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Nice development

One security source disclosed that a contingent of soldiers was sent to search for the helicopter in Bulabulin. “They found the helicopter and destroyed it,” said the source, adding that the helicopter had a strange red marking in its underbelly. He suggested that the aircraft was brought down by artillery fire. Two members of its crew were found alive and evacuated.
Nigerian soldiers have made three futile attempts without being able to retake the town of Damboa in Borno State that was captured recently by members of the Islamist insurgent group, Boko Haram, two military sources have told SaharaReporters.

Over the last few days, Nigerian military officials had proclaimed that a contingent of Nigerian troops was heading to Damboa to wrest Damboa township from Islamist militants who seized it and planted their flags in different locations.

Our sources said the Nigerian Army had made three major attempts to retake the town from Boko Haram, but pulled back each time because many soldiers seemed afraid to engage the fierce firepower of fighters of the dreaded terrorist sect.

Former residents of the town complained that they had not been able to go into the town to bury dead relatives and friends killed after Boko Haram overran Damboa, murdering more than 100 people before hoisting their flags in the town.

Last week, the Nigerian Army released a statement pledging that troops would be sent to retake the seized town. A few days later, the army revealed that an Air Force helicopter on a training mission in the area had crashed.

One security source disclosed that a contingent of soldiers was sent to search for the helicopter in Bulabulin. “They found the helicopter and destroyed it,” said the source, adding that the helicopter had a strange red marking in its underbelly. He suggested that the aircraft was brought down by artillery fire. Two members of its crew were found alive and evacuated.
http://saharareporters.com/2014/07/24/nigerian-army-unable-retake-damboa-boko-haram

swedbase: Copy Igbos? It is on record that the first executed armed robbers in Nigeria were of yoruba origins.
You people are hypocrites. Always trying to rewrite history. spite on you!

Which history are u talking about? Derico, Osisikakwu etc are Ibo known criminals.

banega: Op, why did you highlight the names of the suspects??!! Smh for you • •

The name was highlighted on the original article

dozzzybaba: What is this Neanderthal saying?

ANAMBRA IS NO MANS LAND, THE OIL DOES NOT BELONG TO THE IBOS.

Ok i don hear. But don't blame them if they decide to avenge tomorrow.

"At the last meeting chaired by the Director General of the National Boundary Commission, Dr. M.B. Ahmad, with the deputy governors of the two states and a representative of the surveyor general of the federation in attendance, it was noted that the Anambra/Kogi interstate boundary was the boundary of the former Northern and Eastern regions described in the legal notice No 126 of 1954.
However, the people of Kogi were said to be insisting that despite the demarcated boundary between the old Kabba and old Onitsha provinces, the oil deposits in Omambala River belong to them."

With this statement i wonder how the oil belong to Ibagi people

dozzzybaba: The aguleri cowards are only risky when they want to fight their umuleri brothers.

The Ibaji warriors in Kogi have been roasting them like suya.

Tell your ibo brothers to keep of our land. Go back to your land oooops. I forgot Anambra is no mans land

oloribu oloruniya o ni dide nle abi ile o ti mo ni? I hope people like u will not start accuse Ibo of instigating trouble when they retaliate

If Obiano can not defend his people good for him. One day kogi people will come and burn down his house

seankafor: ur a fool for calling my beatiful naija useless..if u re useless am not useless

You and your useless naija are useless

Don't know what's wrong with my people and inferiority complex. Smh...
The same way they claim that those touts send by Aregbesola from Osun to imo state to rig Anambra state election are election observers
I stoped taking Osundefenders serious long time ago

3 industrious son. Why not concentrate on Agbero and Omonile we specialized on? Must we copy igbos?

By Ifeanyi Okolie
LAGOS — Three members of a notorious robbery gang that specialised in snatching cars from residents of Victoria Island, Lekki and Ajah axis of Lagos State, have been arrested by anti-robbery policemen attached to Bar Beach Police Station.
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Vanguard gathered that the robbers, who have been terrorizing the area for a long time met their Waterloo separately on Saturday and Monday nights when they snatched two taxi cabs from their owners at gunpoint.
Sources disclosed that the bandits had attempted to use the snatched cabs to steal exotic cars.
A source, who spoke with Vanguard on condition of anonymity, said one of the suspects, Rasheed Yusuf, 20, was arrested when the anti-robbery policemen on patrol, led by the Divisional Police Officer, CSP Adegoke Fayoade, accosted the gang after they snatched a taxi from it owner on Idejo Street, Victoria Island and recovered the taxi, but two other gang members managed to escape.
The source also added that on Monday night, the two fleeing bandits, identified as Ade Yemi, 22, and Toyin Ajayola, 22, returned to Victoria Island with a taxi they snatched at Orile Igamu area.
The anti-robbery policemen intercepted them at Oyin Jolayemi Street, Victoria Island, while they were driving against traffic.
It was gathered that as the policemen tried to stop them, they escaped towards Cowrie Bridge outward Victoria Island, but were blocked by another team of policemen who were on stop and search at a pin down point by the bridge.
The robbers were said to have jumped out the vehicle, shooting indiscriminately in their bid to escape but the policemen shot them on the legs and arrested them.
However, sources further disclosed that the robbers confessed to several robberies within the mentioned area and one locally made pistol cut to size, assorted charms, face masks and five cartridges were recovered from them.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/07/police-nab-3-car-snatching-lagos/

Evergreen4: R. I. P to my Name sake. My God grant the family and friends the fortitude to bear the irreplaceable loss.

Honey m!
R I P. My only regret is that he die for a useless country

"However, the people of Kogi were said to be insisting that despite the demarcated boundary between the old Kabba and old Onitsha provinces, the oil deposits in Omambala River belong to them."

With this claim, I'll support Anambra people to protect their land with whatever they like. Enough of this madness! Thank God the present gov of Anambra state is from Agureli, i hope he knows what to do

Congrat to Imo kids.

The combat rifle is the
soldier's closest companion.
Despite the revolution in
battlefield tactics over the
past 100 years, it is still the
mainstay of every modern
army in the world. Now
meet the best of the best,
these are the top ten combat rifles of all time.

10. Heckler and Koch HK MG4 MG 43 Machine Gun
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It is a belt-fed light machine gun having a caliber of 5.56mm, was designed by a German company Heckler and Koch. This weapon was originally designed in 1990’s but was first appeared publicly in 2001. It s effective range is about 1000m and due to its reliability and lethalness it is competent to be in this list. It is designed in such way that it is light, has reliable function under adverse circumstances and provides highest safety to the user. So, it is also known as a perfect killer.

9. Heckler and Koch HK416
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It is an assault rifle that is also designed by the German company Heckler and Koch. It is an up gradation of the American M4, having a caliber of 5.56mm, its range is 600m. It is the finest rifle that is developed by Germans, with short stroke piston it is one of the most lethal weapons that are available in market.


8. Accuracy International AS50 Sniper Rifle

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It is a sniper or anti-material rifle developed by British company. It is an absolute lethal weapon that enables its users to capture its targets at very long range with high precision using incendiary ammunition or explosive. Its caliber is 12.7mm and its range is 1800m, its high recognition is due to its weight that is 14.1kg or 31 lb and can hold 5 rounds of 0.50 BMG in a single stack.

7. F2000 Assault Rifle
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F2000 is a gas operated Assault Rifle that is fully automatic and is ranked at number 7 in the list of the most dangerous guns in the world, it was developed by Belgium company FN Herstal. In 2001, this gun was first displayed at Abu Dhabi at the IDEX defence exhibition. It comprises of two main assemblies and has a removable handguard in front of the trigger. It has a 5.56mm caliber and effective range of 500m. It can make 850 rounds in a minute.

6. MG3 Machine Gun
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The MG3 is a general purpose machine gun manufactured by a Germany firm. With a 7.62mm caliber, effective range of 1200m and with rate of fire of 1000-1300 rounds per minute it is one of the killing weapons. It was introduced in the late 1950’s yet it is very famous and has been attained by the military forces of over 30 countries.

5. XM307 ACSW Advanced Heavy Machine Gun
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XM307 ACSW (Advanced Crew Served Weapon) is a grenade machine gun with smart shell capacity designed by the U.S Army. It is lightweight and is operated by two men, is renowned for its lethal and suppressive effective length of 2000m. Its firing rate is 260 rounds per minute, it can kill human beings at 2,000 meters and can destroy vehicles, helicopters and watercraft at 1,000m.

4. Kalashnikov AK-47 Assault Rifle
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Kalashnikov AK-47 is a selective-fire, gas-operated assault rifle and was designed by Mikhail Kalashnikov. It was displayed for military trials in 1946. It is a weapon that is easy to use, is inexpensive and its availability makes it one of the most popular and widely used assault rifles in the world even after the passage of six generations.

3. Uzi Submachine Gun
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In the late 1940’s the first Uzi Submachine Gun was designed by Uziel Gal, it has been designed by Israel Military Industries, FN Herstal and other manufacturers. It was first introduced to Special Forces in 1954 and was presented for general matters two years later. It is used as a personal defense weapon by officers and as a frontline weapon by assault forces due to its size and effectiveness. It is very lethal weapon irrespective of small size and caliber.

2. Thompson M1921 Submachine Gun
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It is an American submachine gun and in 1919, it was invented by John T. Thompson. This gun has many informal names like “Tommy Gun”,” Chicago Piano”, “The Chopper” etc. It was preferred by police officers, civilians, soldiers and criminals because of its large caliber, compactness, reliability, ergonomics and high volume of automatic fire. Due to its quality and craftsmanship, it is also known as collector’s item.

1. DSR-Precision DSR 50 Sniper Rifle
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Rifle The gun that is at the top of the list of Top 10 World’s Most Dangerous Guns is DSR-Precision DSR 50 Sniper Rifle, it is a bolt action anti material sniper rifle which is manufactured by DSR-precision GmbH of Germany. With few modifications in it, to fire the more powerful 0.50 caliber round this gun has become more valuable in comparison with other weapons.

0merta: Olodo, you should have used "Stup!d" and not "Stupidity"!

While "Stupidity" is a noun, "Stup!d" is an adjective, which should qualify the noun, "Question"...

When dem say make una go School, una talk say una wan go Onitsha go serve Brother Emeka

Stup!d Fool!

Guy na typo be that. olori
buruku ara e

The problem with Igbos is that they have not learn their lesson, Nigeria is not 1 and can never be.

T9ksy: But have you ever stopped and ask yourself why the starvation policy allegedly introduced by Awo, although aimed at subduing biafran soldiers ONLY affected biafran children? Abi biafran soldiers were carrying sub-machine guns on empty belly, ni.

You have asked a stupid question here

Obafemi Awolowo is the
undisputed hero of the
Yoruba tribe of Nigeria
whose wartime policy of
starvation and currency
change helped kill the
Biafran dream. The post
colonial era of Nigerian
history was dominated by
three actors, Nnamdi
Azikiwe, Obafemi Awolowo
and Ahmadu Bello. Dr
Azikiwe was an avowed
nationalist who preferred
one Nigeria above anything
else. Sir Ahmadu Bello was a
tribalist who initially
preferred a balkanized
Nigeria to enable his people
live their religious and
cultural life without
external negative influence
and was later reluctantly
convinced to seek an agenda
for a united Nigeria. Chief
Obafemi Awolowo from the
onset did not hide his
preference for an Oduduwa
Republic.
Chief Awolowo was idolised
by the Yorubas because he
was able to transform the
southwest into an
educational and industrial
hub in Africa and build a
robust political climate. He
so much understood the
value of education that he
made it free, affordable and
offered a lot of scholarships
to Yorubas to advance
academically to the highest
level. He ran a political
system in Action Group
whereby people have their
say while the leader has his
way. This is the system Bola
Tinubu is unsuccessfully
trying to emulate in Action
Congress of Nigeria.
Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe, a core
nationalist, never received
the level of hero worship
Awolowo received in the
southwest because Igbos
severally accused him of not
taking them out of Nigeria
when Chief Awolowo and
Sir Ahmadu Bello were
angling for a balkanized
nation. Chief Awolowo was
the sage whose idea ended
the Nigerian civil war. He
advised the Gowon Cabinet
to block all food supplies to
Biafra so as to end the war
quickly and according to
him, “starvation is a
legitimate instrument of
war.” This led to the
starvation of over one
million Biafran children.
Thus Awolowo’s advice and
actions led to the quick end
to the Biafran dream.
Therefore, it is right to say
that what the entire armed
forces of Nigeria could not
do, the wisdom of Awolowo
did.
Chief Awolowo also ensured
that every adult Biafran
who managed to survive the
starvation was given 20
pounds to start life afresh
irrespective of the amount
of money in anyone’s bank
account before the war
started. Another policy of
his which frustrated Biafra’s
ability to import food and
arms was the change of
currency. According to
Awolowo, “and it is on
record that Ojukwu
admitted that two things
defeated him in this war,
that’s as at the day he left
Biafra. He said one, the
change of currency. He said
that was the first thing that
defeated him, and we did
that to prevent Ojukwu
taking the money which his
soldiers had stolen from our
Central Bank for sale abroad
to buy arms…So I decided to
change the currency, and
for your benefit, it can now
be told the whole world,
only Gowon knew the day
before the change took
place.”
Chief Awolowo has been
variously accused of
introducing tribalism into
the Nigerian politics. He
chased Dr Azikiwe out of
Ibadan in 1954 when the
NCNC headed by Azikiwe
won majority seats in the
Western Nigeria House of
Assembly and through a
palace coup called cross-
carpeting, Zik was denied
the Premiership of Western
Nigeria, at a time when
Professor Eyo Ita, an Efik
was Premier of Eastern
Region and Alhaji Umoru
Altine, a Fulani, was Mayor
of Enugu. Dr Azikiwe,
following the footsteps of
Awolowo, had to frustrate
Professor Eyo Ita out of
Enugu. Chief Awolowo and
Sir Ahmadu Bello seem to
have a deeper
understanding of the
Nigerian complexities than
Dr Azikiwe.
While Awolowo never
trusted the Igbos, the north
never trusted Awolowo and
theYorubas. The northern
oligarchy instigated crisis in
Western Nigeria in the same
manner President Obasanjo
used the Uba brothers to
instigate crisis in Anambra
State. This crisis led to the
trumped up charges leading
to the trial and
imprisonment of Awolowo.
Reports have it that he was
to be poisoned in prison
before the military coup
altered the state of affairs.
Awolowo was released from
Calabar prison by Biafran
leader Odumegwu Ojukwu
and there was an agreement
that while Ojukwu declares
Biafra in the East, Awolowo
would declare Oduduwa
Republic in the West. The
British establishment,
sensing the dangers of
Awolowo declaring
Oduduwa Republic in the
West, convinced Gowon and
the north to checkmate
Awolowo’s secessionist
agenda by appointing him
the Vice Chairman of the
Federal Executive Council.
This strategy worked
effectively and Awolowo
was deceived that after
Gowon’s tenure he would be
given the opportunity of
ruling Nigeria. Awolowo
thus had to checkmate the
Biafran dream to clear any
obstacle to his ruling
Nigeria while the north was
looking for the right
opportunity to throw him
into the dustbin. In
frustration, Awo resigned
from Gowon’s cabinet when
he realised he had been
politically duped.
Awolowo quashed the
Biafran dream while the
northern establishment
killed the Oduduwa dream
and betrayed Awolowo’s
presidential ambition thrice.
This fact was aptly captured
by a prominent Yoruba
leader and Nigeria’s former
minister of aviation Chief
Femi Fani-Kayode while
replying to a boastful
statement by another
prominent northern leader,
Alhaji Usman Farouk on
how the north dominated
the Yoruba people and
conquered the Niger Delta.
According to Fani-Kayode,
“… the north literally begged
Awolowo not to declare
Oduduwa Republic and go
the way of Biafra even
though that was his original
intention…Fourthly it was
the support that the
southwest gave to the north
that allowed Nigeria to win
the war. Fifthly it was the lie
that Gowon and the
northern leaders fed
Awolowo that he would be
made President of the
country after the war and
after being effectively made
de facto Prime Minister
under Gowon during the
war that got Awolowo to
support them.” Invariably,
the Igbos and Yorubas were
effectively dribbled, divided,
manipulated and
overpowered.
The emergence of
Awolowo’s kinsman
Obasanjo as Head of State
was another opportunity for
him to realise his dream of
ruling Nigeria. The 1979
election result was decided
in the infamous judgement
where the Supreme Court
refused Awolowo’s plea that
2/3 of 19 is 13 states, and
went ahead to declare Alhaji
Shehu Shagari the winner of
the election. The north led
by Generals Shehu Yar’Adua
and Theophilus Danjuma
convinced Obasanjo why
Awolowo should never be
the president of Nigeria.
Therefore, instead of a
runoff election, which some
believe could favour
Awolowo, the Supreme
Court declared Alhaji Shehu
Shagari the winner.
Chief MKO Abiola at one
point was used by the
northern dominated
National Party of Nigeria,
NPN, to oppose the
presidential ambition of
Awolowo . He used his
National Concord
newspapers and enormous
wealth to fight Awolowo and
UPN and when they finished
using him to deal with
Awolowo, they frustrated
Abiola’s presidential
ambition and he had to
resign from the party in
1982. Alhaji Umaru Dikko,
then transport minister,
sent a message to Abiola
that the presidency was not
for sale to the highest
bidder.
When Babangida annulled
the election of Abiola in
1993, Yorubas alluded to a
certain curse Awolowo
placed on Abiola, in the heat
of the latter’s opposition to
his presidential ambition
that “even if Abiola was to
be given the presidential
seat, he would not sit on it.”
In 1999, after the suspicious
death of Abiola in July 1998,
the northern establishment
sensing that Chief Olu Falae
was the choice of the
Yoruba people, rigged the
polls in favour of Obasanjo.
It is obvious that the North
had shown evidence of
being deadly political
strategists than their
Yoruba and Igbo
compatriots, having used
the political suspicion
between the duo to dribble
them. Conclusively, the
north is not as dumb as
people assume; they used
Awolowo to checkmate
Biafra and then dealt with
Awolowo and his ambition.

Pa Awolowo is a tribal bigot.

Jimi Agbaje, the governorship candidate of the Democratic People's Alliance (DPA) in the 2007 governorship contest in Lagos State, has pitched political tent with the People's Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of the 2015 general elections.
Jimi Agbaje, the governorship candidate of the Democratic People's Alliance (DPA) in the 2007 governorship contest in Lagos State, has pitched political tent with the People's Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of the 2015 general elections.

Confirming the development to SaharaReporters, a close associate of Mr. Agbaje said the governorship aspirant took the decision after careful consideration by his top campaign team. “We took time to study all the political scenarios and the different political parties to determine which is the best instrument for pursuing his [Mr. Agbaje’s] goal of providing Lagos State with first class service,” said the source. He added that the gubernatorial aspirant was convinced that the PDP in Lagos State has the best level of internal democracy of all the major parties likely to be in contention in Lagos. “It’s regrettable that, fifteen years into our current democratic system, so many parties still practice the culture of anointment or imposition of candidates,” said the source. He argued that Mr. Agbaje’s political advisers discovered that the PDP was abandoning the idea of imposition of candidates, accusing Bola Tinubu, a major force in the All Progressives Congress (APC) of continuing with his desire to dictate the direction of Nigeria’s major opposition party, including the undemocratic anointment of candidates for elective posts.

A pharmacist by training, Mr. Agbaje is an entrepreneur and has a longstanding history of political involvement.

SaharaReporters was unable to reach Mr. Agbaje by telephone, but two sources told us that he plans to officially announce his membership of the PDP and his intention to run on that party’s platform in the coming week.
http://saharareporters.com/2014/07/18/jimi-agbaje-joins-pdp-ahead-2015-gubernatorial-election-lagos

Yoruba dirtiness and stup_idity will never allow them see beyond their nose.
I just pity Yoruba even though I'm one and therefore in a nutshell
I have pity for myself.

olapluto: A woman publicly admitting her child is a bas.tard.

This thing can only happen in Yoruba land. Fale wasn't the only music legend in Nigeria, but his love for woman toto was his undoing

Yoruba prostitute and taxi drivers are no more
wanted in abuja- Arewa
Youth its a lie

Catholic....... We are the light of the world

Holy Family Festac Town Lagos
#Benedicat vos omnipotens Deus, et Spiritus Sanctus
Amen.......

Why can’t all these stupid
doctors go on strike becos
of dis type of rot in the
health system? Bt dey
choose fight for their
pockets.

I only pity those 183 touts that are still languishing in Imo state prison. APC is Evil

saintneo: Igbo and Biafra people are not ready to discuss such with you.

From your responses you sound very colonial, same way the whites asked about the future of independent Africa, same way the whites asked about the freedom of the black slaves.

I wonder if the English ask address same questions to the Scots. Kindly stay away from Igbo and Biafra stuff, it won't feed you and your family.

Nice reply