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http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/07/why-a-terrifying-religious-conflict-is-raging-in-nigeria/277690/ As with so much in Nigeria, Plateau's violence has its roots in the colonial period. The British opened up tin mines in the historically Christian area and invited in outsiders from other parts of the Nigerian colony to work them. Many of these "settlers" were Muslims from small tribes and from Fulani, the largest ethnic group in the North. As the city of Jos grew, substantial numbers of Yoruba (religiously mixed) and Igbo (Christian) from the south and west also settled there. Under Nigerian law and custom, "settlers" have fewer rights and privileges than "indigenes," those whose ancestral roots are in a particular area. The legal concept of indigeneity is related to a core principle of Nigerian governance called "federal character." This aims to safeguard equitable access to all government offices and services by all ethnic groups-and all states. "Settlers" only benefit from "federal character" where they are "indigenes," not where they happen to live now. "Settler" (or non-local) status can be overcome only with difficulty, and Jos Muslims often accuse the local administration of facilitating the process for Christians, but not for them. In Plateau many "settlers" have lived there for generations without acquiring indigene status. But, for reasons that are debated, the Fulani and other "settlers" are more economically dynamic and entrepreneurial than the "indigenous" population, even as they remain second-class citizens in their "new" state of residence. Weak government at all levels, poor security, an under-resourced court system, incomplete rule of law, and a culture of impunity hinders the peaceful resolution of the inevitable disputes. Peace and reconciliation non-governmental organizations (Nigerian and foreign) have had only limited and episodic success. _____ |
NaijaPikinGidi:As if I'm listening to the junk. If you had anything of substance to counter me, you would have posted it already. So have fun and let's see you getting tired, as you sure will. ![]() Nothing more funny than a binary thinker from Naai-geria. |
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/11/us-nigeria-vigilantes-analysis-idUSBRE97A04120130811 Since the vigilantes rose up, Boko Haram, whose name roughly translates to "Western education is forbidden", has turned on civilians. Fighters killed dozens of people in assaults on Western-style schools, which Islamists suspect harbor youths who are informants. "Boko Haram can intimidate the (vigilantes) by targeting their family members and villages where they are strong," said Jacob Zenn of the Washington-based Jamestown Foundation. This will in turn lead to paranoia and over-reaction by the vigilantes when they hunt homes for militants, he said. Shehu Sani, president of Nigeria's Civil Rights Congress, says there have been cases of summary executions and burning down the houses of suspects by the vigilantes - the sort of abuses Nigeria's military had been accused of in the past. "The army is starting to use them to perpetrate things they don't want to be seen to be doing themselves," he said. Nigeria's history is riddled with examples of angry, destitute youths who formed groups backed by politicians for a particular purpose, which then grew out of control. Indeed, many describe Boko Haram itself as one such group - author Wole Soyinka last year said some northern politicians had "conjured up a Frankenstein" with their initial backing for it. Militants who besieged the oil industry in the southern Niger Delta last decade were politically sponsored at first. And the underlying drivers of violence and instability in Nigeria - corruption, extremes of wealth and poverty, lack of economic opportunities for the young - remain in place. Underscoring the risks, rival vigilante groups have clashed in recent days over control of the town of Biu in Borno. Five people died in clashes on Sunday. That presents the military with a dilemma: back off from supporting the vigilantes and leave them to be killed by Boko Haram, or sustain a movement that could later turn against the state.
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NaijaPikinGidi: 33% brain capacity in action! So funny!!Do that. Soon enough, you will get tired. You're only wasting your own time. Might I remind you that 98% Naai-gerians fail WAEC exams? You will post the same thing a thousand times over. You will achieve nothing. My post sits unchallenged. |
NaijaPikinGidi: Answers please MsauZA and CraigB!! Simple YES or NO?Answered ages ago. It is clear what the answer is. So, don't waste my time. Read below and weep. If you can't deal with the answer, don't make that my problem. CraigB: Fact. The moment you show us a civil war that's taking place in South Africa due to divisions, is the day you'll be taken seriously. |
blackchris: guy, i really wish i could like this post a million times.Spare us. South African music is the only music worth posting. |
NaijaPikinGidi: Further excuses!! Are you denying the same issues are not present in your today's South Africa? A simple YES or NO will suffice for an answer. You are up against your own self now. You want a scale? Dull brain!You must have a problem reading. I have already answered your question. Don't make your failure to read my problem - asking questions that have been answered already. If the below is not simple enough an answer for you, then you are at the wrong stop. Idïot valley is on the other side of the mountain. So, I am waiting: CraigB: Fact. The moment you show us a civil war that's taking place in South Africa due to divisions, is the day you'll be taken seriously. |
blackchris: dude, please quote anyone that denied Nigeria's problems. just tryNo one said you denied them. No need ti be defensive. easy. We're simply saying show us that they apply to South Africa too. On the same scale. If you can't do that, then you have no business talking to us about unity or divisions. You know nothing about either; and are grasping at straws. |
blackchris: calm down boy.Fact. The moment you show us a civil war that's taking place in South Africa due to divisions, is the day you'll be taken seriously. The day you show us a South African version of boko haram running around and killing babies is the day you would have earned your place at the table of civilization. The day you can point us to a deployment of soldiers in South Africa to deal with religious killings is the day you might even be embraced as something a big higher than a sub...you know what. The day you show you show us piles piles of bodies is South Africa. Killed because of their ethnicity, is the day you might stop being laughed at. All of the above apply to Naai-geria. So, once you're done dreaming, go pick up a spear and go on some yoruba hunting trip. |
blackchris: is it not the same US that predicts our breakup at every election? we hardly believe the US these days cos their researches are full of bias and crap. guy stop being desperate abegHey, idïot. I'm white. My family is white. My community is white. We will all tell you one thing: white genocide is a joke. Therefore, you're a joke. You've resorted to Nostradamus-like predictions. Desperation like never seen before. The US doesn't have to predict your division. You're already up in smoke. You have to be demented to even try and tell is Naai-geria is normal at this point in time. It's fallen apart. |
Msauza: Can anyone tell me if people can seek assylum only because they are HIV positive. This is purely attention seekers.This was at the height of the TAC campaign and the Mbeki/Mantoe days. They needed all the international exposure they could get. |
agaugust: .Hahaha - as if an ambassador sitting in Naai-geria would ever consider saying something different! ![]() Dude, don't be a child. These people are called diplomats for a reason. Grow up. |
NaijaPikinGidi: How about directing these questions to your self-righteous mirror image!South African refugees? Hahaha! The heights of haplessness of a Naai-gerian monkey drunk on the truth. South Africa has one of the highest numbers of asylum seekers in the world. ![]() http://www.unhcr.org/pages/49e485aa6.html One of those is you. ![]() Surely, given the above, your argument is not even worth looking at? Killed in all of six lines. You have nothing credible to go with. Your country produces refugees (including you) and has red travel warnings against it. South Africa does not. In fact, it receives thousands of refugees each year. Intriguing, innit? |
NaijaPikinGidi: Violent crimes just like terrorist attacks are crimes against the state and it's citizens. They are crimes that lead to loss of life and property!In other words, there are no murders in Naai-geria? In other words, South Africa has refugees running the streets? in other words, South Africa has soldiers killing civilians for absolutely no reason whatsoever? in other words, South Africa has a large number of displaced people running around the country with nowhere to go? Don't tell me about "cut and paste charts", when what I have posted are credible measures. You fools were celebrating when you thought you were no longer on the GPI list, but now that I have proved that you actually are still on the list, you suddenly want to find the list wanting? Funny. Please dude, give us a break. It is plain to see which country is currently burning and going up in smoke. And the News24 source that you quoted does not even talk about homicides. . You are an idîot. In any case, you cannot tell me that Africa is burning like Nigeria is today. Bring all the stats that you want, you have run from Nigeria to go live in South Africa. Please, give us a break. Look at your refugees below. You are one of them. You'd rather suffer in Hillbrow than live in Naai-geria.
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agaugust: [size=14pt]May 2013 Indonesia and Somalia lead in world Sea Piracy [/size]Monkey. I'm quoting a June 2013 source. You are quoting a May 2013 source. Case closed. I won't even read your blog nonsense.I don't read that blogger of yours. He's a weak researcher. Marginally better than you. |
agaugust: west africa is a region of about 15 different countries with 15 different navies. somalia is only 1 single country.I quote: The highest risk area for pirate activity in West Africa is off the coast of Nigeria, by far the biggest country, and oil producer, in the region If you can't read, don't call others illiterate. But then again, we all know you are a Northerner. ![]() |
blackchris: aww! i know you almost choked as you didn't see Nigeria on the current GPI listYou sound like a baby and are only showing everyone that you're running on empty. That's not GPI, fool. Here's the latest one, idîot. 2013. (Seeing as you have no idea what you're going on about). You are mouthing off, but you don't even know what the GPI is. ![]() ![]() Can you see yourself there?
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blackchris: here's your stupid GPI list. and Nigeria is off it. that to me is progress in the fight against boko.Go read what GPI is and then try again. That's a mickey-mouse source. Answer my question please. Where is the new GPI list, that shows you to now be on the clear? You said my list was old. |
blackchris: of course, keep denying until Madiba dies and you neck starts to gush bloodWe will talk then. Right now, you are simply moving your lips and are a joke. |
blackchris: with pleasureMohahahaha Pure desperation. No one takes these type of sources seriously. Your source is irrelevant. The GPI is the main one. You think there'd be a red travel warning against South Africa at that rate . Ironic that the source talks about holidays, but it is in fact Naai-geria that has a red travel warning against it. Homicides are criminal murders, which means that deaths other than reported homicides are excluded. We've already agreed that violence is violence. You dispute that you are still on the GPI list. So, please give us proof that you're off the GPI list. You disputed the info, didn't you? Proof then, please. Not some wishy-washy source than no one respects. While you are at that, see below who has travel warnings against them. Official travel warnings. ![]() Facts. Not dreams. Naai-geria sits proudly on that list. ___ http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/tw/tw_5939.html
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-22944460 West Africa piracy overtakes Somali ship attacks West African pirates mostly steal fuel cargo and the crews' possessions, often resorting to extreme violence. The highest risk area for pirate activity in West Africa is off the coast of Nigeria, by far the biggest country, and oil producer, in the region ________ Safety se voet. |
blackchris: awww! is your brain that fried up? june from last year is a year plus by now. i've talking with an id10t. oh mySo? That means what? Please give us the updated GPI list then. May we please have it. No stories. Just the new list. Show us that you are now off the list. |
blackchris: baboon.. you've now become desperate. that's a last year report when boko bombing was still high.Don't tell us about a business man who wants to be diplomatic. He lives in a secluded part of Naai-geria anyway. Away from you lot. We all know where expats live in Naai-geria. They might as well be in a different country. Ask him if his whole extended family has moved to Naai-geria. As soon as his assignment is over, he will happily go back to SA, like I will once mine is over. Companies in Naai-geria happen to pay their expats a premium because the country is a dump. Last year was only a few months ago, humanoid. Surely, you don't expect that you're off the list now? This is GPI and not me. The GPI puts you at position 6. Please give us the new rankings, then. |
As if the above weren't enough, you've now shot past Somalia as the new pîracy hotspot. Don't talk to us about safety and gangs. http://businessdayonline.com/?p=2410 "Analysts said the rise in piracy attacks in the country, especially as pirate gangs hijack large tankers at sea, siphoning off their oil cargoes into smaller ships, could impact negatively on this year’s earnings from oil, perpetuating years of industry stagnation." |
blackchris: guy stop being desperate. MEND died long ago, boko haram still remains in two northern states. but the whole of south africa has been taken over with crime and murderMEND "died" a long time ago, but their legacy of kidnappings grows and grows. Boko has moved South. You are in a fix. You are ranked 4th worst in the word for hostage taking. And you wanna tell us about safety? SMH http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/11/hostage-taking-nigeria-ranks-4th-in-the-world/ |
blackchris: yeah, no wonder SA still maintains the highest stats in all these things you mentioned. eat your tongue broda. you just failedHahaha ![]() Do you not know that in terms of the GPI, you sit at position 6? http://allafrica.com/stories/201206250074.html Stop embarrassing your family. You have exploded and are ranked 6th in all of Africa, along with the rest of the unstable nations. |
blackchris: hasn't exploded yet but not safe for it's citizens, crime and murder is at it's peak, gang violence and drug wars ravage the streets, Blacks growing angrier than they were in the 80s etc... the list is endlessI may sound ignorant, but you're confirmed ignorant. Naai-geria has exploded, humanoid. Accept it. Look at your refugees. South Africa not safe compared to which country, exactly? Please answer me that. And as for your Mandela delusion. I repeat: talk to us when he has passed on. There's no story today. Boko Haram has moved South. Give us a break. MEND operates in the South. Give us a break.
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blackchris: mr man.. stop f00ling yourself. many urban areas in most Nigerian cities are already lite up. that's why you couldn't find any source than from a very remote town. you are really CrazeB.Being lit up and having power are two different things. You don't have enough power generation to constantly meet your demand. So, please - You stop fooling yourself. Trying to deny a problem that the whole world already knows. Well, if you consider popping babies every second the makings of a giant, then, definitely, you are undisputed. You pop more babies than anyone else. As for historical development, let's see you eat your history. Mali and Timbuktu were once the most civilised in all of Africa. Now, look at them today. I won't even get into the historical debate. It's futile. Talk about the here and now. Tell us why you are so useless as a people? http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2012/04/14/world/africa/20120415-POPULATION.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/video/2012/04/14/world/africa/100000001488374/africas-population-peril.html |
blackchris: i think we both know the answer to that. and you forgot to add racist attacks, rape, child pregnancy, homophobic attacks etcYou happily admit that South Africa is yet to explode. But Naai-geria already has! You have war and refugees. The second highest aids numbers in the world, officially, anyway. Your stats are suspect. Deaths by the thousands. War and what-not. Yeah, by your own admission: we both know who hasn't exploded and who has! As for child pregnancy, don't even talk. We all know what happens in the north of your country. And how did you move from violence to pregnancy? Desperation much? ![]() |
blackchris: very soon my boy, very soonVery soon, he says! Hahahaha! The Naai-gerian song for the ages. I won't hold my breath. "We will be a giant very soon. Just keep voting for us and pay us the highest salaries in the world". ![]() Yes, when it comes to death, violence is violence so don't tell us about safety. Just now, we will start counting bodies, bombings, kidnappings and the like; and we will see which country has enough to make the devil very afraid. |
blackchris: dude i mentioned earlier that south africans live down my street. you'll be surprised what i learned from them.I could be happy in a pile of poo. Useless and meaningless measure. Give us tangible things. The opportunity to generate electricity: When will that be broken down so it becomes a door? Violence is violence. Boko deaths etc are like deaths anywhere else in the world. You have dead bodies rolling all over the place. Don't talk to us about violence. Hey, Chris - is that a black South African you have there, in your link? Trust Naai-gerians to kill their own arguments. They say things based on how they feel. Idîots. |
agaugust: its no news on nairaland that i love posting any photo that matches the message in my posts, i dont care where the photos come from...as long as i communicate my message effectively....even a constant fool like you knows that and acknowledged it yesterday...So, in other words, you do like fake pictures? So what are you doing arguing with me? Confirmed. You're an idîot. Because of that, Naai-geria is now ranked 55th! New military rankings: 1... 2... 3... .... 55. Naai-geria Because Naai-geria's best fake researcher is a fool. |
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