₦airaland Forum

djfaithy: ehn ehn, tell me something.... I wonder why tinubu has failed to give us constant power supply for 15 years, pdp na d way jare, apc is a bad party

adrelanine: is this noheem

arresa: That's your oga from Debt Management Office (DMO). Unfortunately he can not say the same about your indebted states with nothing to show for their gbese..

soroptimist: Nigerian Youths and not the Elders are their own problem

Most of them are so laid-back and lack any drive whatsoever to make anything happen yet they scoff at someone who is bold enough to want to make a difference

You blame GEJ,insult Buhari,Curse Tinubu yet some of you have never even become a Class Captain before

Get your b.utt off and get involved.....

mapet: and if I am making assumption that the underlined is not a figment of your imagination, please can you educate us further with the details of the debt? What is the tenor of these debt? what is the interest rates? what's the signed pay back arrangement? etc

Do you guys think these were not subjected to scrutiny by risk analysts? Do you think mere taxes with half of the citizenry do not pay can match the rate of capital projects currently in place? to lace a rail line and roads from boarder Badagry to Marina is 10kobo?

Rawani: There is going to be something very dramatic that will happen soon in this country on this issue. The rest of the world is watching as we are being governed with impunity, nepotism and professional recklessness. This will only help to provoke the NBA, Stephen Davis and Human rights agencies and every just and equitable human being. We are watching..

Sincere9gerian: The APC virus, called Gbawe, has invaded this thread, littering everywhere with his lenghty, senseless epistles.

ilugunboy: He is a very old member here.....

Anyway.....I don't think I'm really disappointed. He is a PDP guy since time immemorial and I wonder the essence of this thread...

Alj Harem: very interesting dude. He has a gr8 energy discussing on Igbo related thread. He has a kanuri father,igbo mother,yoruba aunt and ijaw uncle just to bully pple during arguments. Very funny a guy.

berem: no one is hacking my account. Dem neva born the person well.

Aljharem is a confused soul. Anyone taking him serious is doing it on his own peril. Good luck in your newly found romance with the Jonathanians.

luvinhubby: Bros, you don vex wella wella.

Buhhahahaha grin grin grin grin Alj harem is an Egun-Awori man from Lagos royal family, I have told you lot of times. Not Hausa and infact I never introduced myself as Hausawa

I am Igala from Kogi !!!

I am telling you the truth cos you are my friend

This thread is an effort to compile a list of nairalanders who has been claiming to be from the Hausa tribe just to be at a vantage position to attack other tribes or score some cheap points about the yoruba race.

My list:

1. Alj Harem (though he was found and consequently confessed being yoruba)

and anyone who thinks al harem is yoruba, needs their brain examined, imo.

Ndu chucks is a Fulani while Alj Harem is a Yorubaman from Oyo who once went by the moniker "sjeezy" and "sbeezy" claiming to be from Awori. He reincarnated as a Fulaniman but I have long discovered he is sjeezy. Today he said Asokoro tribe owns Abuja and were intimidated by IBB. No Northerner will commit such fallacy. IBB is from Gwari and Asokoro + much of Abuja was a Gwari settlement.

but who is alh harem
why is there so much negative comments about him
why is he so much insulted in almost every thread.
do you forumites think he is like that in real life.

Abokina Ahj Harem frm Kanuri and Anambra state put together don turn Awori.

aljharem: If truly you are from Lagos then you must be very dum.b to support APC. What sort of people are we breeding in the SW.

You allow a man from Osun to insult your OBAs and the Awolowo family just because they are not in support of him.

You allow a man to trade your region as he likes, first of all to GEJ now to Buhari like his personal business ?

You allow a party to have such HUGE AMOUNT OF DEBTS just because he builds malls, a bridge and plants flowers

You allow a party to rubbish Awolowo and Jakande's legecy by increasing a state university school fees ?

You allow a man to pride himself so much that he calls himself LAGOS.

who is stu.pid now

You allow a man from Osun to insult your OBAs and the Awolowo family just because they are not in support of him.

ProfCorruption: I am not neutral, I am pro-APC. Many folks who claim neutrality are hypocrites or not bold enough to disclose their leanings.
Those who are on the fence in life, and in most cases, end up being losers. It's good, no matter what it is, to stand up for something.

What's the truth? The fixation on Tinubu who is neither in government nor in power, who does not make policies that affect your life? Aljharem, don't make me laugh Tinubu could be many things to many people, but he's definitely not your problem or Nigeria's problem. Besides, he's not the one making budgets for Nigeria or in position to implement policies. He's just a Nigerian, an ordinary Nigerian like yourself. If he's everything "evil", "corrupt", a "thief", etc, is it still not the failure of PDP-led government that he's absolutely free like bird? So when you folks say the opposition is "also corrupt", whose fault? For a corrupt opposition to exist at all, the ruling party must be the corruption walking on two legs.

It's your prerogative to support what your mind dictates. Regardless, you don't choose your facts. Statements like "The debt profile to the level of development is just a disgrace" do not convey much information. What's disgraceful about the debt profile, and development? Is it that the debts are extremely too low to stimulate development (if this is the case, please present figures and let us examine them) or the debts are too high to the extent that development is meaningless (please present facts too). We shouldn't be hiding under ambiguous one liner statements that are neither here nor there. I would take your dismissal of APC seriously if you could provide a compelling analysis that shows APC was bad at managing finances (relative to the PDP). Besides,why can't you go beyond one liner and petty apologies, but then present a good piece on why APC is "bad", "worthless" etc. Let us see if you actually have a point.

The best way, to apologize to Beaf, is to show, with facts, figures, examples and analogies, that APC is worse than PDP in management of finances and administration of states within Nigeria.

Capture of Borno towns: Reputation of Nigeria’s military at stake – US

on September 05, 2014 / in Headlines 12:07 am / Comments


By Emma Ujah, Kingsley Omonobi, Johnbosco Agbakwuru & Joseph Erunke

ABUJA — The United States of America warned yesterday that the reputation of Nigeria’s military was at stake while the future of the country and her children was in jeopardy following the capture of some towns in the north eastern part of the country in the last few weeks by Boko Haram terrorists.

This came as Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshal Alex Badeh, revealed that for the country to win the war against terrorism, there was the need for diplomatic lobbying for foreign assistance in areas of equipment.

Also, yesterday, the Federal Government assured that no Nigerian Soldier would die in vain, even as a retired general, now a Senator, Ahmed Saleh said the battle against insurgency was far from being over, saying “what we are seeing is a complete deterioration of the situation.”

US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Amb. Linda Thomas-Greenfield, who expressed deep concerns of her country on the activities of the Islamic sect in the country while participating in the International Conference on Security in Abuja, declared that failure was not an option.


The militants on Monday reportedly took Bama, 70 kilometres (45 miles) from the Borno State capital, Maiduguri, where 10,000 youths, former soldiers and police gathered on Thursday, vowing to push back the advance. Multiple testimonies from residents, who have been fleeing Bama all week, contradicted military claims that soldiers still held the town.

“The truth is that Boko Haram fighters are in firm control of Bama,” said one resident, Muhammadu Mai Tumatur, who escaped to Maiduguri.

“They have occupied the military barracks and the palace of the emir and they have hoisted their flags in both places. There is not a single soldier in the town. The gunmen are in control.”

Hundreds of soldiers abandoned their posts, some crossing the border into Cameroon, although the military said they had not fled but were conducting “tactical manoeuvres” that crossed the frontier.

Before the capture of Bama, Borno’s second largest town last Monday, the militants had seized Gamboru Ngala, Buni Yadi in Yobe State and Madagali in Adamawa, with Nigerian troops seemingly unable to match their firepower.

Other towns reportedly taken over by the terrorists include Gwoza, Banki, and Bara.

The US envoy, however, warned that Boko Haram constituted a serious threat to Nigeria and her neighbours and must be viewed in that light, as according to her, the claimed capture of towns by Boko Haram indicated a “steadily worsening” security situation.

Failure not an option — US

Her words: “We are very troubled by the apparent capture of Bama and the prospects for an attack on and in Maiduguri, which would impose a tremendous toll on the civilian population. All of these developments are deeply disturbing, and increasingly dangerous with each passing day. The reputation of Nigeria’s military is at stake. But more importantly, Nigeria’s and its children’s future is in jeopardy. Failure is not an option”.

Ms. Thomas-Greenfield said Washington would soon announce the launch of a major border security programme, which will include Nigeria and its neighbours — Cameroon, Chad and Niger.

She added that the stakes were high after experts warned that the government risked losing control of the north-east and the violence could spread across borders.

There has been a controversy over whether or not the military forces were able to successfully repel the insurgents which seized Gwoza and declared it a caliphate. It was reported that the insurgents have been targeting Maiduguri, the state capital which is only about 70 kilometers from Bama, leading to the imposition of a curfew in the ancient town by the military.

Bama residents said heavily armed militants were roaming the town and had until now spared civilians.

One of them, Mustapha Tor, said a “large number” of troops were in Kawuri, 20 kilometres away, although they had not mounted a counter-attack. Most people had left because of previous atrocities, he added.

“We know what they did in Gwoza and Gamboru Ngala, where they told residents they could stay but later turned and killed them,” Tor said.

In Maiduguri, youths, local hunters armed with home-made guns and bows and arrows as well as former soldiers and police, promised to fight the militants and end the insurgency.

The state co-ordinator of the civilian vigilantes, Mallam Abba Aji Kalli, said: “We are optimistic that with our gora (sticks in Hausa) and other local arms, we will raid all terrorist hideouts and kill them when given permission by the federal government.”

We need foreign assistance on equipment—CDS



Meanwhile, the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshal Alex Badeh has revealed that for the country to win the war against terrorism, there was the need for diplomatic lobbying for foreign assistance in areas of equipment.

But the Senator representing Kaduna Central, Senator Mohammed Saleh said it was impossible for the military to win the terror war with the present obsolete equipment and the alleged fraud in Ministry of Defence and the armed services.

Senator Saleh said that after the Gideon Okar coup of 1990, during the regime of General Ibrahim Babangida, the military was systematically and comprehensively disarmed which now makes it impossible for the army to effectively confront any external aggression.

Speaking at the National Assembly Joint Committee on Defence yesterday, the Chief of Defence Staff said that since the declaration of state of emergency in the three North East states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe, the Armed Forces had been engaged in a sustained operation against the terrorists.

According to Air Marshal Badeh: “In the last one month, troops have sustained on-going offensive operations both in and outside7th Division areas of operation to shape the theatre, establish fighting positions and limiting Boko Haram freedom of movement within the area of operation.

“Significantly, troops are currently carrying out unlimited offensive operations aimed at denying Boko haram freedom of action and from achieving its aim to isolate and control areas around Maiduguri.

“Additionally, the involvement of the international community, which led to the establishment of the joint planning committee on May 12, 2014, the initial mandate of the joint coordination and planning committee which is championed by America and Britain was the fusion of intelligence for the rescue of abducted Chibok girls.

“But this gradually is being extended to other aspects of the operations. I want to state here that the military is highly engaged in operations in view of achieving favourable outcomes.

“Moreover, the continued attacks by the terrorists justify the imposition and extension of state of emergency because there is no alternative. Let me just say that Nigerians need not lose hope in the military but continue to support her in a bid to defeat the terrorists.

“Secondly, all other elements of national power should contribute more in support of military operations. Right now, the element of national power we are using is the military. Other elements of national power are not being engaged sufficiently.

“There is also the need for diplomatic lobbying for our foreign partners to provide more assistance in areas of equipment and whatever they can give us.”

Security situation is deteriorating—Sen. Saleh

But a member of the Senate Joint National Assembly Committee on Defence and an All Progressives Congress Senator from Kaduna Central, Senator Ahmed Saleh appeared to have dashed the hope of the military winning the war against terrorism even as he said that the situation was getting worse on daily basis.

Senator Saleh, a retired general said: “What I am going to say is based on my experience as an insider. Our duty here as senators of the Federal Republic transcends the extension of state of emergency. Our duty of oversight should ensure that high standards must be maintained in addition to acquiring all necessary equipment required to maintain a strong force.

“When the Chief of Defence Staff was appointed in January this year, the service chiefs made a categorical statement that within three months they will crush Boko haram. But unfortunately, what we are seeing is a complete deterioration of the situation, so it is incumbent on us to find out why that deterioration. We have heard about our soldiers’ mutiny, it is also our responsibility to find out why that is happening.

“For us to understand why that is happening, we need to go back to the Babangida (Gen. Ibrahim Babangida) era. After the 1990 Okar coup, the Federal Government of Nigeria systematically and comprehensively disarmed the military.

“All the tanks, all the artillery guns were disarmed and locked up. All the aircraft were parked in Ilorin and other places, flying stopped, training stopped to ensure regime security, not national security.

“All the good officers of the Nigerian Army were hounded out of the military. There was over concentration of power at the centre which was the army headquarters. Prior to that, General Officers Commanding, GOCs, used to have training and manouvre grants.

“They had the power and responsibility to train their troops and battalions and to ensure an efficient logistics and service support system. All that stopped. Everything was from Army headquarters, everything was from Air Force headquarters, everything was from Naval headquarters.

“The attendant result was decay. Training was no longer going on at the battalion level, soldiers lost their skills and since then, no additional military equipment was purchased for the Nigerian Army. Even things as little as machine guns were in short supply, ammunition was in short supply.

“An individual soldier’s professional skill was to be a matchman, to shoot and hit his target but can he do that if he has no ammunition? We have a duty to rebuild this army, to rebuild the armed forces, and unless we understand these basic facts, we are not going anywhere.

“Also, after some time the fighting doctrine of the Nigerian Army was changed. We were essentially brought up by the British. That means we knew how much materials we had, the tasks before us and so on. But along the line during the Obasanjo (Chief Olusegun Obasanjo) regime, General Obasanjo brought Americans here and our doctrine approach was changed to warfare.

“I make bold to tell you that up till today nobody understands that. I know it is a strategic concept of warfare but in Nigeria we are applying it to the operational and tactical level. It has created a lot of confusion within our army.

“Apart from that, our involvement in foreign operations and the kind of training we give to our soldiers for operations was a kind of defensive posture. You don’t kill until you are killed, you don’t attack until you are attacked.

“That also helped to change the orientation of some of our soldiers. Then again, I must mention here (alleged) fraud within the Ministry of Defence, fraud within the military service systems themselves has contributed a lot to diminishing our fighting capability.

“Further to that again, we have the issue of our combat service support. Because of (alleged) fraudulent activities, we monetized everything. Our supply services, our medical services are completely inefficient and are unable to support the fighting in the North East now. Right now, I stand to question how our soldiers are being fed.”

Our soldiers won’t die in vain — FG

Meanwhile, the Federal Government vowed yesterday that it will do everything within its powers to ensure that the heroic sacrifices being made by members of the armed forces prosecuting the battle to flush out Boko Haram insurgency from our country as well as protecting the territorial integrity were not in vain.

Making the disclosure at the inauguration of the 2014 Armed Forces Remembrance Day Celebration planning committee in Abuja, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence, Alhaji Aliyu Ismaila noted this year’s celebration will be especially significant because the Armed Forces have shown tremendous commitment and passion towards uniting the country and keeping it as one indivisible entity.

Represented by Alhaji Babayo Shehu, the Permanent Secretary said, “We are celebrating the heroic sacrifices made by these men and women in restoring and defending the sovereignty of our nation. This also includes those who have sacrificed their lives in the development of the armed forces and the country at large like those gallant officers and men that lost their lives in the fight against insurgency in the North Eastern axis of the country”.

nuclearboy: The Jet he was using - he allocated a jet from the presidency to himself too?

Just say he ought not have spoken out but denying him is wrong and tells the world we are not sincere

barcanista: hs a STARK illiterate

Stantiques: u be real mumu...u no just get sense..i swear..u go just seat for ur ipad or any thing the type nonsense.did u ever paid a visit to east during obj 8years rule..apointment na revelopmnt.
gbawe no d tupe for nl again..ignorant d worry u..between no be must to post.
for ur mind ..u too sabi..wia u neva cross bye pass..foo

talktimi: APC Desperate To Win In 2015 : Threaten to destroy Nigeria if they lose elections next year.

arresa: We know these are despicable and disgusting lairs

I'm 100% sure they change story again once the man puts facts in their faces..

EdCure: Your opinion might be relevant when you learn how to speak and punctuate.

Orikinla: Majority of those attacking the governor of the State of Osun are actually intellectually re-tarded.
They cannot even read the World Bank reports on Nigeria.

charleff512: I am not from Osun state but if you compare Osun state to what was obtainable before he came in you will appreciate and rate Aregbesola as a performing Governor.
Travel and see and stop doing bad belle politics

aljharem: Shut up.
You know who you are and your job.

You one of the pseduo-intelectualls destroying this country because you have fed fat.

The same way people defended abacha is what you are doing

Yes you will be exposed to your so called followers who are too blind to know the truth

aljharem: Paid ? Do you think I am Gbawe that sees nothing wrong in APC and everything wrong in PDP.

Actually found out Gbawe is in Fashola's APC government and he will soon be exposed

PhockPhockMan: The same playing of politics that made Obasanjo to marginalise Ndigbo for eight good years.

stinggy: STFU id!ot!
Gbawe keeps making sense day after day with his posts

What is more alarming is how the Nigerian youth-the so-called future generation-have imbibed the divisive and primordial ethnic stereotypes that thrive on intolerance which once pushed our country to the brink. It is indeed worrisome to conclude that with today’s youth as ethnic champions, our country’s future is in a serious jeopardy.

wesley80: Gbawe got a new handle?