₦airaland Forum

Demdem:
U dey mind these fools? Bama fell within 5 hrs on Monday. Days after, the military is still battling to take it back.

I see why APC refuse to domesticate FoI Bill in their states.

The Federal Government has directed all public and private primary and secondary schools to reopen on Monday, September 22, 2014.

The Minister of Education, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, who said this on Friday in Abuja while briefing newsmen after an emergency meeting with State Commissioners for Education, stated that preliminary measures put in place to curb the spread of Ebola Virus Disease is still intact.

Shekarau said that any State Ministry of Education that had not appointed designated desk officers on Ebola information should do so urgently before the resumption date. He urged state governments to support their state Ministries of Education with all necessary funds to ensure effective implementation of the preventive measures.

The minister said, “We have now agreed that primary and secondary schools both public and private will reopen and begin formal classes on Monday, 22 September 2014. While this is in place, we have decided to continue the preventive measure.

“All primary and secondary schools, both public and private should be provided with a minimum of two blood pressure measuring equipment by the State Ministries of Education. The state ministries should determine the number of such equipment required and forward same to the Federal Ministry of Education.

“The Federal Ministry of Education will liaise with the Federal Ministry of Health to ensure that appropriate equipment is procured. Those states that have not complied with this agreement should please do so.

“State governments are called upon to support their state Ministries of Education with all necessary funds to ensure effective implementation of these preventive measures. Regular washing of the hands is part of the preventive measures. There must be steady supply of water in schools. All states should ensure that this is put in place as the schools reopen.”

Shekarau urged all state Ministries of Education to establish a working and monitoring team for effective supervision of school activities before and after opening of schools.

According to him, each state Ministry of Education should appoint a designated desk officer who should also receive appropriate training and who must report on daily basis to the commissioner on situation in the schools.

“The names of such desk officers, their phone numbers and e-mail addresses should be communicated to the headquarters of the Federal Ministry of Education,” he added.

The meeting was also attended by senior officials of the Federal Ministry of Health.

http://www.punchng.com/news/fg-fixes-school-resumption-for-sept-22/

OAUTemitayo: Brother FireFire,
I thought the PDP led Federal Government said they are in control of Bama?
How did Boko Haram got to have bases in Bama that the Airforce is now striking?
The thing dey make my eyes roll like earth rotation o

Whatever, the situation bro, the WAR must be WON... No retreat no surrender.

The battle must be won... Boko Haram impunity of killing and destruction must END NOW!

“It is not only the pride and reputation of the military that is at stake but that of the entire nation. We therefore urge our citizens not to lose hope or be disenchanted but to remain steadfast and supportive of the military as all steps are being taken to ensure the success of the counter-insurgency operations, especially at this crucial time when our sovereignty is being challenged.

“With this in mind, it is important to reiterate that the Nigerian military is fully conscious of its obligations to the Nigerian state and remains willing and ready to perform its duties with utmost diligence. Therefore, what the military requires at this critical period in the nation’s history is not pillories but continued support from all stakeholders and comity of nations.

“Indeed, this is not the time to despair or shift blames. Rather it calls for concerted effort by all and sundry to stop the agents of darkness who seek to destroy our country and civilization. On its part, the Nigerian military as a fighting force, assures Nigerians once again that this battle will be won.”

Military ‘ve killed 1,200 insurgents –AVM Marizu

Sharing this view, former Air Officer Commanding Logistics Command of the Nigerian Airforce, Air Vice Marshall Chris Marizu (rtd), yesterday, cautioned politicians against utterances that were capable of pitching the armed forces against the citizens they were supposed to protect noting that the military forces have killed 1200 Boko Haram insurgents in the battle for Bama, Borno State.

He spoke in the light of the current challenges in the counter-terrorism efforts in the North east which has understandably elicited a sense of apprehension among citizens and even foreign allies, as

He made the disclosure just as the President of Course 18 participants of the Nigeria Defence Academy, Air Commodore Olufemi Agbetuyi warned that it was high time the nation stopped mixing politics with security issues.

Speaking at the 18th regular course re-union in Abuja yesterday, AVM Marizu said, “People should know that some persons who have done so much for this country and the military institution cannot just be rubbished on the altar of politics.

“Some unscrupulous citizens of this country are using the advantages that they enjoy under democracy to malign the military with innuendos and statements without facts. All the things that Mr. Davies said for instance, there was nothing in it and no facts to buttress anything. The angle of aircraft for instance, was Ihejirika the Chief of Air Staff?

“It shows there are undemocratic elements working in tandem with outsiders trying to destroy this country. For instance, the last few days, the media has been awash with reports that Boko Haram has over-run Bama and taken over the city whereas, the reverse is the case. We have troops there and we are in touch on a daily basis” “The truth is that as at Tuesday, our soldiers had killed over 700 Boko Haram insurgents during the battle. The following day, another 500 terrorists were killed.

What is happening is not what is being reported in the newspapers and sometimes I wonder if the media are Nigerian media or what they seek to gain by running our soldiers down” In his contribution, Air Commodore Agbetuyi cautioned politicians in the country against trying to bring the name of the military into disrepute warning that doing so will amount bringing down the military. On allegation against General Azubuike Ihejirika, he said, “Some political elites do not understand what the man went through as COAS, the sleepless nights, the sacrifices General Ihejirika made for the country.

I recall how he was tackling the security challenge in the country and some Nigerians who do not understand or pretending not to, or some enemies of Nigeria said the army was killing people indiscriminately. The same people today are saying he sponsors Boko Haram. Does it make sense?”


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/09/boko-haram-jonathan-declares-full-scale-war-deploys-warplanes/

Nigerian warplanes are carrying out air strikes against Boko Haram militant bases at Bama, Borno State, a senior official said yesterday, in a government counter-attack against Boko Haram’s drive to create an Islamist enclave.

The official, who asked not to be named, told Reuters Nigeria’s military was battling Boko Haram fighters at Bama, 70 km (45 miles) southeast of the Borno state capital Maiduguri.

Air strikes have been carried out “on all the Boko Haram bases”, the official said, adding this reflected President Goodluck Jonathan’s order for a “fully-fledged war” against the group which has waged a bloody insurgency since 2009.

“Bama today is the centre of the military battle with the terrorists … Boko Haram is being repelled by the Nigerian troops as we are talking now,” the government official said, without giving details of the operations or casualties.

The battle over Bama, and Boko Haram’s storming of towns and villages to the north, east and south of Maiduguri in recent weeks, has raised fears of an attack on the Borno state capital, prompting hundreds of civilians to flee.

“Even today, we can see so many people leaving … the buses are going out plenty now,” Musa Sumail, a human rights activist in Maiduguri who reports on the violence in the northeast, told Reuters. He said he had seen at least one or two Nigerian government fighter jets in the skies above Maiduguri.

We ‘ll do everything to defend our territorial integrity –Defence Hqtr

Indeed, the Defence Headquarters said the armed forces will do everything to defend the nation’s sovereignty.

In a statement by Major General Chris Olukolade, Director of Defence Information said, the armed forces said: “DHQ wishes to reiterate the pledge and commitment it made while briefing the Joint Committee on Defence of the National Assembly to the effect that everything will be done to reverse the situation and defeat the rampaging terrorists.

“While welcoming all the concerns shown by Nigerians and a section of the international community following the increased menace and activities of terrorists, it is necessary to reassure all that the Nigerian Armed Forces is more than ever determined and committed to the defence of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Nigeria, regardless of any odd.

SiriusBlack: Hey Guys, I am hale and hearty...Keep praying for your fighting men...as you all know, I can no longer post photos or comment about happenings at the front..But I can say this..Morale is high..we are all thirsty for vengeance and blood..Right now, this is between the sons of God and Forces of Darkness..just don't believe the lies SR is putting out..Victory is assured..Its Showdown time.

All mighty God will continue to protect you and your fellow comrade... the war shall be won and you shall come out VICTORIOUS.


Inshall Allah - Ameen

In Jesus Name – Amen

Shalom!!!

At least 18 foreign ISIS fighters including Americans and Europeans were killed Thursday, Sept. 4, in a Syrian air raid of the Al Qaeda-ISIS’ northern Syrian headquarters in the Gharbiya district of Raqqa. The raid caught a number of high Al Qaeda commanders and a large group of foreign adherents assembled at the facilty.

A second group of high ISIS officers were killed or injured in another Syrian air raid over their base in Abu Kamal near the Iraqi border.
debkafile’s military and intelligence sources report that top men of the Islamist terrorist group were holding meetings at both places Thursday to coordinate IS strike plans in Syria and Iraq. For Syria, these plans center on the Deir a-Zor and Al Qaim areas, while in Iraq, they focus on targets in the east and center of the country.

The twin Syrian air offensive coincided with the opening of the two-day NATO Summit outside the Welsh town of Newport .

The information about the two Al Qaeda meetings at Raqqa and Abu Kamal could have come from only two sources: US surveillance satellites and aircraft or Iranian agents embedded at strategic points across Syria.

Syria does not have the necessary intelligence capabilities for digging out this kind of information. Nor does its air force normally exhibit the surgical precision displayed in the two strikes on Al Qaeda bases.

It is therefore more than likely that they owed their success to the widening military and intelligence cooperation between the United State and Iran in Iraq and Syria.

President Barack Obama will have taken his seat at the NATO summit to discuss ways of fighting ISIS after word of the successful Syrian strikes was already in his pocket. While they must be credited to top-quality US aerial surveillance over Syria and Iraq, they were undoubtedly made possible by the Obama administration’s deepening military and intelligence ties with Iran.

Many of the allies present at Newport will not welcome these tidings - Britain, Germany and Australia, in particular. They deeply resent being displaced as America’s senior strategic partners by the Revolutionary Republic of Iran, after their long partnership with the US in fighting terror in Afghanistan and Iraq.

But they will find it hard to argue with success.

On Aug. 31, our military sources reveal, US and Iranian special forces fighting together, broke the 100-day IS siege of the eastern Iraqi town of Amerli, 100 km from the Iranian border, to score a major victory in their first joint military ground action.

Then, Wednesday, Sept. 3, US jets struck an IS base in the northern Iraqi town of Tal Afar, killing its commander, Abu Hajar Al-Sufi, and two lieutenants of the IS chief Abu Baker Al-Baghdadi.
While President Obama has denied having a strategy for fighting ISIS, a working mechanism appears to have been put in place to support a trilateral military offensive against al Qaeda’s Islamist State. The successful attacks in the last 24 hours were apparently made possible by this mechanism: Iranian intelligence collected US surveillance data from the Americans and passed it on to Syria for action.

http://debka.com/article/24246/US-Iranian-military-intelligence-cooperation-in-war-on-ISIS-reaps-first-successes-in-Syria-and-Iraq

Desola: You are very very stup1d!

You need deliverance... Very URGENTLY.

barcanista: hahaha when looking at the PDP they parade men and women that has plunged the country into a mess and they seem not to be willing to embrace change. I am a liberal by political leaning, my opposition to the pdp is not based on "individuals" per se but actions of government and antecedents of some PDP bigwigs. That doesn't mean I wish the PDP and her members bad... I don't. I wish them well and even want the government of Jonathan to succeed but so sad .

Is okay. I see you returning...

Till then enjoy FRESH AIR FREE-OF-CHARGE

harde2lah: And when did you become the spokesperson for the SW. Nonsense!!

Since 1999 AD

Believe it or leave it...

barcanista: What Truth Chief Firefire?

Truth of coming out of them and torch not the unclean...


What accord Light has to do with darkness

obayaya: So because he now has a different view of things he has suddenly become foolish and have been paid?

That's the kinda hypocrisy that Nigerians hate about APC.

That's how you people will lash out at your newest recruit barcanista whenever he has any conflicting opinion. You guys have finally overwhelmed him that now all he does is opening threads to please you guys.

NgeneUkwenu, You are something else. You're the worst of them all.

Aljharem made a choice. A choice he'll have to live with. You have no right to call him foolish.

Barcanista,

Can you please take a clue from aljharem and follow the path of honor and distance yourself from APC

I understand your points and strongly believe you can still change

However, delay is dangerous.

Peace to aljharem and others, who will found the truth soonest,

"You shall know the TRUTH and the TRUTH shall SET YOU FREE...

aljharem: I rather be a clown than be a lair and support corruption. Where was Tinubu all these while when Tom Ikimi was in APC?

APC insult Awolowo's family, obas etc. I alj harem cannot be part of such.

Selling us to Buhari. I am not part of such.

I am deeply sorry, Tinubu is on the path of failure.

SW will NEVER vote Buhari as President.

NgeneUkwenu: Please, stop being foolish and think straight.

You need deliverance of the head.

Your case is getting out of hand. (Honest Opinion)

aljharem: Thanks bro

APC and Tinubu are disgrace to the SW.

On point... the earlier others realized the better for their children.

Not only Lagos, all APC SW States are in serious DEBT

Future generations are being mortgage

I smell conspiracy in this volunteering.

The script writers of the insurgency in Nigeria are Professional in war and acrimony, but I have a WORD for you, YOU are all FAILURE.

Nigeria shall win the war, and if Nigeria must break it would be through referendum.

gboss4sure: Most APC supporters that commented here read only the headline of this topic, they didn't read the body

Comprehension is a challenge to them

barcanista: PDP!!!! Rogues In Power(RIP)
PDP!!! Party of Frauds
PDP!!! Party of Sycophants
PDP!!! Killer Party
PDP!!! Vultures In Power(VIP)

Don't you think same is applicable to APC or is APC a saint ?

Terrorism is a global fight... Devils’ strategy for the last days

Check the world map and see how terrorism is spreading.


Nigeria can only win the war faster if we stop reading and spreading lies and propaganda.


Our prayers should be with our troop that God should grant them GRACE and SAFETY as they face those who don’t want to live.


GOD BLESSES Nigerian Armed Forces.

If you cannot use your brain, then belief anything you like.

God bless Ihejirika....

real or fake cry naa cry.

I am praying for your marriage Pastor Chris, It shall be restore by Fire and by force...

Let see...

who is Adeleye in the picture

NgeneUkwenu: Eight towns reportedly gone?

We are finished as a country!

You need urgent DELIVERANCE...

Congrats ma

egift: PDP and their sycophants are just mad at Tinubu for messing up their plot to plant a mole as APC Chairman. May God bless Tinubu and other APC leaders for such foresight in stopping the wickedness of the Coven of Evil.

God Bless Nigeria!

SMH for you

Maranatha... Come Lord Jesus