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Electricity networks.

Naai-geria = weak. Always been.

agaugust: those poor hungry south african children with firewood on their heads only smiles because they saw a camera photographing them for the first time in their lives .....

a madman laughs because he does not know he is totally n..a..k..e..d on the street, you know

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Electricity grid map - Africa.

Naai-geria. No significant connections. No significant flow. Never has been.

The neighbours are better positioned.

South Africa. No "story" necessary.

rka1: You might as well have, you said I quote " That these journalist come out against the state machinery, notwithstanding, says a lot!"

Need I say more?

To quote myself: "Naai-geria is one of the worst countries to be a journalist in the whole wide world. Dangerous. Low pay and so forth. You can't deny that. I repeat: typical of Naai-gerians to deny the obvious. You don't even know what press freedom is because you've lived in the dumpster for so long, you don't smell the rot."


Now, back to the meat of the thing:


http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/latest-news/nigeria-brazil-dangerous-for-journalists/story-fn3dxix6-1226634320627


THE Committee to Protect Journalists has highlighted Nigeria and Brazil as among the worst offenders for violence against reporters - and failure to bring culprits to justice.


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Who fails to bring the culprits to justice?

Ah! The precious state!

Anyway, you Naai-ralanders' behaviour - telltale signs of a society that murders its journalists.

rka1: I thought the "argument" was about state control of the press, now you are talking about BH and some people with political motives murdering journalists.

Don't journalists get murdered in SA, UK, USA, Russia and across the world?

The red - as stated by me - where exactly?

SA/UK/USA are not on the list of dangerous countries for journalists. Naai-geria is.

And I can see why - looking at the attitude you lot exhibit.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/latest-news/nigeria-brazil-dangerous-for-journalists/story-fn3dxix6-1226634320627

THE Committee to Protect Journalists has highlighted Nigeria and Brazil as among the worst offenders for violence against reporters - and failure to bring culprits to justice.

rka1: There is no state machinery stopping journalists otherwise they would all be rounded up and be in prison. There is freedom of the press.
You are talking about a largely illiterate section of the community telling journalists they have seen APCs apparently stolen from the army (were they there when it was stolen?) and that they saw bodies in uniform (BH were dressed in Air Force Camo) which automatically translates to army soldiers?

Pull the other one.

You pull the other one.

Your argument is in trouble.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/nigeria-joins-journalist-danger-list-on-world-press-freedom-day-8601601.html


"Nigeria today joined the list of countries where journalists are routinely murdered and assaulted without any convictions for their attackers."

rka1: You obviously have no idea there are very few journalists in Nigeria with military knowledge nor do they understand military strategies or set ups.

Isn't it in SA Mr Zuma tried to suppress the press regarding the amount of government money spent on his private home? This the President.

When it comes to press freedom, Nigeria is right up there, that is why they write a lot of rubbish.

Naai-geria is one of the worst countries to be a journalist in the whole wide world. Dangerous. Low pay and so forth. You can't deny that. I repeat: typical of Naai-gerians to deny the obvious. You don't even know what press freedom is because you've life's in the dumpster for so long, you don't smell the rot.

That these journalist come out against the state machinery, notwithstanding, says a lot!

Now, you don't need to be an expert to go to a site, interview witnesses and report on what you saw.

It's very simple. "I sew charred bodies". "I see burnt trucks". It's not rocket science.

And if the military industry in Naai-geria was up to scratch, there would be experts. This is a telling revelation , that works against the naai-gerian claims to being respectable.

Try another argument.

rka1: A case of the pot calling the kettle black.

Glad you realise that. So stop coming up with futile, round-in-circles denials. If you have no conclusive proof against - my articles stay.

And by the way, it's possible to be filed with hatred and still be right.

Because I'm right, my status as a hater or lover is irrelevant.

rka1: You are so mired in muck that you seem to have ignored the rest of the article which backs what we have been saying on this forum that BH usually escape over the border to Cameroon and their lackadaisical attitude to dealing with them in Cameroun and also having members from bordering countries in BH.

Also, the article mentioned insider info, which has been already stated and enabled BH to carry out the attack on the base just as SFs were planning a huge offensive (which will still happen).

In case you haven't comprehended, it is one persons opinion. Also, with regard to the APC, as a lawyer, haven't you ever heard of 'hearsay' evidence not being admissible in a court of law?

So, let's see: showing that Boko haram escapes into Cameroon proves that Naai-geria know what they are doing?

This is yet another variable that you need to strategise against, but which you can't.

Your military intelligence isn't worth the paper the word is written on. Your diplomacy doesn't exist either. You admit as much. Cameroon apparently has left you out in cold. Why? You are the regional [aspiring] "giant", aren't you? Where are your mobilisation abilities?

So now, not only are you useless on military side. You're also useless on the diplomacy side.

And your "escape into Cameroon" should NOT be considered hearsay because? You have witnessed this phenomenon with your eyes?

Typical of Naai-gerians to try and deny the obvious by attacking the integrity of writers. That's why there's no journalistic freedom in your country. You oppress the press - and that rhymes too.

Pull the other one. And make the stories shorter, not longer. Stick to the point.

Here's a demonstration of the level of Naai-gerian training. This is why Boko Haram remains a threat. It's not that so much that Boko haram are a potent force, as it is that the Naai-gerians don't know what they are doing.

This is what the whole security machinery of Naai-geria is like.

Pure "quality".


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNzrZU21QBE&sns=em

rka1: Now for a balanced article from Jane's Defence Weekly, which also backs what we have been saying regarding the NAF's onslaught on BH which triggered the attack. Note also that it says the aircrafts were damaged, not destroyed.

Nigerian Air Force targeted by militants

Jeremy Binnie, London - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly

04 December 2013

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has been targeted by militants in apparent retaliation for the increasingly important role it is playing in counter-insurgency operations in the northeast of the country.

The NAF base at Maiduguri Airport was one of several security facilities that were targeted on 2 December by a large number of militants presumed to be affiliated to the radical Islamist group Boko Haram.

The military said two helicopters and three decommissioned aircraft were damaged in the attack. A local who lives nearby told AFP that he saw two helicopters burnt and that few buildings were still standing at the base.

The NAF generally has two Mil Mi-24 attack helicopters based at Maiduguri and three decommissioned Mikoyan MiG-21 fighters have been there for over a decade.

Although the NAF's deployment at Maiduguri appears to have remained unchanged, the Nigerian media reported that it moved Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jets, Mi-24s, and maritime surveillance aircraft to Yola in August.

Since then, the Nigerian Army's new Maiduguri-based 7 Division has credited the NAF with playing a major role in supporting counter-insurgency operations. Most recently, 7 Division spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Mohammed Dole released a statement on 28 November saying that more than 50 militants may have been killed in an air strike near the Cameroonian border.

Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Alex Badeh has even suggested that the NAF is Nigeria's most instrumental counter-insurgency tool. "Militancy was brought to an end [in the Niger Delta] mainly because the air force responded with full force," the Leadership newspaper quoted him as saying during a visit to the NAF facility at Ilorin airport earlier in November.

http://www.janes.com/article/31239/nigerian-air-force-targeted-by-militants

Rubbish!

You don't get to pick and choose articles that are acceptable and those that aren't.

Why should we prefer someone writing from London over Naai-gerian reporters on the ground? You love lying to yourselves and being lied to.

You want to side with writers that seem "balanced" but are in fact, thin?

For each of these articles, I could produce at least 5 advancing an opposite, but fact based view. The bodies are piling up. The witnesses are talking. You are not covering yourselves in glory.

NaijaPikinGidi: Anybody can write a report or article from the comfort of an armchair and desk. Yet, reliable evidence is the bedrock for even the most spurious claim. Show us proof that the imaginary, so-called and alleged APCs were for the NA. Show us images of BH riding APCs with the NA insignia. We would expect to see the insignia of the NA 7 Division to support your delusions. Borno State is not for lilly-livers like your SA lot. Our operations remain on course.

All the articles posted here were written by someone . Unless you've proved that the writer or his kind, is a liar, beyond any shadow of a doubt, the writer's story stays.

Now, if you want pictures, you will have to give me pictures supporting your many claims. Your own military officer was mentioned by name by this person. Nowhere did the officer deny the accuracy of the report. Which he would've done, given that Badluck Jonathan is now angry at his own haplessness as a commander-in-chief.

The story stays, until you prove otherwise:

APCs stolen from the Naai-gerian military. APCs used against the Naai-gerian military.

Naai-geria's ranking: 52

Even comical Ali believed that his defence of Iraq was "on course", until an American tank ran him over.

rka1: You are so filled with hatred (jealousy maybe) you can't even reason properly. The soldiers slated to be brought back have been brought back with their equipment. There are still engineering, medical and of course several hundred other troops still in place that need the remaining equipment.

Nigeria never said they were withdrawing all troops.

List the things I could be jealous of.


You won't find any!

Now, go back and read. The issue is "equipment that could not be evacuated due to funding constraints" (read uselessness and hapless disorganisation.)

Nowhere have you shown that the report is false in that regard.

I repeat: the useless Naai-gerian military left behind its equipment in Mali. It could not evacuate it.

G'night South Africans.

chris365: Ignorant buffoon. What is nuclear energy used for. To fry plantain? I told you to tey to understand things before responding. You are pathetic

You run your nuclear plant on nuclear? Wow! Amazing!

You have no power, monkey. No africa-ruling plant for you. Stop dreaming and get back to work.

Once you are able to hit a switch on the wall, then you can tell us about your nuclear dreams.

G'night South Africans. Naai-gerians aren't allowed to have a good night. Not while the North burns. They need to go and help the "failure" that's their military. Keyboard wars won't help.

chris365: Trust me I do. [s]Aside from our hatred for each other on this thread, I have south African friends who live in my neighbourhood. And guess what, they are whites.

So I know what I mean when I call you a DUTCHMAN. Why be ashamed. You act like one.

Yes it's in our genes to hit where it hurts.as we've been doing all this while.

I'll leave you to nurse your wound while I go back to work. Rockspider [/s]

No you don't. You don't know what a "Dutchman" is. You are a parrot and a primate, all in one.

And there's not a single thing that I've said which isn't a fact.

If that's hatred, then I am full of it. Lots of hatred. The kind of hatred that's backed up by facts and has Naai-gerians playing the victim.

I always have Naai-gerians crying.

The truth does that.

And I'm going to sleep. When I come back, I will need to see why Naai-geria should not be ranked below Benin.

agaugust: nigeria already has one chinese built nuclear reactor since 2004, the russian built nuclear reactor is only a second and bigger one....dunce

[s]"Furthermore, in year 2004, Nigeria had a Chinese-origin Nuclear Research Reactor (NIRR) installed at the Ahmadu Bello University Zaria. The successful operation of the facility had demonstrated to the international community Nigeria’s capacity to regulate a critical assembly. Similarly, in the areas of emergency response, NNRA is said to have acquired a mobile vehicle based equipped with facilities for Emergency Radiation System for timely response to any radiological cases/accident. - See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/02/nigeria-and-quest-for-nuclear-power-energy-in-the-21st-century-2/#sthash.VmDiUbeH.dpuf"

the new ultra-modern russian built nigerian nuclear reactor will be the best in africa, and is already under construction....

"President Goodluck Jonathan was said to have assured the international community that Nigeria’s pursuit of nuclear technology was only for peaceful purpose. This remark was conveyed by the Vice President Namadi Sambo at the commissioning of the Researcher’s Hostel and Conference Centre located at the Nuclear Technology Centre, Sheda, FCT, Abuja on Thursday 28th June, 2012. - See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/02/nigeria-and-quest-for-nuclear-power-energy-in-the-21st-century-2/#sthash.VmDiUbeH.dpuf"


nigeria's first nuclear reactor is already operational in zaria, the second nuclear reactor is in abuja under cosntruction with russia.

MOU was signed long ago, because you first sign contract papers before contractors start building....only your dull brain thinks it should be the other way round....fool[/s]

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Matters not what Naai-geria has built so far. You spoke of "ruling Africa". Making do without electricity while talking nuclear is no way to do it.

You can't run an "africa-ruling" nuclear plant with no electricity. Pull the other one.

Rather comment on the burning plane.

Analysis: Resilient Boko Haram an increasing threat
By ZACHARY ELKAIMDecember 4, 2013


Boko Haram's latest attack in Maiduguri has been described as its most audacious yet. In the early hours of Monday morning hundreds of Boko Haram militants stormed the city of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, in an assault that left scores of people dead. The estimated number of fighters ranged from 300 to 500, and according to one Nigerian intelligence officer, they entered Maiduguri "from the bush, chanting 'Allahu Akbar.'" Once they arrived in the city, the fighters attacked the Maiduguri Airport, a Nigerian Air Force Base, and various locations around the base. The use of both explosives and RPGs has been confirmed.

The attack has caused a political storm in Nigeria. A new political coalition, now one of Nigeria's largest opposition parties, has called for a probe into intelligence failures before the attack, and questioned how several hundred militants could strike a military facility in a large city without prior warning. President Goodluck Jonathan is said to be furious over the incident, and there are allegations in the Nigerian press that "heads may roll" if assertions of sabotage and negligence of duty are proved true. With new accusations that the military's offensive against Boko Haram has been a failure, things are likely to get worse even while discussions take place as to how to make things better.

The government had recently extended emergency rule in Borno as well as in the nearby states of Adamawa and Yobe, in an effort to crush the Boko Haram insurgency. Despite the fact that there are over 8,000 troops now deployed in these states, they have obviously not been successful and the International Criminal Court has officially designated Nigeria as embroiled in a civil war. The situation was so bad last month that President Jonathan was asked to cancel the visit of Bill Gates for fear it may trigger Boko Haram attacks on polio workers.

The ability of Boko Haram fighters to escape into other countries has also greatly frustrated Nigeria. A Borno state official recently accused Cameroonian authorities of habitually refusing to arrest or chase Boko Haram militants fleeing across the border after carrying out attacks in Nigeria. Although a regional strategy would be ideal for Nigeria, Cameroon has shown little interest in the problem, while Niger and Chad do not have adequate resources to help. A member of Boko Haram captured by the military in Maiduguri claimed that the group has members from each of these countries actively taking part in the insurgency. Furthermore, United Nations officials have stated that they think Boko Haram is now active on the ground in Central African Republic.

But of more immediate concern for Nigerian officials is that Christmas is fast approaching - a period during which, since 2010, Boko Haram has been particularly active. On Christmas Eve of that year, Boko Haram targeted Christians in a campaign of improvised explosive device (IED) attacks that left 80 dead. On Christmas Day 2011, at least 37 people were killed during morning Mass at the Saint Theresa Catholic Church in Madalla near Abuja, and at least three died in four other bomb attacks that day. Last year, Boko Haram declared its intention to "eradicate Christians from certain parts of the country," and is believed to be behind two separate Christmas Eve attacks; one that killed at least six Christians and burned down a church Yobe, and another that killed six in Maiduguri.

If the recent attack in Maiduguri is any indication, Boko Haram has shifted its tactics and grown more sophisticated. The group is now prepared to directly attack military installations, and in large numbers. This is particularly striking since the attack took place just one week after the Nigerian military claimed it had cleared the terror group from bases in the Sambisa forest and that more than 100 Boko Haram fighters had been killed during the assault.


Additionally, there are now reports of both suspected insider collaboration and that the attack took place as Nigerian Special Forces were planning one of their biggest offensives against the group. According to one source, Boko Haram successfully planted IEDs before the attack, and the authorities strongly believe "that this incident was made possible by insiders' collaboration in terms of giving them information." This means that Boko Haram may well have a better intelligence network than the Nigerian military.

With Boko Haram escalating its activities, this year's Christmas season could be one of the most telling periods for a Nigerian government desperate to prove that it is capable of putting down the insurrection


Read more: http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2013/12/analysis_resilient_b.php#ixzz2mgipDNv2

chris365: Which makes you a Dutchman of the lowest level

You heard someone say "Dutchman"; and you thought you'd parrot it here. You clearly have no idea what you are talking about.

Typical Naai-gerian. It's in the genes.

chris365: Sample of a typical DUTCHMAN. Learn to read your posts before you submit. It will do your brain a lot of good. You seem like you suffer from short term memory. How sad

Rockspider

Amazing - a Dutchman who speaks no Dutch.

Don't blame me if your thinking and writing is all over the place. You post now and think later. That's why you can't express yourself.

Now, I came here and spoke about your pathetic army. You had other ideas because it hurt you so much. You are a whine (about everything) and we all know why.

You can't produce anything to salvage the image of your ragtag military. Otherwise, you'd have done that by now.

agaugust: .
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Nigeria to rule Africa...building Africa's most modern nuclear power station with Russia[/size]

http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Energy-Resources/2009/03/20/Russia-Nigeria-sign-nuclear-deal/UPI-24901237578334/

NB : a nigerian nuclear engineer in canada has capacity to build nuclear reactors

http://businessdayonline.com/NG/index.php/q-a-a-the-ceo-interview/52007-i-believe-nigeria-can-become-a-nuclear-power--sylvester-osamusali-canada-based-nigerian-nuclear-engineer

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Big Joke!

The MoU was signed as far back as March. Meanwhile, naai-geria has no electricity. And you want to talk about nuclear.

And your Canadian-based engineer said "I believe Naai-geria can". Just an opinion.

You are pathetic.

chris365: You are even more stup1d and confused than I thought. Smh

What has Mandela's death got to do with military matters? And who has begged you to praise Nigerian military? Grow up boy. My comment was out of respect for the man's memories. You'll probably understand the moment you grow some sense. What a confused goat

Show me how many pictures of Mandela I have posted, ape man? Then, let's see how you happen to be different from me. Think!

When you fail at that exercise, I will take all your bananas away.

You are a hurt little thing, who's upset that your military is not being put up on a pedestal. Maybe if they acted like they knew what they are doing, they'd earn some respect?

Just a thought. Use it, don't use it.

agaugust: when we nigerians pity you, we only squeeze your balls, but when we dont pity you you...we take you to the slaughter house

Only you've continuously failed. You've tried everything. No success. It boils down to brain size. The Naai-gerians have smaller brains. Proven fact.

agaugust: they said they were there, claimed they were there, were you there with them to prove that they were truly there at 3am in dark night ?

okay i was there too and no boko haram stolen APC was on the battlefield. finish

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You weren't there. All you've got is a bare denial. The "crash and burn" that's the battlefield is enough - unless you want to deny that you base was attacked too? By a supposedly hapless Boko Haram?

It pains you, but let's state it again:

APCs stolen from your military. Stolen APCs used against your military - per witnesses.

You've got nothing against.

chris365: We get it. Your hero is dead and the world mourns with you especially at a time when Africa is falling short of selfless leaders.

I want you SA amatures on this thread @craib and the ghanian to for once grow up and stop rubbing it all over the place to avoid further insults to the man's memories.

Everyone is entitled to his opinion and ideas. and should therefore not be a crime if others don't worship him the way you do.

mourn your loss and leave insults out of it.

Back to the topic and respect the memory of your hero.

You'll only be happy once I start singing the Naai-gerian military's praises.

It won't happen.

My calling is simple: Deal with the uselessness of your military. One, simple mission. Get used to it and live with it.

And insults beget insults. Only, South Africans hit much harder. You know what to do.

agaugust: since you are a 'lawyer with masters degree in law' show us evidence, a photo to prove boko haram drives a stolen nigerian army APC

true lawyers dont just go to court with copied stories told by others, they show proof/evidence/exhibit....show us photo

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You are embarrassing yourself. I refuse to scramble for photos. It's up to you to despute what's been posted in as part of a witness-sourced story.

You weren't there. No one has to listen to you.

The witnesses were there.

And lest we forget, this is what the witnesses say:

http://mg.co.za/article/2013-12-05-boko-haram-lashes-out

"Officials and eyewitnesses recount the militant Muslim fundamentalist group's audacious attack on a military base, which left many killed and injured.Monday’s attack was one of its most dramatic and reportedly comprised up to 500 militants. In trucks and a stolen armoured personnel carrier, they laid siege to air force and army bases, razing buildings and setting shops and petrol stations ablaze on the outskirts of Maiduguri, the city where Boko Haram was founded."


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The more you try to deny it, the worse it becomes.

agaugust: the 'stolen APC' story is NOT from nigerian military Brig, Gen Chris Olukolade, it was from newspaper journalists who were surely not there at 3am in the darkness when the fighting took place and every civilian was hiding under his bed with his wife and kids.

let the journalist, or you, or even boko haram show us photo of a nigerian army Cobra APC driven by boko haram.

you think driving around a modern Cobra APC, maintaining the european modern vehicle for battle is just like driving a toyota 4runner...fool

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Spare us. It's irrelevant who the story is from. The story clearly says there were witnesses. Good to see you've given up your ridiculous demand for photos and that it now sits in-between half-hearted arguments.

Soak up the facts in humility. You were sitting happily in Lagos when this happened. Therefore, the journalist thumps you.

And you'll get photos the moment you withdraw every single post of yours that isn't accompanied by photos - and that's lots.

agaugust: there is no nigerian military APC captured by boko haram, only a police APC was burnt some months ago.

show us photo of boko haram driving around a nigerian army Cobra APC, same way i posted photo of seleka driving around south african army gecko vehicle, the rebel guy can even drive this vehicle to mandela's funeral and show you all in pretoria

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Captured and used against your military a few days ago. Undeniable.

Your Seleka pictures are proof that you've been hurt.

That's how you behave when the facts start burning you in the backside.

http://nigeriavillagesquare.com/news/bold-boko-haram-attack-deals-sharp-blow-to-nigerian-air-force.html

"MAIDUGURI, Nigeria - Hundreds of Islamic militants in trucks and a stolen armoured personnel carrier attacked an air force base and international airport on the outskirts of a Nigerian city before dawn Monday, officials and witnesses said, possibly leaving scores of people dead in one of the insurgent group's most daring attacks.

Two helicopters and three decommissioned military aircraft were "incapacitated" in the attack, said a statement from Brig. Gen. Chris Olukolade, the Ministry of Defence spokesman. He said some army bases also were hit."

Washington DC, yesterday.

agaugust: lucky dube was killed on the paradise country south african homeland, by whoever, does not matter.

oh ! mozambican ? means ghanaians @awodwa & @kwame will both shoot you @craigB someday in hillbrow, get it ?

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As scores of Naai-gerians are butchered in their homeland on tribal and religious grounds, every single day BY NAAI-GERIANS.

Spare us the fake "enlightenment".

AwodwaGyanOniwe: @GraigB
IGNORE THIS OLD FOOL. LETS CELEBRATE BABA MANDELA'S LIFE.

I CAN TELL U HE'LL DIE FROM "HEART ATTACK BEFORE" AGE 70 YEARS.

He wanted to bite a fellow Naai-gerian head's off because he dared praise Mandela.