₦airaland Forum

EXCELLENT TOPIC,THIS IS THE TYPE OF DISCORSE I EXPECT FROM MY GENERATION. FIRST AND FOREMOST I AND ALL NIGERIAN YOUTHS MUST DENOUNCE ETHNICITY/TRIBALISM AND RELIGIOUS HATE. WE MUST STAND BY THE SIDE OF THE TRUTH AND DENOUNCE CORRUPTION NO MATTER WHERE THE PERPETRATOR COMES FROM. IT DOESNT MATTER IF HE IS FROM MY PLACE,IF ITS WRONG IT IS WRONG. MY VOTE WILL GO TO THE MOST QUALIFIED AND NOT BASE ON SENTIMENT OR WHERE THE PERSON COMES FROM, WHO CAN DO THE JOB BETTER WILL HAVE MY VOTE. WE MUST STAND UP AND ASK OUR LEADERS QUESTIONS,WE MUST HOLD THEM ACCONTABLE FOR THEIR DECISIONS AS IT EFFECT US- THE DAYS OF STUDENT UNIONISM LIKE NANS THAT HAVE CREDIBLE AND NATIONAL OUTLOOK TO RISE TO THE DEFENDS OF THE PEOPLE.
SECONDLY THE YOUTHS MUST EDUCATE AND DEVELOPE THEMSELVES.WE MUST ASPIRE TO EXCELL NOT BY JUST MERE PAYING OUR WAY THROUGH SCHOOL BUT ACTUALLY ACQUIRING THE KNOWLEDGE SO THAT WE CAN POSITIVELY CONTRIBUTE WHEN CALL UPON.IT IS A KNOWN FACT THAT MORE THAN 50% OF OUR GRADUATE TODAY ARE UNEMPLOYABLE. DEVELOP YOURSELF QUALITATIVELY. MUCH MORE TO WRITE BUT WILL PAUSE HERE

[b]we have soldiers stranded in sudan, problems in our country, why wouldnnt the president sacked the minister there are not concern about the security situation in our country and the welbeing of our soldiers who fight day and night, please help publish this on your widely read news paper
Nigerian Soldiers Stranded In Sudan

-Masterweb Reports

Nigerian Troops Stranded In Nyala, Sudan After The Expiration of Their 6 Months Tour of Duty – We are four Nigerian Battalions (NIBATTS 30, 31, 32 and 33) on duty in Nyala, Sudan from 26 November, 2011 – 2 January, 2012 but now stranded after we are due for rotation. Our expected period of rotation to Nigeria is 26 May – 3 July, 2012 for the four battalions; up till the time of this report, we have not been rotated. This situation is very depressing and is dangerously affecting us and our loved ones back home.

NIBATT 31 was supposed to be rotated back to Nigeria between 31 May – 7 June, 2012. Out of the 800 troops that made up the battalion, only 115 were airlifted to Nigeria on 31 May; the remaining troops are still stranded in Sudan. They have added extra weeks to their official date of departure as well as NIBATT 30 which was supposed to be rotated back home on 26 May.

This situation is due to either negligence on the part of the Nigerian government or the Army in taking up their responsibilities abroad with respect to their men and women on tour of duty.

As I write, Nigerian Army Peace Keeping Center (NAPKC) in Jaji is full of troops of the four Battalions that underwent training to rotate the stranded 4 Battalions here in Sudan. Also the FOB in Abuja where troops normally spend the night before they are airlifted to Sudan is filled up with troops awaiting airlift to Sudan. Sudan as we all know is a very hostile and a desert country with hash weather that makes living very unbearable. It is unwise for Nigeria to leave us to stay extra days, weeks or months in Sudan after the expiration of our tour of duty.

Other Contingents like Thailand, Sierra Leone, Bangladesh, Nepal, Egypt and South Africa have all rotated their troops with chartered planes with passenger seats of about 220. Nigerian Army is waiting for United Nations to organize their rotation for them with a plane carrying only 115 passengers, making us to rotate a battalion seven (7) times x 4.

I appeal to Nigerians to use their good offices in telling Mr. President, Senate President, Minister of Defense, Chief of Defense Staff and Chief of Army Staff as a matter of urgency to bring planes (bigger ones) to rotate the four Battalions in Sudan not later than 3 July or else we will create a scenario in Sudan which will deter the on-going peace process in Darfur. 3rd July is our ultimatum. Please publish this to the readership of those in Aso Rock. They are all sitting down in Nigeria eating from our sweat which a battalion generates a month ($700,000:00) for then in the UN.

We look forward to seeing this news publish today or tomorrow in the various dallies. Thank
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[b]we have soldiers stranded in sudan, problems in our country, why wouldnnt the president sacked the minister there are not concern about the security situation in our country and the welbeing of our soldiers who fight day and night, please help publish this on your widely read news paper
Nigerian Soldiers Stranded In Sudan

-Masterweb Reports

Nigerian Troops Stranded In Nyala, Sudan After The Expiration of Their 6 Months Tour of Duty – We are four Nigerian Battalions (NIBATTS 30, 31, 32 and 33) on duty in Nyala, Sudan from 26 November, 2011 – 2 January, 2012 but now stranded after we are due for rotation. Our expected period of rotation to Nigeria is 26 May – 3 July, 2012 for the four battalions; up till the time of this report, we have not been rotated. This situation is very depressing and is dangerously affecting us and our loved ones back home.

NIBATT 31 was supposed to be rotated back to Nigeria between 31 May – 7 June, 2012. Out of the 800 troops that made up the battalion, only 115 were airlifted to Nigeria on 31 May; the remaining troops are still stranded in Sudan. They have added extra weeks to their official date of departure as well as NIBATT 30 which was supposed to be rotated back home on 26 May.

This situation is due to either negligence on the part of the Nigerian government or the Army in taking up their responsibilities abroad with respect to their men and women on tour of duty.

As I write, Nigerian Army Peace Keeping Center (NAPKC) in Jaji is full of troops of the four Battalions that underwent training to rotate the stranded 4 Battalions here in Sudan. Also the FOB in Abuja where troops normally spend the night before they are airlifted to Sudan is filled up with troops awaiting airlift to Sudan. Sudan as we all know is a very hostile and a desert country with hash weather that makes living very unbearable. It is unwise for Nigeria to leave us to stay extra days, weeks or months in Sudan after the expiration of our tour of duty.

Other Contingents like Thailand, Sierra Leone, Bangladesh, Nepal, Egypt and South Africa have all rotated their troops with chartered planes with passenger seats of about 220. Nigerian Army is waiting for United Nations to organize their rotation for them with a plane carrying only 115 passengers, making us to rotate a battalion seven (7) times x 4.

I appeal to Nigerians to use their good offices in telling Mr. President, Senate President, Minister of Defense, Chief of Defense Staff and Chief of Army Staff as a matter of urgency to bring planes (bigger ones) to rotate the four Battalions in Sudan not later than 3 July or else we will create a scenario in Sudan which will deter the on-going peace process in Darfur. 3rd July is our ultimatum. Please publish this to the readership of those in Aso Rock. They are all sitting down in Nigeria eating from our sweat which a battalion generates a month ($700,000:00) for then in the UN.

We look forward to seeing this news publish today or tomorrow in the various dallies. Thank
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[b]we have soldiers stranded in sudan, problems in our country, why wouldnnt the president sacked the minister there are not concern about the security situation in our country and the welbeing of our soldiers who fight day and night, please help publish this on your widely read news paper
Nigerian Soldiers Stranded In Sudan

-Masterweb Reports

Nigerian Troops Stranded In Nyala, Sudan After The Expiration of Their 6 Months Tour of Duty – We are four Nigerian Battalions (NIBATTS 30, 31, 32 and 33) on duty in Nyala, Sudan from 26 November, 2011 – 2 January, 2012 but now stranded after we are due for rotation. Our expected period of rotation to Nigeria is 26 May – 3 July, 2012 for the four battalions; up till the time of this report, we have not been rotated. This situation is very depressing and is dangerously affecting us and our loved ones back home.

NIBATT 31 was supposed to be rotated back to Nigeria between 31 May – 7 June, 2012. Out of the 800 troops that made up the battalion, only 115 were airlifted to Nigeria on 31 May; the remaining troops are still stranded in Sudan. They have added extra weeks to their official date of departure as well as NIBATT 30 which was supposed to be rotated back home on 26 May.

This situation is due to either negligence on the part of the Nigerian government or the Army in taking up their responsibilities abroad with respect to their men and women on tour of duty.

As I write, Nigerian Army Peace Keeping Center (NAPKC) in Jaji is full of troops of the four Battalions that underwent training to rotate the stranded 4 Battalions here in Sudan. Also the FOB in Abuja where troops normally spend the night before they are airlifted to Sudan is filled up with troops awaiting airlift to Sudan. Sudan as we all know is a very hostile and a desert country with hash weather that makes living very unbearable. It is unwise for Nigeria to leave us to stay extra days, weeks or months in Sudan after the expiration of our tour of duty.

Other Contingents like Thailand, Sierra Leone, Bangladesh, Nepal, Egypt and South Africa have all rotated their troops with chartered planes with passenger seats of about 220. Nigerian Army is waiting for United Nations to organize their rotation for them with a plane carrying only 115 passengers, making us to rotate a battalion seven (7) times x 4.

I appeal to Nigerians to use their good offices in telling Mr. President, Senate President, Minister of Defense, Chief of Defense Staff and Chief of Army Staff as a matter of urgency to bring planes (bigger ones) to rotate the four Battalions in Sudan not later than 3 July or else we will create a scenario in Sudan which will deter the on-going peace process in Darfur. 3rd July is our ultimatum. Please publish this to the readership of those in Aso Rock. They are all sitting down in Nigeria eating from our sweat which a battalion generates a month ($700,000:00) for then in the UN.

We look forward to seeing this news publish today or tomorrow in the various dallies. Thank
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INSTEAD OF TAKING 116 DELEGATION TO BRAZIL FOR HOLIDAYS,I THINK OUR PRESIDENCY SHOULD HELP BRING BACK OUR TROOPS.we have soldiers stranded in sudan, problems in our country, why wouldnnt the president sacked the minister there are not concern about the security situation in our country and the welbeing of our soldiers who fight day and night, please help publish this on your widely read news paper
Nigerian Soldiers Stranded In Sudan

-Masterweb Reports

Nigerian Troops Stranded In Nyala, Sudan After The Expiration of Their 6 Months Tour of Duty – We are four Nigerian Battalions (NIBATTS 30, 31, 32 and 33) on duty in Nyala, Sudan from 26 November, 2011 – 2 January, 2012 but now stranded after we are due for rotation. Our expected period of rotation to Nigeria is 26 May – 3 July, 2012 for the four battalions; up till the time of this report, we have not been rotated. This situation is very depressing and is dangerously affecting us and our loved ones back home.

NIBATT 31 was supposed to be rotated back to Nigeria between 31 May – 7 June, 2012. Out of the 800 troops that made up the battalion, only 115 were airlifted to Nigeria on 31 May; the remaining troops are still stranded in Sudan. They have added extra weeks to their official date of departure as well as NIBATT 30 which was supposed to be rotated back home on 26 May.

This situation is due to either negligence on the part of the Nigerian government or the Army in taking up their responsibilities abroad with respect to their men and women on tour of duty.

As I write, Nigerian Army Peace Keeping Center (NAPKC) in Jaji is full of troops of the four Battalions that underwent training to rotate the stranded 4 Battalions here in Sudan. Also the FOB in Abuja where troops normally spend the night before they are airlifted to Sudan is filled up with troops awaiting airlift to Sudan. Sudan as we all know is a very hostile and a desert country with hash weather that makes living very unbearable. It is unwise for Nigeria to leave us to stay extra days, weeks or months in Sudan after the expiration of our tour of duty.

Other Contingents like Thailand, Sierra Leone, Bangladesh, Nepal, Egypt and South Africa have all rotated their troops with chartered planes with passenger seats of about 220. Nigerian Army is waiting for United Nations to organize their rotation for them with a plane carrying only 115 passengers, making us to rotate a battalion seven (7) times x 4.

I appeal to Nigerians to use their good offices in telling Mr. President, Senate President, Minister of Defense, Chief of Defense Staff and Chief of Army Staff as a matter of urgency to bring planes (bigger ones) to rotate the four Battalions in Sudan not later than 3 July or else we will create a scenario in Sudan which will deter the on-going peace process in Darfur. 3rd July is our ultimatum. Please publish this to the readership of those in Aso Rock. They are all sitting down in Nigeria eating from our sweat which a battalion generates a month ($700,000:00) for then in the UN.

WOW,WOW,WOW, OMG t
farouk lawan have disappointed me and most nigerians. how can he ? look at a promising young man go down. this man must be jailed no sentiment. wawan banza

50 lives where lost along Lagos/Benin road yesterday please tell the two governors to shutdown their states for one week of mourning.even if 500 people die on road accident you wont see nigerians exhibit this degree of emotions because na poor people die so life goes on. Same people will argue on the other side if it were to be soludu who went for coronation 1 day after he lost his staff.

sanusi this sanusi that,he is trying to islamize nigeria etc. Islamic banks are already functional in nigeria,why is nigeria not yet islamized?where are the people saying over their deead body? The federal government have declared 3 days of national morning what else do you want. this is a continuation of the smear campaign against those who are given their best for the country while the thieving once are celebrated.In the organisation i belong to we lost 2 members in the dana crash and all we observed was a 1 minutes silence,work continues and thats synonymous with all corporate companies.make we hear word jare, crying more than the bereaved.crocodile tears.

ACN Aero contractors was by far the most reliable and safety conscious airline in nigeria up to about four years ago when CECELIA ibru run the airline into debt.This airline was used by businessmen and corporate companies including oil companies because of their punctuality and excellent safety record. Alas poor management plunge the airline into finacial crisis forcing them to adopt the molue approach. Today i cant thumb up for any of our local airline. God safe us.

When we say our problem is not hausa,yoruba or igbo some people waste time talking ethnicity. Our problem is a collection of thieves as Leaders from every part of the country. they are united in looting our conscience,and until we are united in fighting back they will continue to hold us in bondage. i weep too.

PLEASE I HAVE A QUESTION FOR ANYBODY WITH LEGAL BACKGROUND IN NAIRALAND. WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON THE SENTENCING OF IBORI IN FOREIGN LAND? WHAT IS THE STANCE OF NJC ON THIS MATTER? CAN THE JUDGE WHO FREED IBORI IN NIGERIA BE REPREMANDED IN WHATEVER FORM BY THE NJC/NBA? BECAUSE IT IS OBVIOUS HE WAS BRIBE FOR THAT JUDGEMENT.THIS INDEED IS A HUGE DISGRACE TO OUR JUDICIARY,JUGEMENT FOR SALE.

of course the write up is not about who goes to school more. it is documented everywhere that more southerners goes to school than northerners even to the ratio of 10 to 1, that will explain why there are more southerners employed in the private sector oil and gas. But what the writer issaying is that of the one percent that try to excell you immedietly stereotype his intelligence as a product of quota system or lump him up as an almajiri.

Excellent write up. i fully get where your coming from. Imagine your name is Abdul and you come from Benue or Kogi state,even though you have virtually nothing in common with the hausa you are viewed as Mallam,Boko haram etc. The NYSC should have taken care of these stereotype but alas like every nigerian programm it has failed.
Each time i read Nairaland,i observed the same mistake done by Hausa Oligarchy now being done by Southerners. example We are born to rule,our religion is better than yours,we are better than you etc.
I see highly intellectual people but narrow view. And very many who just took to what they have been told without objective research.
They are this,they are that lumping everyone into a box and labelling them the same- where then is your education?

No amount of fuel subsidy removal will translate to any changes if CORRUPTION is not tackled first. FULL STOP

The major 4 pillars destroying this country are 1.police 2.boko haram 3.goverment 4.phcn
I fully agree,could Niger Delta Millitants be number 5?

QNS- Do you believe in freedom of religion?
ANS- Yes i believe in freedom of worship as long as its within the churches and mosques.
LAUGH- A muslim woman does not have a choice as to covering her hair while outside. be it in a school,at home,in the office a muslim woman must be in a state of hijab when in contact with strangers.Its their way of life, so where is the freedom of religion for her if you ban her from wearing hijab?
A law like this will only draw down our percentage of girls education as you know in the north there are parents who deny girls education simply because of this.
But seriously this is a mere rumour,i do not believe the governor has such idea. What to do? i suggest the government to fashion a uniform for any muslim girl who desire to wear hijab so it be uniform rather than every girl wearing seperate hijab.

There is nothing impeachable about what the President did,he does not benefit directly from this contract. However there is nothing wrong with the opposition pointing out the president goofed when he openly tried to suggest he request for the renovation when he knows that will bring on a conflict of interest issue.thats the beauty of democaracy my friends.

I wish the Ijaw nation will rechannel their energy towards asking the president to develop ijaw lands. I wish they will demand their land be develop to at least abuja standard,their roads schools and hospital be transformed to international standard during this tenor. these are the type of demands i expect. please my brothers lets demand for Leadership and this can only be achieved when you challange them.

Baba Iyabooo! lets give you the benefit of doubt and say you do not want third term. why then did you not come out then to stop your loyallist? I remember immedietly the bill was striked down,you call a meeting of your loyallist which was tellecast live and you thank them for their effort. Who doesnt know that you are istrumental to making David Mark the senate president today because he is one of your strong third term supporter. You openly hailed him for making these comment "some sanators are anti third term by the day,and pro third term by the night" at the floor of the NA.

LOOKING FOR A MORE MATURE NIGERIAN FORUM. THE DISCOURSE ON THIS FORUM HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY DETERRIORATED LATELY. CAN SOMEONE SUGGEST?

What dont you understand of : 'It is not in the intrest of Nigerias Elites for the country to discuss anything, until they are removed Nigeria will not have a SNC let alon split'

Please analyse and shine eye well regarding what I bolded.

Correct^^^ When you call for SNC who are the people going there to discuss? The same compromise people in Government who want to protect their personnal interest at all cost. At the end millions down the drain and nothing achieved.

Now I know he is a mad man. What are we asking for? Was it the ND people that elected him? Who cares where he comes from? Just do your job well and all will be well.

GBAM!!  I f you want to talk ethnicity you must be grateful to the Yorubas including Obasanjo who made your son President. Please forget this ethnic warlords and concentrate on our mission of demanding for Good governance from our leaders irrespective of where they come from. The politics of ethnic division have been played by my Fathers generation. My generation have known better you cannot use ethnicity to devide us any more. Look at Goodlucks Government is it only Ijaws that are there? they come from every part of Nigeria. All we demand is no corruption and good governance. If that way we can campaign for Goodluck to proceed with his 7 years agenda.

Learning point from this basically is that the Pressure is working. Ride on Nigerians. You have the fundamental right to ask legitimate questions on your leaders no matter whose axe is gorged.

Dont get smart with me. You have no monopoly over opinions. I dont subscribe to absurd innuendos

hahaha Am i suppose to be intimidated by the grammer or what? monopoly of opinion? the last time i check you responded to my comment first. lol some of these my brothers sef  

Internet Warriors everywhere. Cyber thugs and lies.

Leo Max or whatvever your name is, i can give you lectures about "christmas tree"(another name for an oil well installations) for days. I repeat that this is pure propaganda because i know- if you know what i mean. A simple touch of button will shutdown any oil installation when required.

i wonder why some people just listen to propaganda. there is no militant near any oil installations i can authoritatively say. even if they are there, those who are farmiliar with installation knows that you dont have to go to the field to shutdown a platform. just a botton will do the job. so stop deceiving people. when pengassan give the go ahead,militants will not even know that the platforms are down. very funny. souround platforms my ass. hahahaa!

please enlightened fellas, how much exactly does it cost to build a refinery? I'm continually surprised to hear the government officials saying nigerians should contribute money for building refinery, hospital and good road. pls how much is this genie of a refinery?

It will cost about 3.5 Billion Dollers to build a 100,000 Tons/day Refinery. The government is not saying it cant afford to build a refinery. What the government is saying is that it cannot manage or sustain the refinery when built just as it cannot manage the existing refinery, with billions of dollers down the drain during turn around maintenance due to corruption. Therefore they believe deregulation/privitisation or privitisation is better because then the government have no business owning a refinery. Hence the need to remove subsidy to enable private investor take up and build new refinaries and compete within the fundamentals of a free market.
This in summary is their argument which i do not subscribe to even though i support privitisation, NO AMOUNT OF SUBSIDY REMOVAL WILL TRANSLATE TO DEVELOPEMENT IN NIGERIA IF CORRUPTION IS NOT TACKLED FIRST.

Can anyone mention any country in the world were SAP/IMF/World bank policy work? Anywhere they go they leave the country impoverish and in hugh debt. A couple of years ago Argentina`s economy was bankrupt due to world bank policy. They have consistently tried to blackmail Malaysia to accept IMF policy by sponsoring former vice president Ahmed Ibrahim not until Malaysian Government under mahatir resisted them. Now ten years after Malaysian currency have been stable against the doller in ten years. 1 : 4.
If Malaysia have accepted their proposal their economy will have crumble by now.
Bottom line we must look inward and develop our economy base on our peculiarities not any world bank theorem. What IMF policy did china used? I believe in free market economy,but model from our own peculiarities. NO AMOUNT OF SUBSIDY OR DEREGULATION WILL SUCCEED IN NIGERIA IF WE DO NOT TACKLE CORRUPTION AND CUT ON GOVERNMENT EXCESSES.

[b]Nigerians we are too forgetful. During Obasanjos regime, one woman came to promise us that when we pay our foreign debt all our problems will be solved. the money coming in will now be strictly use for building road and bridges. we accepted her offer and grant her 18 billion dollers. at that time that money would have built 4 refinaries and employed 200,000 graduates. She promise to supervise the use of this money. She is sincere about it just that our politicians are smarter. as soon as the election year approaches they started dipping their hands into the Excess crude account. when she complained,they demoted her and shift her to the external affairs ministry. Today they have exhausted all  the money from the ECA and have borrowed close to twice the amount that was paid back again.
Few years after no bridge,NO ROADS, no money and same woman is back for us to give up subsidy that the money will be use for road and bridge again. haba madam once bitten twice shy, these politicians just want extra money to loot. when the time comes this time they will move you to ministry of women affairs and you will cry and resign just that by then we Nigerians cannot resign.[/b]

question: research has shown one of the greatest disadvantage of being an introvert is poor leadership qualities or innability to take up leadership responsility. true/false?

@Lastpage i think someone is avoiding responding to your comment because your spot on point. you get wat i mean.

What if other things are subsidised instead of petrol? Things that will actually generate volumes of money like education, research, agriculture, manufacturing etc?
The removal of the subsidy is painful and tough, but the arguments for it are baseless and a path to disaster. You know it and I know it.[color=#006600][/color]

@Beaf do you sincerely believe this government has the capacity to rechannel this income to other use? Thats the fear of most Nigerians, these money will turn up somewhere else in Swiss Banks. We all want NNPC to function like Petronas(Malaysia) and Petrobras(Brazil) but no amount of subsidy removal will take them there without first of all tackling corruption and the oil Cabals.
And for those saying we cannot subsidise consumption  remember we are subsidising Production before corruption and government inefficiency leads us to start importing refine PMS. Nigeria has no business importing PMS.