money flow. 6 Likes 1 Share |
Literature / Re: Casey Jones by bookface: 6:55am On Apr 20, 2017 |
1bkaye: 8 yrs or thereabouts. why are you holding your own name in your profile picture? - a bit zany, you know, like a mugshot. .. erhm so i read your diary a bit more eccentric than i would have assumed. I do have a terrible sense of judgement for "online folks" . one moment i thought you were sort of like the classroom bore. Not anymore! see, i think i might fancy you a bit. i like to Tango, do you? do you want to Tango 1bkaye? show me your secret London places and i'd show you mine? 1 Like |
Literature / Re: Casey Jones by bookface: 12:43am On Apr 20, 2017 |
1bkaye: No, grew up in Naija. You seem quite like a pleasant person. Although only got to know that while minding my own business checking out your profile. I am almost getting to that point where i go shut up and let's get out of Nairaland already wanna go back and edit out previous chat?...i suppose your followers could find something more entertaining some place else? |
Literature / Re: Casey Jones by bookface: 12:24am On Apr 20, 2017 |
1bkaye: did you grow up in the UK? like how much of a Nigerian are you? |
Literature / Re: Casey Jones by bookface: 12:20am On Apr 20, 2017 |
ToyinDipo: sorry bro. All the best with the battery and do have a good night. |
Literature / Re: Casey Jones by bookface: 12:15am On Apr 20, 2017 |
1bkaye: explains the Musuem bit. |
Literature / Re: Casey Jones by bookface: 12:07am On Apr 20, 2017 |
1bkaye: You have quite a bit following around here, it seems. Didn't think Casey Jones was much of a topic to get anyone's attention. lol Yeah, work as well. What are you into? |
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