Rockmyworld:

yeah offcox, i'll be collecting my call up letter today this mornin. though i'll be travelling from Benin. will leave for camp very early on tuesday. i wish everyone the very best and safe trip to camp. see you all soon

Rockmyworld:

good to have u on that path bro. i am also goin to kwara. pls someone should open our thread.

Rockmyworld:

neither are u alone bro. please guys lets meet and talk o. i need lots of info about kwara state now o

Rockmyworld: yeah also posted to kwara state. good to have you on board. am destiny by name finished from Futa. really need more info about the place. please post the address here again for us to see.

stoicism:
i am from kwara state..ilorin precisely

kayrichy: Kwara state,here i come

Jakumo: A helicopter is NOT a jet. Somebody needs to go back to grade school and study the dictionary for a day or two.

Symphony007: She has been released and she boarded her flight to london.

Goodluck jonathan should be ashamed and every nigerian should be utterly embarrassed that it took a 17 years old foreigner from pakistan to make him meets with parents of the victims from the largest kidnapping case in the history of the nation he governs. It's repulsive!!! shame on you mr president, you are a monumental disappointment.

Ik09: Very useful information given. Here's my commentary on the points made :

1.
Go with imodium or flagyl. There's nothing worse than developing running stomach unexpectedly.

There will be people willing to clean the toilets for a fee (the locals that run around camp). Pay them to clean a toilet/bathroom for you, and LOCK them with a padlock. If you have to give anyone the key, make them agree to flush after themselves. It's important you do this after the first Saturday because, depending on your camp, locked doors in the toilets will be forced open for the first sanitation.

2.
Buy plain white t-shirts and shorts before going to camp. Get white trainers too (as the pair given I'm camp are fairly substandard). My trainers had a giant blue Nike swoosh and no one cared. I hear in some camps your shoes have to be plain or they'll be seized, so YMMV. Around 3-4 extra clothing pairs should be enough... Although you can get these from the mammy market.

If you can't find anyone to exchange khakis with, don't worry too much. You can easily adjust them (if they're too big) at the mammy market. You'll have to do it after your swearing in (first Thursday) though, because the tailors will extort those who rush to adjust beforehand.

Contrary to popular advice, go with normal outfits
! You won't be able to use them in camp, apart from a few hours on Sunday. However you might be stuck at your PPA for a while before obtaining leave to travel home. Have some clothing with you just in case.

3.
Nothing to add here. Platoon leaders typically go to the first 10 to arrive camp. So if that's your cup of tea, you have to be in the vicinity of camp on the Monday.

You won't be allowed in before camp officially starts, though.

4.
Your belongings are more likely to be picked up by opportunistic thieves if your bunk is by the door. However in most cases that's the only source of breeze at night. And yes, your hostel will get hot at night. You decide which is more important...

5.
If you're late in getting ready, you can tell the soldiers/man o' war official chasing you out that you're in OBS. It won't work every time, but you could get some extra minutes to take your time.

Most band people are actually posted to the capital. They perform during your POP, so they need to be able to rehearse. There's even a band CDS in majority of states (as far as I'm aware). It's not worth the stress though if all you want is to be serve in the capital.

6.
Nothing to add.

7.
There are small children in camp that can fetch water for you, so you don't have to stand in line all the time. Pick two or three, and use them. They'll also wash your clothes for u.

8.
Nothing to add. You'll have to wear your khaki once a week for CDS, and then once a month for clearance. Might be worth sewing another one, although it's not necessary. If the khaki you sew isn't the same shade as the one issued in camp, it doesn't really matter.

9.
The camp lectures are useless, but not all of them. The state coordinator talks about the protocol to observe during the service year. Try to listen out for that lecture... You can safely ignore the other ones, unless something picks your fancy.

Unless you're interested, skills acquisition in camp is also a waste of time. It's your choice if you want to pay for lecture materials and/or certificate. In my experience they're fairly worthless. Don't join MDG unless you genuinely like that sort of thing.

10.
Goes without saying. Respect camp officials, soldiers, and even the vendors in the mammy market. That's common courtesy.

However, the soldiers are not God - they still have to answer to someone.

Now, for the ladies, soldiers can not influence your PPA in any way. The camp commandant and RSM may be able to request some specific corpers to serve in the Barracks... But that rarely happens. If you're genuinely attracted to a soldier and you're Hot, then of course you can sleep with him. Don't expect any favours however.

Your platoon officers can influence your posting - as they're LGIs or ZIs etc. If serving at a particular LG is so important to you, then feel free to 'trade favours'. There's no guarantee it will work though. The camp officials will exploit you if you put yourself in such a position.

11.
OP means hard drugs. When I served, a woman in mammy sold pot, and no one cared as long as it was used there. That was the exception, not the rule. Don't try bringing it with you. It's not worth it if you're caught.

12.
When I served the entire grounds were fumigated before camp, so mosquitoes weren't an issue. YMMV though.


I hope this has been helpful. Apologies for any grammatical errors - I used my phone.

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generaliy07: Can you bring him to the public square, tie him on all four, pronounce allahu akbar on him and then EVISCERATE the goat little by little, till he cries aloud so much that the 21 dumb.as*s 'Virgin' demons waiting for him in hell hears his cry and laugh hysterically as he approaches, cut him by pieces, to the tongue, and then when you're done, 'rinse' his 'martyred' carcass with holy acid.

Until then, I DO NOT BELIEVE THIS!!!

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