₦airaland Forum

Metuh you again? after them accuse you of eating government money, you want chop government paper again!!!! Nawa o

I just feel bad about how we take care of the elderly. Look at the aged woman prostrating at her age to collect 1k. Where is the respect for the elderly.Shouldn't the silly governor need come down to accord her the due respect as she is a grandmother,mother, elder and rightly a citizen he is meant to serve. I tire for the elite,politicians and the drunkenness of wealth.

Also look at the daft security aid shielding her? Na wah o! If real treat come now, he will be posing as if its not his duty to be providing security.

I for one feel Sylva shouldnt have being allowed to join APC.
I don't know who to blame because Dickson too is not innocent at least in the past he is know to have stormed a court life on video yo cause mayhem.

As it stands the FGN needs to come in and set examples by arresting anyone involved. Enough is enough a beg.

It will also be unfair to say PMB is to blame or Just APC. I would rather say the Bayelsa youths are to blame. Bayelsan militants and thugs are to blame. The people doing this are natives influenced by natives to disrupt the peace. Its sad !!!

If anything the article lays it bare. Nothing was left out on the issues , its complexity, the merits and demerits. Also the oppositions to it at home and abroad. The implications and strategic significance.

I am a muslim and will say Nigeria need to be mindful of being drawn into the power tussle of the middle east coated in a defence style pact.

Excluding certain Muslim populated nations such as Iran or Iraq and Syria the ISIS key hot beds is not a good sign that ultimately its actions will solely focus on extremist groups. It may obviously also counter the Iranian strategic influence globally.

My take Nigeria shine eyes well. If we could benefit without getting messy about it ,maybe worth while. Eg If we could get easy funding,training, equipment & intelligence etc without any favor, apart from fighting any extremist group or ideology. it may no be a bad idea afterall! If we would be asked to do some other nations bidding, thats where matter dey.

The Government should just send the cloths and other needed materials to Internally displaced persons camp. Also Orphanages and any place help is needed in terms of clothing etc.

As for the vehicles, it should be assigned to government agencies for operations. Eg the jeeps could be given to the customs service to increase the number of operational vehicles. Even the other cars, not SUV alone can be operational vehicles. For use by plain cloth operatives operations or maybe assigned to health workers operating in remote locations for movement of vaccines or health care services etc.

Please and please government should not auction the items or destroy them. They are valuable items that could be used to alleviate or improve the services of government officials and boost operations.

Auction thing is a known wuru wuru thing that brings insignificant value to the government accounts. They should service the vehicles and assimilate them for government use abeg !!!! Also not for the big boys but field operations o!!!! Also it should be processed and done swiftly to avoid the items getting damaged or spoil in the impound.

Sad it is happening. The Nupe and Yoruba have a history particularly around that axis. I pray that normalcy is restored and I hope the warring factions realize its not worth the bloodshed.

May they have peace. RIP to the dead.

Also the haters are around fanning it or hoping it escalate so they can have a topic to associate there desire to see crisis between Yoruba and any ethnic group from the north.

Again i do not see any visible police presence there! I should expect that the police should be on ground in full force for any slight disregard for order.

Meanwhile i will suggest that the police should have prevented the two factions from hold the even at the same venue, to avoid any problem.As it is what they have is the fuel,Oxygen in the same place.what remains na the chemical reaction (fire) to ignite a situation.

Henry240:
Put simply, we would defeat the Iranians in a war if hypothetically they can somehow move their forces to our backyard.

Yes its possible so long as we are not taking the battle to them and we are proactive enough in preventing them having any influence or systematic military build up around us then we are good. Our so called small army is sufficient to decimate any small buildup before it gets bigger.

Again Iran will not go that way. She would rather choose to use the Human right advocacy to make a case at the moment. I seriously think we should also be mindful of people doing business with them or there proxy.

In Gej language US will know will be helpful. As I am certain they will gladly share information on Iran. The Nigeria shipment matter was not a mistake. You leave me I can tell you Israel or the west had something to do with it. We did not just accidently stumble over that shipment. Again Iran is under serious UN embargo on arms.

kettykings:
What surprises me the most is how Nigerians are quick to refer to some unknown defense policy with Russia, Britain, USA even Israel when a conflict of international proportion want to prop up. The same Nigeria that is encouraging the Palestinian state but fighting against the emergence of biafra, what manner of jokers.

The Nigerian military is very good only at shooting unarmed protesters and killing innocent women and children through starvation now an opportunity to to engage a country of lesser population, the hypocrites decide to sing a different song.

Any way may the soul of unarmed Shia and Ipob protesters shot by the same army that is supposed to protect them rest in peace.

Okay let's put it this way, we have no alliance between us and this foreign nation. Again in such a conflict do you think the world powers will prefer Iran over us? Considering the history between then and strategic interest! Syria is a case study. If the western powers would rather the opposition than a moderate government of Assad.simply because he has ties to Iran. Which remains on the US and many western powers black book.

Today if it could happen we would have a good amount of good will against Iran globally. To prosecute such a war Iran would need to move resources around. Either by air, sea or land. Between Iran and Nigeria guy they would have to pass through so many friendly nations of our particularly in Africa to reach here. Not forgetting that countries like Israel and the west,gulf states will be watching such movement and gladly will try to stop it as they do not want weapons from Iran going to Israel,Yemen,Syria,Bahrain etc.

Again at the moment only treat I see is small arms smuggling, finance and training of locals to do there bidding if they choose to act. Now how do they do that they would need to make contact. So Nigeria should be watching nationals flying in and out of Iran or any Iranian proxy nation. As they are known to take fighters out of there countries training them in Iran and smuggle or get them back to train others.

At the moment we are not in the middle east. Iran can not tunnel from Persia to west Africa. They will not be allowed to move the needed heavy military hardware they may have yo attack us. We are out of there missile range and aircraft range. No single sorties will get them here without stopping somewhere to refuel or sorts.

So all we need do is remain vigilant and keep neighbouring nations close buddies. Also I can bet the US,Africa and Euro will not allow it to happen.

Same stupid perception people ascribe to every conflict. You can use the instances of wars where the stronger still never gets to win. Example is the typical US Taliban war. You also have the Syria war. We have a lot in histories tied to war that people like Alexander the great defeated the Persians. You have hear in Africa where Ethiopia defeated the colonial masters. Read Tsun Tzu and see how he made his on name defeating a bigger army.

So war is not by advance weaponary alone it is a combination of so many things. Even the fact you are adapt to Nigeria environment is a plus in war. Again you can look at alliances. At the moment Iran will not even dear it. Internationally most of our allies today are anti Iran. UK,USA,Israel etc will not allow it. Even Russia will be against it because they would prefer they are not force to side anyone.

Point of correction in the middle east defence hardware, after Israel is Saudi. As of 2 years back USA also approved additional defence procurement for a lot of gulf states to reduce Iran's influence. So nations like Qatar,UAE,Bahrain,Jordan etc have being upgrading to advance weaponaries.

Only draw back is if Iran gets a nuclear bomb. Only treat to Nigeria at the moment would be if they try to fund or encourage insurgency or terror to the nation.

At the moment they Iran stand to gain more being nice to us than the reverse. They need the friendship more to prove there global relevance.Again nothing will happen. Before now or ties were not good following the arms shipment in apapa and many other incidence linked to them.

At the moment Iranian military lacks the capability or alliances to project a significant war or conflict into Africa. Without dare consequences. I mean Nigeria will enjoy the support so many ECOWAS and AU nations mostly neighbors with us here as a start.

My take Iran just need to calm down and mind there business.

All people need to do is understand what the shia people were saying in the first video to understand the issues were different and had nothing to do with this video.
Listen to both audio for the videos and you would notice the stubbornness this people were exhibiting with no clear reason. Even in the video you hear some asking how many soldiers were killed and that they stay an fight tit tat with the army. Again the people do not seem peaceful.
If truly there was such an issue prior to the COAS visit he would have avoided the visit to Zaria. That is common protocol to prevent any treat to his person. It is obvious from the lack of police presence and the fact the COAS was blocked by this miscreant they did not know of the situation. So to assume such a serious operation was taking place the COAS was not informed until he got into it is clearly not true that the onslaught on there place had occurred before the COAS intended visit to the Emirs palace. which is also close to the place of conflict.

My take is they are also trying to justify there actions of being unruly and stubborn to authorities.

Not surprised . I felt this would happen. As usual Iran will want to rescue them because of the there beliefs. What we should expect next is Saudi response to it. Nigeria should try and isolate the issues here from that of the foreign influence o!

Again Syria comes to mind. Because when Iran begins to smuggle weapons to them and probably encourage some sinister actions it maybe late o!

Nigeria Government should put a tab on the Iranian Influence and not entertain any Other country in the matter. Especially if Saudi decides to ginger them from the sidelines o!

Above all IRAN and Other Nations stay out of it. We have legal process here. The Shiites should go to court or better still peacefully protest.

As for me that group needed to be checked. It is not today the treats and interruption from the group started. It was since Abacha. During late Yar'adua gov. i remember the CP kaduna abi AIG police warning of the treats of the group and some other sects in Niger state. The police then identified the group as a security risk. especially when it was uncovered they had a militant wing and organize some sort of military drills in a remote village within Zaria.

The intelligence community needs to put eye o! Iranian spy was once caught in Abuja spying on the government installation and Israel embassy. Also the arms shipments saga !!! Becareful.

"I know why they are after me. It is not the alleged multi-billion naira property transaction. Afterall, it went through due process and was approved by the Federal Executive Council (FEC). And as such if there are any questions to answer, it is the people at the FEC, Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP), Federal Ministry of Lands and Survey, Federal Ministry of Transport, NIMASA, etc who approved the transaction that should be answering such questions.
The real reason this All Progressive Congress (APC)-led Government is after me is that I bluntly refused to join APC and to support their Governorship candidate in Bayelsa State. We cannot all be in APC. Our people have always believed in the Nigerian project and had always hoped to join hands with this administration to move this project forward, but the conditions being attached are not acceptable. I insist on believing in the Nigerian project unconditionally!
We will continue to pursue our court case. The threat to declare me wanted is an unnecessary attempt to heat up the polity. I will go about my daily business, usual."

Why do i smell missing money!!!!
Yam eater !!!! return the money! even if FEC dash you is illegal

Na wah o!
This rape epidemic is spreading like a wildfire o!
Looking at the increase in rape across continent is really calling for strict sanctions and a collective re-orientation of the male perception to sexual approach o!

Damytechs:
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In a video shared online this week, a man was seen avenging the death of his son by killing a King Cobra with his bare hands. The man, in shorts, angrily grabbed the long snake from a tree in the bush and smashed it's head on the floor severally times, killing it. The snake reportedly bit his son, who later died. Animal rights lawyers have since spoken out and accused the man of animal[size=18pt] cruelty[/size] since the video went viral. See shocking photos after the jump;
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SOURCE: http://damytechs..com/2015/12/dad-kills-cobra-with-with-bare-hands.html

Cruelty indeed and the boy that was bitten to death, what will animal rights say to that murder !!!!

Honestly i doubt the possibility of APC winning Bayelsa. I support APC but it will be a difficult thing if not anything.Particularly with the GEJ factor and the tempo of things at the moment.

cleatoris:
The problem lies squarely on the doorstep of ignorance and hypocrisy. No culture contradict with the basic tenets of Christianity.
Islam is apparently the only exemption, my brother.

Here they go again with Islam. Dude xtianity and traditional belief are not same and far apart. Even the early xtian missionaries saw people outside xtianity as savages.

Again what hapnens to the xtian part without giving your life to Christ you have no salavation? I mean the traditional worshippers sure ain't gonna accept Christ like you do. Will they then make heaven? Because apart from wanting to be christian you are required to accept the place of christ in other to see the kingdom.

Traditionalist do not see things like other faiths would. They do not believe in your kind of worship,your diety your place of redemption or your act of worship. Only common thing is universal stand for communal harmony all religions try to encourage. Eg killing is killing, stealing is stealing, marriage is marriage etc

If a traditionalist as you to go through a cleanse or divine procession using there methods would you accept it? I thought xtians ultimate goal was to take people from there old ways and bring then to Christ?If truly you share same things why bother them?

Duru1:
Does it matter if the protest is referred as peaceful or not? The easiest way out of further destruction and anarchy is grating of Republic of reconfigured Biafra. No sane person lives in the zoo called Nigeria.

Okay Biafran !!!

I think peaceful just went outta the equation. As such the protest can not be referred to as peaceful but rather a violent protest. We are getting there gradually.

gradually its getting there!!!

mightyhaze:
don't mindd fool! How. Many churches has been burnt down in the north since d past 5yrs.shd be in hundreds.did d world grind 2 a stop? Violence is bad n I don't support it,but we. Shd neva gv d impression dat som religions/regions r lesser or more important dan odas

Russia seems to have gotten the right reasons to further impose her will and re-enforce her grip on the Syria. As from me is time and long over due. All the suffering in Syria is as a result of international interest and plans of power blocks in the Middle east. If Russia can single highhandedly take over the terrain and flex her power alone then the soon the war and conflict will come to an end. The problem in Syria is the many international interest gunning for her.If one succeed to take control then 80% of the issue will be curtailed.

After all the Syria has always being a Russian ally and area of interest to Russia. All other powers causing troubles there are the trouble makers. If Russia was to intrude in affairs of any European,NATO or the Americas you would see the same players react otherwise.Russia remained largely peaceful until they realized they would lose a friendly regime to a hostile western Back government.As such the interest in keeping Assad in power. Also it bothers them that the crisis seems to continue without an end in sight.I support Russia taking her place and restoring a friendly government.Atleast to manage the crisis enough for people to go back in most areas and restart there life.

Enough trash has happened and is because to many cooks exist in the matter of Syria.A single cook Russia should take over and bring the nonsense to a quick end.Also the Russia needs to manage YPG carefully as the Arabs see the Kurdish people as trying to take over territories belonging to them in the North. which is why the USA decided to align them with other Moderate Arab Syrian groups to manage the tensions.If Russia promote the group too much then it may backfire o!

Above all its a good move in terms of foreign policy Russia is taking and sending clear message with minimum resource. Unlike the western powers.I know Russia will be mindful not to get in a prolonged war that will further compound her economic situations.All the same i wish Syria a quick return to normalcy.

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Fairy tales jor !!!

God have mercy on the departed.
RIP

na wah? If a doctor is talking on behalf of someone on health matters,all is not well o! Because it implies the person might very likely be his patient and not in a good condition to respond on anything.

Na wah!!!!
Then who gave Dasuki permission to spend such funds on weapons procurement particularly as he has clearly stated it was orders from above and he just facilitated as the need be. He did not approve,originate the request or even bother to verify all procurement beyond the invoice levels and sign-offs.

AGAIN WHAT THE BLOODY HELL IS HAPPENING ?

YOU MEAN OUR FORMER NSA CAN NOT POINT IN A DIRECTION TO GET ALL THE FACTS STRAIGHT FROM RECORDS IN THE NSA ARCHIVE OR MILITARY RECORDS?

DOES IT MEAN THE NSA CARRY THE RELEVANT PROCUREMENT RECORDS TO HIS HOUSE DURING HIS TIME OR WHAT??

mikolo80:
that power, that power. na that power my prayer De
but I'm sure he will do well even in culture and tourism

Seems your prayers was answered o!
Wish him the very best!!!

Over to you Kano Gov. Allocate the land sharply. Hope no strings attached?
Because free may not be all free o!
Good to hear. What of the one being developed in Katsina?

Honestly if such happened I will not be happy with APC and the graft bodies if they choose to keep quiet.
The governor should have sense. It is much more important that you focus on even empowering the people of giving insentives to dilapidated industries to get back on there feet and created jobs or more IGR.
It will be simply daft to invest your scarce resources on items that will never bring anything but luxury to a minute section of the populace and further consume more additional in maintenance.
We in support of APC need to ensure that APC remains focused and all this bunch not inline reminded to get back on track.
Public money is not for your(governor and co) convenience rather its for all to share. If you see it that way then you would know its pure greedy if someone can drive an 18mil vehicle even when you have starving people. Abi where a good 2mil naira car exist.

@op and co.
Take it of leave it,the army is making significant gains.Before now the situation was far much troubling.The army was largely defending and spreading themselves thin without even aerial support -often causing them outpost and positions again and again.Whilst the BH had a field day picking them,town after town.

With the current offensive posture of the military.The BH goons are obviously in disarray and they are no longer imposing as they were.There ability to re-group freely and launch surprise attacks with audacity in the past gave them territories Gwoza, Dikwa, Konduga, MAdagali, Michika, Mubi, Bama,Baga,Fato-Mori, Gamboro Ngalla etc.Today the only enclave or areas controlled is in Sambisa.Where the Army is also combing with good results.

At one time Maiduguri, Damturu & Biu were consistently under attack by the BH sect in an attempt to capture them. We had people praying that they would not be lost to the BH Offensive.Today alot of that has changed.BH lost virtually most of the gains they made on ground and even lost there strong holds. The NAF & NA have done well keeping them away and disorganized.The army is able to mop up areas with ease unlike before.DO not forget the enormous task before them , to police the entire 3 states and manager all international borders to the north and east.Which is tasking and honestly one should appreciate there efforts in doing good to keep the place safer.

The position people often take in every incident is sad.Calling the army liars and bashing them is not a good thing.This are men and women doing there best to manage a situation that was allowed to fester.They have to manage a conflict that is trans-national.A situation that is complicated to curb.Adapting to new terrains and changing dimensions in the crisis. They cant always prevent smaller attacks as they are now.But certain the major attacks have gone away completely.Rubbishing there efforts is absolutely wrong and they deserve credit for the come back they made and the advances achieved so far despite the odds.At one time we even felt we needed USA,Britain and super powers today there is hope.

BH no long has capacity to fight the Military anymore.Instead the broken groups or entities are trying hard to get attention with pockets of small attacks or suicide bombings.The Recent increase in bombings and such things as rockets simply suggest that they are losing the battle to engage our army on the battlefield as they did in the past. Instead they are left with the minor option of hitting soft targets in single and smaller groups.The present approach BH takes suggest they are losing and battling and relevance they once had.Tell me when was the last time they successfully attacked a military formation or try to invade an entire district?

Again the Army is also learning fast with the strategy to starve them of the materials or resources/supplies they need in order to operate.The army have blocked effectively such supplies in many areas.The recent caliber of weapons the BH use shows they are truly in need of fighting materials.The efforts of the BH to fabricate indicates alot in there desperate moves to continue the fight.It means the illegal weapons have being stopped largely.They are now trying to adopt the skills to fabricate and make do with local materials to fight the losing battle.I also read in one news,how BH are using tunnels now to conceal there activities. At the moment its certain to them (BH) that they can't win and they have fewer hiding places unlike before.They Now hope the small pockets of attacks to cause fear and panic may help them stay relevant.

I believe that,sooner than later the military will understand the workings of the bomb makers,volunteers and rocket manufacturers.The suppliers,brains and routes will be blocked as well to manage the bombings,tunnel and newer rocket attacks.

It is time also the FGN deploy the intelligence agencies to gather more intel on the sect activity as the war leaves the battle field and moves onto the streets and corners of town.Our Police also need to manage the civilian population more at this stage to ensure that they are not exposed to this small attacks.

It should now be the turn of the Intelligence agencies and police to do there part in preventing and managing the situation from here on.Such attacks on soft targets and civilian structures can be managed if co-ordination between the civilian,police and intelligence agencies is done correctly. After all is just one person strapped with a bomb. The willingness to provide methods to detect and prevent it head-on is on them now.

I salute or law enforcement agents and appreciate every effort they put. I also support governments effort to tackle the situation heads on. Boko-Haram is losing the fight and they shall crumble as Nigeria becomes stronger. I believe the December deadline is possible and God willing it will be achieved.

asha01:
MTN has to obey our laws, otherwise we would be setting wrong precedence.
if it is to generate fund MTN would not hesitate to disconnect those lines.
they should obey our laws.

seconded !!!! People will just come an do as they like over here.
How much were they expecting to pay before? #50 per minute ?

kaycid77:
LET a SLEEPING DOG LIE ooooo....
To before WAR is to before ARM ooo....
The economy of the country is already very bad oooo
Boko Haram From The North, Niger delta Militants from the south and IPOB from SE and SS will crumble this country in a week ooo
BUHARI and his greedy cohorts tread with caution ooo

You should be asking rather, if it happens who suffers? Is it the government of the day or Tompolo or is it you and the average man on the street?We should collectively resist such apprehension and ensure that government answer to the people and nobody(militant inclusive) is sacred when it comes to due process,abiding by the rules and enforcement of laws in the land.

A national treat is a national treat. Any Neglect to handle same amounts to hardship for all - Economically or as it matters to security of life and property.If you ask me it is collective interest.It should not be seen as making Tomopolo invincible or else you have an escalation from other quarters.All treat to National interest should be treated as everyone's problem.

Peace is better than any greed or conflict anyday anytime.To start any conflict is not hard at all. Its the resolution of that conflict that matters and the losses.We may not be able to quell it as we will it and nobody knows where it will stop.

From antecedents Tomopolo is a born again Nigerian from the ND. If he is doing his legitimate business then he has nothing to worry. If he feels any aggrieved he could take it to the courts.Nothing more and nothing less.

As for BH the Military is answering to them and sooner than later they will know better. Meanwhile IPOB is already being handled according to the laws as it relates to treason QED.

We should not aggravate matters beyond what they are!!!! Always threatening national peace because an entity has questions to answer. Very soon armed robbers maybe allowed to spark a civil war because the government stopped them from stealing.