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ultraGM: Pakistan thinks that; Since Nigeria is a Kid to US we can be afraid of Threaten (N-Korea did).
But if that Happen, Nigeria Will have to Sponsor Drone War in Pakistan to Secure the life of it citizen their and the Embassy (if any). But What they should be aware of is that: Diplomacy at this Age should be considered first and that will aid global economy.

My own appeal is that they should think twice before that try that Action cause, More drone will be flying low on Pakistan Soil and they can't even support BH either to fight Nigeria.

Please do not speak about what you have absolutely no clue about.Do you think the Nigerian Military can fight Pakistani Military? Oh boy no try am! USA which is a world power will not even dare take on Pakistan talk less of any African country.Do you even know that Pakistan is a Nuclear Power

ZIONIA:
“Others [terrorists] are engaging even in an eco-type of terrorism whereby they can alter the climate, set off earthquakes, volcanoes remotely through the use of electromagnetic waves… So there are plenty of ingenious minds out there that are at work finding ways in which they can wreak terror upon other nations…It's real, and that's the reason why we have to intensify our [counterterrorism] efforts.”

Secretary of Defense William Cohen at an April 1997 counterterrorism conference sponsored by former Senator Sam Nunn. Quoted from DoD News Briefing, Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen, Q&A at the Conference on Terrorism, Weapons of Mass Destruction, and U.S. Strategy, University of Georgia, Athens, Apr. 28, 1997.


http://www.cheniere.org/references/cohen.htm

http://www.defense.gov/transcripts/transcript.aspx?transcriptid=674

~Bluetooth:
i think the war on corruption was biased during the obasanjo regime.if you look at the current events happening in the polity,you will agree with me.ibori was the sole financier of yaradua campaign,so it is expected of him to be victimized.towards the end of 2006,ribadu made a stunning revelation before the senate where he said that 27 governors are corrupt.that was prior to the third term palaver,which was a strategy used by obj to coerce the governors into talking their senators into convincing supporting the third term.at the end of the day,ribadu refuted his allegation and said only seven of them are corrupt which included alams,dariye,fayose,lucky and a few others that were never prosecuted despite being investigated.nigeria politicians are very cunning and i hope efcc will be objective in his fight against corruption.they should als probe ACTING FIRST LADY PATIENCE JONATHAN if it is really fighting a genuine anti-corruption war

frosbel:
Certainly I am on a high of knowledge transfer to you conspiracy theorists.  

You seem to be interlocked in bitterness for the white man and the west in general for some event that occurred eons ago with regard to colonialism.

Do you not understand that our main issue in recent times is the utter greed and compassionless wickedness of our so called leaders?

Where does the white man come into the picture to prevent?

- Basic infrastructure for Nigeria
- Constant electricity and water
-       Reasonable employment for the multitudes of jobless graduates out there
-       Sustainable development in rural areas of the country
- Good roads
- Cheap and affordable food items
- Affordable housing

It’s all the white man's fault that the government cannot meet these basic measures of development. Or is it ?


Of course the West connives with our leaders to loot our wealth, its common knowledge. But the fact is that our leaders allow them and even then we still generate substantial amounts of revenue to develop our country.

For example between 1999 and 2009 NNPC earned revenue of $200 billion with nothing to show for it.

Tell me, is it the white man's fault, lol.

Oh please give me a break.

Onlytruth:
Thanks to all the unbiased commentators: EmperorOlu, UcheUwadi_, tensor777 and ziga.

Your points are well taken. I however think that we should not wait until all the crooked politicians are killed before we can have state and local police system in place. We may never even be able to kill off those guys. We need something now.

All it needs is a federal law or constitutional amendment specifically outlining the operational areas or boundaries of different police formations to be set up -the local police on the one hand, and the federal police on the other hand. Of course the federal police should always be better armed and better equipped. This would enable them step in to take over a situation and make necessary arrests in times of abuse as you fear.

No city or county police in the US can withstand the FBI for instance. Therefore the check would be there. We cannot throw away the baby with the bath water. There will always be governors, local govt chairmen who would be tempted to abuse their power, but they risk being arrested by the federal police and removed from office. The federal police will have a lot of firepower to step in whenever necessary.

I really think that this fear is unfounded because we have always had the Hisbah, Vigilante services in the east and LASTMA in Lagos. All that is needed is better training, better recruitment and better equipment for them. These bodies will sweep our streets and neighborhoods of criminals enabling all to walk around any time of the day or night.

Again we need to build more prisons and jails to contain the upsurge in arrests.

There is no amount of single federal police that can accomplish this task. Nigeria is unique and needs a combination of tactics. To reduce the task of policing 150 million west Africans to a single police formation is day dreaming. It can never contain the situation.

Sun of god:
I've already stated - Believe what you want.

The UN is a sacred institution that should be trusted!

ROSSIKE:
Sun of God said:

First off I'm male. Two, the UN staff comprises individuals and researchers from every nation under the sun. The UN commits millions of dollars yearly, contributed by member nations, into conducting the most respected countrywide research on earth. That is where educated people go to learn the statistics relating to the basic indicators of all nations, from infant mortality rates to literacy.

What educated people do NOT do, is post dubious lists from some private agency in the US that's accountable to no one, and whose research modalities, staff strength  and capabilities no one knows anything about, much less their agenda.

So please quit embarassing yourself by posting that silly list.

Beaf:
^
Make sense for once in your life. You sound mad.

ROSSIKE:
Cap28 and EmperorOlu, you guys are killing me with knowledge here. Cap28, do you know I didn't even realise the China/US connection to the Jonathan debacle?

Could it be that Yar'adua was poisoned by the Mossad (who run Aso Rock), after what was seen as his undue recourse to China?

I know for sure the US has been manouvering in places like Sudan and the Congo to curtail Chinese contracts. And Yar'adua was also about to pass the Petroleum Industry Reform bill, that would have decreed more favourable terms, and opened up oil fields to indigenous and Chinese companies, breaking the stranglehold of Elf, Shell, Total and co, whose deals with us are notoriously exploitative and unfair, wth the former offering far more favourable terms to Nigerians.

I wonder if that bill, which was on its way to the National Assembly when Yar'adua was in office, will now be swept under the carpet, with Jonathan at the helm.

My guess is , yes it will.


Until Nigerians begin to see these linkages, like the Venezuelans, the Chinese, the Libyans, and the Iranians, they will NEVER get the deal.

We are still at the stage where we regard the US and co as our ''friends and allies''.

I don't think it's anything to do with IQ to be honest. Africans are highly intelligent. We invented writing, architecture, medicine, and astronomy.

The oldest mines in the world, dated over 25,000 years old, are found in Swaziland, not in London or America.

The oldest written scripts are found in Ethiopia, not in Paris or Berilin.

The west are newcomers to civilization.

Their modern propaganda machine is very effective and permeates our recent history of colonialism, our current educational systems and the local and foreign media.

So it's really not surprising that many modern Nigerians cannot see beyond the ''black is bad and white is blameless'' stereotype and mindset.

It's what they've been fed all their lives.

This will change however. As the years of colonialism recede, we will begin to reconnect with ourselves and heritage.

Eventually it will affect the leadership.

Quick anecdotal example: 20 years ago Nigerians played western music at clubs and parties, and watched Hollywood output as if  their fathers made them.

Today, it's different. Home grown is regarded as better.

The recent Anambra elections, generally regarded as the freeest and fairest since the annulled Abiola vote.

Prior to the vote, the various contestants and 'stakeholders' gathered at the king's palace, and swore a  traditional oath to the effect that there would be no rigging, no falsification of ballots, no intimidation of voters etc etc.

The result -  a near perfect election.

Every one of the parties to the agreement had an inborn faith in, and respect for the traditional instruments of ethics and morality.

As the years of colonial interruption recede into history, we will start to see the African Renaissance, powered by a revival of grassroots based ethical systems that will weed out the current neo-colonial  impostors.

cap28:
if only it were that simple, in a utopian world yes i would agree that we are all masters of our own destiny, but unfortunately we dont live in  a utopian paradise where every man looks out for his fellow man - this is a dog eat dog world, its a world where cunning, treachery, skullduggery and wickedness are rife and where honest innocent people die for no just cause.

I have never said that the white man or chinese man is superior to us, but what i have said is that they have an agenda towards us which is not beneficial to the well being of our people, the chinese are actually a more humane in their dealings with africa because all they seem to want is to trade peacefully with us  the british and the americans on the other hand have imperialist ambitions and it doesnt matter how well meaning and confident we are as a race it will not help us, what will help us is military might combined with sound economic policies and good leadership, but this combination is not easy to acheive especially in a country as complex and diverse as nigeria, if we are fortunate to bring forth a good leader and beef up our military to prevent invasion from the americans, british or any other superpower then we are halfway there - this is what chavez has done

You say that Shell cannot stand in the way of a responsible govt who defies the west and puts its people first, you are grossly underestimating the power of multinational organisations -

if what you say is true  - why have there been numerous assassination attempts by the americans on Chavez's life following his nationalisation of Venezuela's oil industry?

also can you explain to me why mossadegh of Iran was overthrown by the british and americans after he nationalised the Anglo Iran oil company (now known as BP) which was formerly run and owned in its entirety by the british govt. 

how about the assassination of patrice lumumba of congo by the americans and the belgians following his rise to power and his promise to use the mineral wealth of congo for his people and not for the belgian and american multinational companies - are you aware that he was murdered by a belgian and american firing squad, his body dumped in the boot of a car and eventually burnt with acid in order to remove all traces of evidence implicating the americans/belgians?

how about the overthrow of Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana in 1966 by the americans following his meteoric rise to power and his declaration to halt the economic exploitation of his people. 

there are so many more examples in and outside africa.

you actually dont understand that western powers wage covert and overt  wars to oust "unfriendly" govts whose economic policies favour the indigenous people and adversely affect multinationals who are driven by profit and exploitation.

You talk about angola but again i ask you - who are the beneficiaries of the huge profits that this country is reaping from oil and gas contracts - the same ruling elite and not the average angolan on the street,

On paper, Angola is described as a middle-income country but 70 percent of its population live below the poverty line with life expectancy at  just 41.7 years.   there is a huge  disparity between those who have benefited from the boom, and the majority living on the land that have not, average annual income in Luanda last year was  just $201.

The capital has huge housing shortages and yet almost all of the construction being carried out is geared towards housing foreign visitors and the new ruling class. 

There are ongoing constructions of hotels along with marinas, golf courses and luxury flats - but again these are not intended for ordinary angolans but foreign investors.

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/sep2008/ango-s04.shtml

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Mosaddegh

http://www.finalcall.com/artman/publish/World_News_3/The_exploitation_of_Africa_s_land_and_people_5661.shtml

Onlytruth:
This guy is making all the right noise these days -true federalism, state police, etc. Hmm, he may get my vote in 2011; afterall he cannot be worse than OBJ. can he?
Another thing about him is that he is swayed by public opinion. That has to count for something.