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PoliticsRe: Fearless Mothers Joined Protest In Enugu. Release Of Nnamdi Kanu.PICS by Franklyly: 2:31pm On Oct 20, 2015
we are formidable, we are unstoppable, we are IPOB, we are Children of the Most High God, We are Biafrans!
PoliticsRe: HAPPENING NOW IN PORTHARCOURT, PROTEST BY IPOB MEMBERS PICTURES by Franklyly: 12:33pm On Oct 20, 2015
we are formidable, we are unstoppable, we are IPOB, we are Children of the Most High God, We are Biafrans!
SportsRe: Machester City Vs Chelsea 4pm today by Franklyly: 3:14pm On Aug 16, 2015
Bracing up for d game.......Anti chelsea must bow!Bracing up for d game.......Anti chelsea must bow!Bracing up for d game.......Anti chelsea must bow!
PoliticsRe: Serious Riot In Aba, Police Kill 3, Scores Injured (happening Now) - Igbere Tv by Franklyly: 3:04pm On Jul 31, 2015
provocations everywhere
PoliticsRe: Breaking News: Explosion Rocks Lagos State- 100 People Comfirmed Dead. by Franklyly: 8:00pm On Jul 22, 2015
hmmmmmmm, nawa o
PoliticsRe: Biafran Separatism Is Like A Mirage-okorocha by Franklyly: 11:26pm On Jun 27, 2015
Radio Biafra doesn't hav d support of any igbo man? I wonda who is seeing mirage here!
PoliticsRe: Biafra: Igbos Una Don Come Again. by Franklyly: 12:10am On Jun 22, 2015
The rate at which NNAMDI KANU is been mentioned in dis thread is surprising to me, I didn't knw he is this popular.........that means that what he is doing is gaining momentum!
PoliticsRe: Biafra: Igbos Una Don Come Again. by Franklyly: 11:10pm On Jun 21, 2015
buggaboo:
Q.E.D
Your comment closes this thread for me.
Igbos are black republicans, that's why you'll never see any strong traditional ruler like an Oba in their land. They believe in "Power to the people", and a level playing ground for all.
I am praying against any violent uprising (God forbid), but it may become inevitable if they believe that the country will never provide that level playing ground.
CHIBUEZE my broda, we dont worship any oba or emir!
PoliticsRe: Biafra: Igbos Una Don Come Again. by Franklyly: 10:51pm On Jun 21, 2015
dinachi:
I prefer to live for a one strong united Nigeria grin grin grin
But you can decide to die for your Biafra while Nnamdi KANU swims in riches over you grave!
I can see, u'll prefer to live......few days ago I stumbled into my uncles piles of very old newspapers (1973-1990), I was amazed abt d tinz I read, I wasn't around den but it was obvious to me dat Nigeria is goin round in circles and sinking deep down, same old stories jst diff dates, dat was wat nailed d coffin for me, d geographical location called Nigeria can never work, we were never a NATION dats a vry ugly truth!
PoliticsRe: Biafra: Igbos Una Don Come Again. by Franklyly: 10:39pm On Jun 21, 2015
izeeqpotter:
I. Am a student of history. And I tell you all. There'll be no mOre tribal wars! But national, religious and/or world war(s)[color=#990000][/color]
leave d Ignoramus dem, dey still tink its 1967, if Nigeria shud be involved in civil war again I rlly fear d impact, al d corners of dis country go hear am
PoliticsRe: Biafra: Igbos Una Don Come Again. by Franklyly: 10:26pm On Jun 21, 2015
dinachi:
Clown why are still alive? Biafra has not been achieved yet. Give up the life make we see now. Bunch of clowns!
I asked a simple que and u resorted to names calling, let me ask d que again........do u luv and bliv in Nigeria enof to give ur life for it?
PoliticsRe: Biafra: Igbos Una Don Come Again. by Franklyly: 10:13pm On Jun 21, 2015
I can give my life for Biafra.........can the op and his supporters do same for Nigeria?
HealthNeurosurgeon To Attempt World's First Head Transplant by Franklyly(op): 11:56am On Jun 13, 2015
Patient will be 30-year-old Russian Valery
Spiridonov, who suffers from Werdnig-
Hoffmann, a muscle-wasting disease. The operation would require a team of more than
100 medical workers and could take 36 hours to
complete

An Italian neurosurgeon has unveiled plans to
perform the first human head transplant by the
end of 2017.
Dr Sergio Canavero announced his plan at the
annual meeting of the American Academy of
Neurological and Orthopaedic Surgeons in the US
state of Maryland on Friday, saying he believes
he has a 90 percent chance of success.
He said his patient will be a 30-year-old Russian
man, Valery Spiridonov, who has the muscle-
wasting disease, Werdnig-Hoffmann.
"Of course there is a margin of risk, I cannot
deny that," Canavero said.
"I made the announcement only when I was
pretty sure I could do it."
Both men, who have been in regular contact
through video chats, believe the controversial
procedure is Spiridonov's best hope, the Reuters
news agency reported.
"If it goes good, I think I will get rid of the
limits which I have today and I will be more
independent and this will much improve my life,"
Spiridonov said.
"We are making a huge step forward in science
and I hope it will be OK."
Canavero is quick to point out that few with
Werdnig-Hoffmann disease reach adulthood.
"He is a brave man and he is in horrible
condition. You have to understand - for him,
Western medicine has nothing to offer. Western
medicine has failed."

Surgical team of 100
Canavero will need the support of his peers in
order to move forward on the operation which
could cost around $15m.
Cardiothoracic surgeon, Dr Raymond Dieter, a
former president of the International College Of
Surgeons, said one of the biggest concerns with
the procedure was keeping the brain alive during
the surgery.
"When you think you are doing a heart
transplant, or a kidney transplant, or a liver
transplant, you have to cool those organs to give
you a longer period of … surgical time before
you reconnect all the vessels and you start
reperfusion," Dieter said.
"We've seen several professors criticising Dr
Canavero's work but you know, there was
criticism for the first heart transplant as well
and now it's commonplace."
The operation, which would require a team of
more than 100 medical workers and could take 36
hours to complete, could take place in the US or
China.
Canavero plans to carry out the procedure in
December 2017.
"I prepared myself not only scientifically, but
also psychologically which is equally important in
order to tackle all of these attacks from several
fronts, in order to justify what you want to do,
why you want to do, you have to prepare
yourself," Canavero said.
"This is a frontier, the final frontier. It's not
space. This is it because it has implications that
go well beyond religion, culture, the future,
everything."


www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/06/neurosurgeon-attempt-world-head-transplant-150613072123910.html
PoliticsRe: Punish Saraki, Dogara– Lagos APC by Franklyly: 9:38am On Jun 10, 2015
APC hav not even lasted for even 2 months in power and their boat is already rocking! !!!
PoliticsRe: Open letter to Igbo youths - I Pity This Generation Of Igbo Youths by Franklyly: 7:08pm On Apr 11, 2015
Sheey d elections will end todayhuh? d hausas wil go back to dia cattle rearing, d yorubas will crawl back to dia holes and d igbos will go back to dia makn money...........even if they leave the government to d hausas and yorubas alone for d next century still it wont make an average yoruba or hausa man better dan an average igbo man, so make una chill, whom God have blessed He hav blessed indeed!!!
PoliticsThe Joy And Headache Of Hosting President Of The United States by Franklyly(op): 7:32am On Apr 06, 2015
US President Barack Obama will land in
town in a few months’ time. And alreadly
there is high sentiment, as has always
been the case, owing to his Kenyan roots.
It will be high-profile time for Kenya
around the world and probably the
biggest promotion Kenya could have in
terms of media presence around the
world.
It’s a moment tourism promoters will love
to leverage on and will obviously do long
after Mr Obama has returned home.
And with it, there is much worry about
the logistical nightmare that Nairobi will
be when America’s first black president,
the erstwhile skinny boy with a funny
name who rose to the most powerful
office in the world, lands in Nairobi,
Considered by the Secret Service as the
world’s highest value target for
elimination, security demands around any
US president are mindboggling.
And coming against the backdrop of a
terror attack at the Garissa University
College that killed 147 people, the test of
hosting Obama could not have come at a
worse time.
All eyes
It will be the biggest test in office for
security chiefs. And all eyes will be on
Inspector-General of Police Joseph
Boinnet.
In January, India was forced to deploy an
additional 1,200 troops on certain
stretches along the India-Pakistani border
as a second line of defence in order to
prevent infiltration of terrorists into the
country during Obama’s Republic day
visit.
Obama even broke India’s tradition by
refusing to arrive at the venue together
with India’s Prime Minister Narendra
Modi. Instead, he arrived in the Beast, the
armour plated limousine with bulletproof
windows that insulate him from all sorts
of threats including chemical attacks.
His action was not well received by a
section of the Indian community just like
when Bill Clinton’s security detail in the
year 2000 removed drinking water placed
for him by his Tanzanian hosts on the
dais.
Security analysts have predicted that
similar scenarios will unfold in Kenya in
July.
“In 2013, part of the reason Obama said
he was not visiting Kenya at that time
was insecurity and I don’t think this has
changed; he is only doing so because he is
obligated to because of the roots,” says
James Ndung’u, the project manager of
Safer World – an international non-profit
organisation that works to prevent violent
conflicts.
“The US President has in the past visited
countries considered riskier than Kenya
but what happens in such cases is his
security bubble becomes tighter.
Kenyans should, therefore, be prepared to
witness these as we approach July,” he
says.
According to him, the Garissa University
College attack is unlikely to make the
President cancel his visit as the US is
aware of the security situation in Kenya
and has been constantly working with the
government on logistics.
“Compared to other countries which cede
the protection of their head of state to the
host country whenever they visit, America
exercises complete control,” Ndung’u says.
“It, however, works with the host country
for intelligence and to provide a buffer.
This could mean thousands of police
officers deployed which, for the case of
Kenya, could create a lapse in other areas
because of the expected shortage,” he
says.
No chances
In 2004, three banks were robbed in Iowa
as local police concentrated on
complementing the Secret Service’s role
in protecting President George Bush and
presidential candidate John Kerry who
were both campaigning in the state.
And despite the huge human resource
and financial toll presented to the local
security apparatus because of his visit,
federal agencies charged with keeping
him safe will still not take any chances.
The American government has never
disclosed how many people are involved
in the planning, citing security reasons.
But information collected by the Sunday
Nation indicates that any trip by the US
President requires hundreds of people
and thousands of hours to plan.
The countdown usually starts immediately
the intended visit is mentioned in the
White House. US Secret Service agents are
dispatched to the would-be host country
months prior to the public announcement
to conduct what in security terms is
known as “pre-advance”. It is expected
that Nairobi is already crawling with US
security agents operating under cover and
on the record.
Preparatory trips
The pre-advance involves ironing out
visas, passports, weapons permits, and
hotels screening and booking.
“Working closely with the host country,
the US team surveys the sites on the visit
and then identifies locations of particular
vulnerability. This could mean several
preparatory trips to the country,” says the
BBC.
The routes due to be taken are assessed
countless times. This involves checking
for escape routes, nearest hospitals and
fixed objects along the way – dustbins,
cars, sewers, fire hydrants, lamp posts,
letter boxes and even bikes several times
before the visit and just before the
President arrives.
The Secret Service is specific on the width
of the roads the presidential entourage
can use. They should be wide enough to
enable the two identical 18 ft long Beasts
to perform a J-Turn in case of an
emergency. This is a driving manoeuvre
in which a reversing vehicle is spun 180
degrees and continues, facing forward,
without changing direction of travel.
These specifications will likely reduce the
options on the roads President Obama will
use during his stay as Kenyan roads are
considered to be narrow.
Those who will be expected to interact
with the President are profiled ahead of
time to determine if they will pose
security threats regardless of their status
in the host countries.
“With about 30 days to go, the US starts
background checks on everyone the
President is likely to come into contact
with. They check for any miscreants or
anyone in the intelligence database,
looking for a sleeper or an assassin hiding
in the midst,” says the Washington Post.
Five days before the US President arrives
in Kenya, the Secret Service would have
secured all the sites that he is expected to
visit. The hotels that will accommodate
his entourage, which could run into a
1,000 people, will be thoroughly swept for
bugs (threats).
Control centre
The hotel where he will stay and venues
he will visit will have to cede ownership
to the Secret Service days before his
arrival. A control centre for use by his
security detail will be set up at an
undisclosed room in the hotel. All the
furniture shall be removed and telephones
changed.
There will be no room service during the
President’s entire stay.
Two days before the US President arrives,
two US Airforce C141 cargo planes will
arrive in Nairobi. In their fuselages will
be tonnes of equipment, metal detectors,
sniffer dogs, armoured motorcade, and
two limousines.
Also arriving on the same day are
counter-assault teams, technicians,
support teams and spotters.
Information leaked by the Washington
Post about his 2013 visit to Africa said the
US President travelled with 56 support
vehicles.
“These included 14 limousines and three
trucks loaded with sheets of bulletproof
glass to cover the windows of the hotels
where the First Family will stay. Fighter
jets also flew in shifts, giving a 24-hour
coverage over the President’s airspace, so
they can intervene quickly if an errant
plane gets too close,” said the Washington
Post.
A military ship was also docked at the
Tanzanian coast to provide support. The
ship carries choppers that circle the area
where the US President is at any one time
and is fully equipped with a hospital on
board and other state-of-the-art amenities.
Kenyans will begin to fully appreciate the
burden of having the US President in
their midst within a week to his arrival.
In 2013, several streets in Dar es Salaam
were closed down four days prior to
Obama’s visit.
“Movement for unauthorised persons in
some areas was severely limited.
Wananchi were advised to stay in their
homes during the duration of Obama’s
visit as hawkers were swept off the streets
to give the impression that the streets
were clean,” said Nation Media Group’s
Tanzanian newspaper The Citizen.
Sniper teams
Ninety minutes before Air Force One – his
official jet – touches down, movement
within JKIA will be restricted by his
security detail who will take over.
Counter sniper teams will take positions
and only his jet will be allowed to
approach and passengers intending to
travel will be greatly disadvantaged.
And the nightmare does not end with
security.
Most of the visits by American presidents
to foreign countries are turned into
avenues for the world’s super power to
advance its policies, at times catching the
host governments in awkward situations.
In 2013, while on a visit to Senegal,
Obama sparked outrage throughout the
continent after he urged African leaders
to extend equal rights to gays and
lesbians.
Already the White House has indicated
that the President will address human
rights issues during the visit.
Journalists intending to cover his visit will
also face a lot of pain and embarrassment,
and so will politicians.
In August 2012, a dispatch from State
House was sent to newsrooms about the
impending visit by the US Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton and a briefing that
was to follow.
The press waited for hours but when
Clinton emerged, the session turned out
to be a photo session. The same day,
Foreign Affairs minister Sam Ongeri was
forced to wait in his car for hours as Mrs
Clinton met Chief Justice Willy Mutunga.
Kenyans will, however, bear all this in
expectation of the goodies Obama will
likely bring. In 2013, Obama pledged $7
billion to help combat frequent power
blackouts in sub-Saharan Africa.

http://www.nation.co.ke/lifestyle/travel/The-joy-and-pain-of-hosting-US-President/-/1950822/2675866/-/ca6d6az/-/index.html
PoliticsRe: Asari Dokubo Issues A New Threat by Franklyly: 12:32am On Apr 02, 2015
dinggle:
I will reply Asari on May 29th, if he is a man let him shit on may 29th, if he would not eat back his shit.....once a general always a general but this time around he has the people's mandate to send Asari to his maker. Asari was one of the reasons GEJ lost, Nigerians could no long take his rants. I cant tell you there are people in the military waiting to be sent to bring him dead. Btw Asari is already a coward because Jonathan lost and he did nothing.
People should know talk is cheap.... come may 29th boko haram, Niger-delta militants, opc and biafra any one who dares the general will get a one way ticket to his maker. Nigerian military have been energized by the e hmergence of the people's general.
hahahahahah, so much confidence on d general, have u eva been to d creeks? those militants perform magic o, they attack,dive into d waters and vuuuum, dey are gone (disappear)
PoliticsRe: Asari Dokubo Issues A New Threat by Franklyly: 12:20am On Apr 02, 2015
Insted of you'll to hope and pray those guys dnt return to the Creek, ure here boasting ur chest out cuz of buhari, when they start with full force,it wont take dem up to 2 weeks to halt d activities of oil companies in niger delta
PoliticsRe: Why Try So Hard When It Seems We Hate Each Other So Much??? by Franklyly(op): 11:51pm On Apr 01, 2015
Tolexander:
not only the OP but many Igbo posters here.

I'd known this when i did engage in tribal fight.
My point exactly......y engage in tribal fights
PoliticsWhy Try So Hard When It Seems We Hate Each Other So Much??? by Franklyly(op): 11:16pm On Apr 01, 2015
Nigerians will probably achieve consensus on no
other matter than their common resentment of
the Igbo.........culled from Chinua Achebe's last
work "There was a country". .....How I wish that
Achebe's premises were wrong or at least its
validity reduced to some extent in the last few
decades, but that is not to be the case, follow
the comments on any ethnicity issues of Nigeria
on social media and see how we throw insults at
each other with so much animosity.....my simple
question is "WHY ARE WE TRYING SO HARD TO BE
TOGETHER AS ONE NATION WHEN WE HATE EACH
OTHER SO MUCH" pls anybody with useful answers
should please comment because am
still trying so hard to wrap my head around it!
AutosRe: A Nigerian Used 2001 Model Golf 4 For Sale...... by Franklyly: 12:33am On Oct 30, 2014
[color=#990000][/color] How much ?

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