₦airaland Forum

KANO (AFP) – The leader of Nigeria’s Boko
Haram Islamists, Abubakar Shekau, has claimed a
daring December 20 raid on a military barracks in
the restive northeast, in a video obtained by AFP
Friday.
The insurgents stormed the barracks in the town
of Bama in a convoy of trucks before sunrise,
opened fired on the soldiers inside then torched
the compound. Several witnesses said the
gunmen kidnapped soldiers as well as women and
children.
“Our fighters stormed the Bama barracks,” Shekau
said, while seated on a mat and flanked by a
group of armed men.
Shekau has released a series of videos since
taking control of the rebel group more than three
years ago. The latest recorded statement was
delivered to AFP through the same channel as
previous messages.
“This is a victory from Allah,” said the wanted
insurgent leader after claiming to have destroyed
“21 armoured tanks” and killed “multitudes” in the
raid.
The military has not released a death toll from
the barracks attack and rescue agencies have
largely been barred from working in the northeast
since at a state of emergency was declared in the
area in May.
According to the defence ministry, more than 50
“terrorists” were killed when ground forces backed
by fighter jets pursued the fleeing Islamists after
the raid.
Residents told AFP that an unknown number of
civilians were killed and four villages destroyed
during the military response.
Shekau has been declared a global terrorist by the
United States, which put a $7 million (5.1 million
euros) bounty on his head. Nigeria has separately
offered 50 million naira ($300,000) for information
leading to his capture or death.
In the video, Shekau appeared to mock the notion
that one of his loyalists would betray him in
exchange for a reward.
“What is 50 million naira? We do not worship
money. As for those who are in our midst, Allah
has taken care of them,” he said.
The Bama attack was the second major strike on
the military in the northeast this month and was
seen as a reminder that more than seven months
into a military offensive aimed at crushing the
insurgency, Boko Haram remains capable of
striking high profile targets.
The group’s four-year insurgency, which seeks to
create an Islamic state in Nigeria’s mainly Muslim
north, has killed thousands.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/12/boko-haram-says-attacks-barracks-victory-allah/#sthash.aiqKvhEK.dpuf

importexpert: i wish you all the best for your business. hope say the biz dey progress? how your night?

sure fin.... na Allah barka we meed now

how do I order With dhl cos according to aliexpress its been insisting on singapore post...and a month or 2 is a long time to wait

importexpert: good day oga hardeshyna, merry xmas. you run before xmas make we no ask you for our xmas meat abi? ok welcome back since the xmas don finish. how is your day going?

lols... fyn ooo... I no dey celebrate xmas oga b... I jst dey on a lowkey doing some businesses. .. for dis yuletide period

yemi2plus: Suggestion

haba yemi... u go lyk awoof oooo... totally free? mba

Good morning my ogas.... aw una dey. .. oga B..yemi2plus..shakol.. I sight una ooo.... jst 2 say hi

cool..... .

By Paul Bassey
Last Tuesday, I was in my car, when I happened
on a discussion on Brila FM. The topic had to do
with the evaluation of the reported trip of Kelechi
Ihenacho to ManCity for trials.
As I listened to contributions bordering on praise
and good wishes, I was compelled to phone in
and express my personal opinion, that of
disappointment, that I believed and strongly too
that Ihenacho for going to ManCity was making a
big mistake.
By the time I finished my submission, nearly all
the listeners agreed that I was majorly right. We
will come back to this.
Kelechi Iheanacho
The story has it that the young man, the best
U-17 player in the world, invited to fight for a
place in the CHAN squad woke up one day in
camp in Abuja to see an “agent” come to take
him to England for trials.
Eagles chief coach Stephen Keshi, rightly, walked
out the agent, but had to succumb when
Ihenacho’s father called in to authorize the
release of the young man to the agent.
For me, that was a bye bye to a possibility of him
making the CHAN squad to South Africa. There
was no way he could leave camp at that time and
comeback to make the CHAN team, a golden
opportunity to launch himself onto another
pedestal of glory at the highest level.
I told the popular sports station that as far as I
was concerned, Manchester City has no defined
youth policy and there was no way Ihenacho will
be expected to go through the ranks, not to talk
of breaking into a team whose trade mark is the
acquisition of finished products, superstars, for
the sole purpose of winning trophies.
I made reference to that popular satire I published
on this page on Monday November 25 where I
drew the attention of the country to the possibility
of parents of the U-17 squad leading their wards
astray if not well counseled and directed.
Permit me to quote the portion where I wrote that
“…..I give you the classic case of Mikel Obi and
how two great clubs Man U and Chelsea were
fighting for him. On paper, Man U was the better
choice, but a lot of other factors were taken into
consideration in counseling him, including the
possibility of playing regularly and the presence of
Africans in the team that will help him settle
down faster, and today Mikel is one of the world’s
greatest footballers whose profile rises daily…”
The argument is that if Mikel had gone to Man U,
he would not have broken in as fast as he did in
Chelsea. The argument is that perhaps he would
not have survived in England due to culture
shocks and would have run back home, a luxury
that he achieved in Chelsea through the presence
of African players who adopted him and nursed
him to stardom.
The ManchesterCity misadventure may be worth
millions, only in the short-term, to the detriment
of a famous footballing future and life.
Less than four days after the celebrated Man City
move, I read in the Vanguard that Man City was
planning to send the lad to Ghana, where he is
expected to mature etc……what a laugh….
I look back at Pele, Owen, Ronaldo, Rooney,
Messi and those superstars who donned their
countries colours when they were yet 18.
Ihenacho is in that mold. The current example is
Neymar whose guardians were not too keen to
release him to European wolves until he was
ready…….See him now……..
In the plane conveying us back from Abu Dhabi I
had the opportunity of sharing with the
Honourable Sports Minister, who proposed the
idea of making sure that everything will be done
to guarantee the future of the first ever nationally
accepted U-17 team in a country where the media
has been at daggers drawn with authorities over
age cheating that only guarantees ephemeral
glories.
You can then imagine my utmost disappointment
when a retreat aimed at tutoring those players
and their parents was postponed.
Here was a unique opportunity to talk directly to
those players especially their parents and
guardians on how best to direct their wards for a
sustainable and guaranteed football future and
that this was likely to be better achieved through
a liaison and collaboration with the National
Sports Commission through the Nigeria Football
Federation, who have the wherewithal and the
capacity to galvanise experts for the purpose..
I remember the sports minister saying then that if
need be, the retreat will be held in the three major
Nigerian languages for effect.
The Ihenacho misadventure is a testimony, a
manifestation of the need, strong need for us to
get that retreat going.
Black out for other sports
Two weeks ago, I pleaded for increased publicity
for other sports, that it was only when I got to
Kenya that I read and learnt about two of our
basketball teams participating in a continental
competition.
A colleague, Patrick Omorodion responded and
had this to text : “Hello Paulo, just read your
column and felt that I needed to react again. Yes
you got to know of the Nigerian basketball teams
participation in that competition in Nairobi cos
they prefer it that way. Every team is supposed to
have a media officer on a trip but they will prefer
to take somebody else. As the media man on the
NBBF Board, they never informed me of their trip
or even take my tel number or e.mail to send me
info on their performance. Or they could have
given me their Morocco telephone number, so I
could call and get the info and pass to our
colleagues.
“This has been the practice with our teams,
football clubs inclusive. They feel they can do
without the media, but once they fail,they look for
the same media they ignored to help them tell
Nigerians that they were robbed.
“So please don’t have pity on them”
This is experience speaking. I rest my case.

http:///2ClI8l

haibe: What's the mhz of the POWER BANK?

5200mAh...
dou hav 1 4400mAh dat I got 4 my s4 b4 I sold it... now hav 2 power banks lol...

Hy guys... jst came across dis thread dis mawnin... dou av gotten dis fone since October from affordables with a powerbank at 46k nd recently upgraded it to 4.2.2 with Samsung India official custom rom downloaded from sammobile.... so far so good no lags nd m contented with d fone... my bbpin 4 any updates
7C7306BE....

KolaShangOne: How dem dey do that one ?

load 200n txt BBUD2 to 440 u ll b given 160mb den send deactivate to 440 nd try d above steps again. ... wen d 2nd one has been credited into ur acct, send stopautorenewal to 440

kodi were.... neva knew u det NL naa

Adeoba10: Update ur list, make u add LINDA IKEJI

Adeoba were... neva knew u dey NL naa

Double_j.c:
What abt hw to make ur teeth white.... lol

av actually used hypo to wash my teeth 2ce... got nothing

PORT HARCOURT— Twenty-three local
government chairmen in Rivers State have
defected to All Progressives Congress, APC,
assuring that they would mobilise grassroots
support for the party.
Chairman of Port Harcourt City Local Government
and Chairman Association of Local Governments
of Nigeria, Rivers state, Mr. Chimbiko Akarolo,
who spoke on behalf of the others during a
meeting with the acting chairman of the party in
the state, Mr. Davies Ikanya, said they were going
to work for the victory of the party in their local
governments in all elections.
He said: “We want to assure you (referring to the
APC Chairman) that we will work with you
collectively. We want to reassure you that as
mobilisers and grassroots politicians, we
are leaders, we will not disappoint this party.
“We want to reassure you that as various leaders
in the various LGAs, we will continue to sensitize
our people on the programmes of our party
sensitize them and re-engineer them on the
manifesto of our party and where the party is
going to and how progressive the party is.”

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/12/23-rivers-lg-bosses-decamp-apc/#sthash.x4wSrELS.dpuf

3.am

ADO-EKITI — The Ekiti State Police Command has
arrested eight persons, including a serving
Permanent Secretary in Ondo State over the raid
of a commercial bank in Ikere Ekiti last Thursday.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Victor
Babayemi, who gave the hint in Ado-Ekiti, the
state capital on Saturday, said the Permanent
Secretary and others were arrested in a bush at
Ijare, a border town between Ekiti and Ondo
states.
The Branch Manager of the bank, Ikere was also
reportedly arrested following the incident.
According to the police, the Permanent Secretary
and three others were arrested while performing
rituals at night in the bush through which the
robbery bandits escaped.
The armed gang had stormed a first generation
bank at about 5.30 p.m killing two persons and
injuring two others during a gun battle with the
men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad.
The PPRO said the Permanent Secretary and the
three others were arrested at about 3 a.m by the
police.
Babayemi said the men were arrested with a live
goat and other fetish materials, adding that they
would have been mistaken for robbers.
“During the operation, we saw the Permanent
Secretary and seven others in white apparel
performing rituals, so we had to arrest them to
explain their mission at the place at that unholy
hour”.
The PPRO said those arrested are being
interrogated with vital information being obtained.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/12/police-nab-perm-sec-7-others-performing-rituals/#sthash.GOafLdm0.dpuf

yemi2plus: I was thinking of a better third party, chrisvicbiz charges are too much for me. I will give this a trial.

u ll like dem... u even pay 2ce ... som % 4 buying d goods den d balance wen ur goods arrive..

yemi2plus: I was thinking of a better third party, chrisvicbiz charges are too much for me. I will give this a trial.

u ll like dem... u even pay 2ce ... som % 4 buying d goods den d balance wen ur goods arrive

hello guys.... nice to see you guys re making progress. ... I use my own gtb naira Mastercard to order...nd sometimes I use specuit air cargo. ..dey re very reliable nd dere charges mk sense.... thumbs up tu u all.... oga bello . twale baba... I hail oooo

ASUU STRIKE
It has been observed that ASUU is on the verge
of
ending its six months old strike.
Consequently, The Association of Nigerian
University
Students (ANUS) will embark on its strike
immediately
after ASUU calls off.
Our strike will not be suspended untill the
following
NEEDS are met:
*HOSTEL/ACCOMMODATION FEE: our expired
hostel/
Accommodation fee must be paid by either ASUU
or FG.
*PREGNANCY: Most female students are about to
put to
bed, ASUU must vow to take responsibility of the
unborn babies.
*ALLOWANCES: Students get allowances from
their
parents if they are in school, they hav been
denied this
because of the strike. The five months allowance
arrears must be paid.
*TRANSPORT FARE: Our fare from home to
school must
be paid.
*MEGABITE: Most students have wasted their
meg
going online for update about the strike, the
money for
meg must be paid.
*EXPIRED BEVERAGES: Our expired beverages
like
milk, spag, milo, etc must be replaced with new
ones.
If our demands are not met, we will not resume.

mawn importers. ..aw una nyt?

me n my gf couldn't chat 4 lyk 2hrs....had to use Facebook chat to do d talking... I noticed wen I saw all my browsers goin without a issh. ..so I knew whatsapp get spiritual problem

good morning oga B.... long tym..... jst to tel u dat I av disposed d laptop nd hoping to get a new one 2day..... barka jumah

rock it

,,,

Pls follow this simple guide to keep
enjoying Airtel BB plans on the network:
Recharge ur SIM with N100.......... do a
daily sub *440*17#, once it is successful
dial *123*123# to confirm which account
it will go to.
Pls pay attention now:
When you do the sub if it goes to Account
9 you have lost the ability to subscribe
and use BB plans.
However, if it goes to Account 10
congratulations you still can enjoy the BB
plans till the alien take over is complete.
Next: Send 'DEACTIVATE' in an sms to
440 to deactivate the daily plan then u
can subscribe to the desired plan you
want.
2GB N1500 *440*16# BBUM 1Month
6GB N3000 *440*016# BBUM3 3Months
Note: I have tried and tested this, i
subscribed on my modem today
PS: older lines will enjoy more of this
privilege and as long as your Data is still
in account 10 nothing will touch it.
PS: For those that wont be able to subscribe anymore. ..pls nd pls... before u damage ur SIM dial *500# nd borrow money to mk calls. ..use it den dispose d sim properly

http://9jaheat..com/2013/12/tips-to-bypass-airtel-bis-subscription.html

The Ultimatum from the FG to ASSU to call off
their 5 months old industrial action or face been
sacked, reminds me of my days in the dormitory
as a boarding student. A student will threaten to
brake the head of a fellow students if he dares
crosses his path, the order student will
challenge him to a fight if he dares talk to him
any how, knowing full well how grave the
consequences of their actions would be. The
exchange of words will continue till a mediator
will come in, "guy its ok, just leave him", the
other will withdraw at the excuse that " the don
beg for you".
But if the rumbling continues without anybody
coming in-between them, in other to save a face,
not to be termed barking dogs by fellow
students, one will hit the other which will create
a scene for the onlookers.
Sometimes the hall will be divided in two along
the line of class A or B, most of the times when
its divided in two rather than mediate, we would
add petrol to the already fairy furnace, by
shifting the lockers and beds there by creating
an arena for the fight, one side will be urging
his man to fight harder, the other group will
also charge their men to hit harder, some times
when your man is loosing you would add hand
and so the others man will join and it will end
up group fight, leaving some with broken head
some with severe cut in different parts of the
body.
The next morning, there would be an emagency
assembly before the morning assembly, the
massage will be communicated to us on the date
to face the disciplinary panel, after the panel,
many will be suspended, many will be expelled,
many will clean the toilet for a week or month
and many others will just receive strokes of
cane, and life will continue. We would one day
all sit together, talk, joke and laugh, reminisce
over our past deeds miss those who were
suspended or expelled, we all did these because
we were kids.
But I ask is FG a kid, is ASSU a kid, I assume
they are,
Therefore I am appealing to Nigerians of repute
not to form cliques and support either group,
but to mediate so the gladiators will sheath their
sword on the ground that "dey don beg for you,
if not" because if everyone decides to clear the
arena for the fight between ASUU and FG to
rage on, many will not only go home with
broken heads or expelled, but the entire school
might be close,
The threats of sack might go on waiting for a
mediator, but if none is forth coming, to save a
face, the FG may carry out the threat and this
will be disastrous for our dear beloved nation.
Jonathan might not want to be termed a "sacking
Fashola" but certainly would not want to be
called a barking dog.
"ASSU we dey beg for FG" do not brake
anybody's head, Please no body is sacking you,
just call off the strike.

d price nova shange?