₦airaland Forum

Afamed:
IPoB and fake news. You can't separate the two

are you sure you are not having problem reading??

Different course for particular problems. Because you support something doesn't mean you should not see wrong in it when it is done and because you hate something doesn't mean you see no good in it too.

The choice of word of the OP sometimes too contribute to them receiving insults.

pure water business

Lai lie to himself always without knowing. Just like Buhari is always in shock.

No just lie to yourself, them dey get plenty issue then too.

School never ready to resume. We move

Funkyswagzz:
Maintenance is the key

You could have said this if only it was government owned property.
These people don't leave things to rot.

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) told students to prepare for resumption next week.

ASUU said this on its official Twitter page as the education body expressed hope of an agreement with the federal government.

The Union expressed optimism that students would return to universities next week after its meeting with the federal government.

The tweet read: “ All Federal University students should prepare for resumption as we expect a positive outcome from ASUU on Wednesday.”

This is coming after the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, on Friday, expressed the hope that the agreement with the Union will be concluded next week.

Ngige lamented that ASUU was not considering the challenges their demands would create.

https://dailypost.ng/2020/11/15/prepare-for-resumption-next-week-ASUU-tells-nigerian-students/

This was posted in the Nigerian Navy twitter handle...

https://twitter.com/NigNavyToday/status/1324014470264475650?s=20

Benwallt:
You are the chairman of the gullible Nigerians I mentioned in my post. 2 - 78 = 76. Where are the remaining 76? Go n sit down n choke on the lollypop DJScrap bought for you. You n your kinds are the reason we don't have peace in the world. Sentiments have obliterated your world n commonsense has become an unassailable barrier to the urchin n hooligan you have grown to be.

2-78 is actually -76

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), on Thursday claimed that his regime’s decision to accept the demands made by the youth that protested against the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Nigeria Police Force emboldened them and they gradually became violent.

Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, in a statement titled ‘How #EndSARS protest was hijacked, misdirected, President Buhari tells former Heads of State,’ quoted the President as speaking during a virtual meeting he had with former Nigerian leaders.

The President was quoted to have said, “We accepted all the demands and proceeded immediately to scrap SARS and started the process of addressing the other demands.

“Unfortunately, the protesters refused to call off the protest and engage the government to address their grievances. Instead, they became emboldened and gradually turned violent.”

Adesina further quoted Buhari as expressing concern that, in the mayhem that ensued, many lives had been lost, while a number of public and private properties were completely destroyed or vandalised.

The presidential aide stated that the President reiterated his pledge to Nigerians in a nationwide broadcast on Thursday that “we will continue to improve good governance through our democratic process, including through sustained engagement.

“We shall also continue to ensure that liberty and freedom, as well as the fundamental rights of all citizens are protected. Here, I want to also reaffirm our commitment to preserving the unity of this country.”

According to Adesina, Buhari told his predecessors that it was unfortunate that the initial genuine and well-intended protest of the youths was “hijacked and misdirected.”

The President was said to have reiterated that the government would not fold its arms and allow “miscreants and criminals to continue to perpetrate acts of hooliganism in the country.”

Buhari, according to the presidential spokesman, recounted the initial concessions made by his regime on the demands of youths protesting against the excesses of some members of the now-disbanded SARS.

https://punchng.com/accepting-protesters-demands-emboldened-them-to-turn-violent-buhari-2/

Bestselling author, Chimamanda Adichie , has written an address she says the President , Major General Muhammadu Buhari ( retd. ) , should have given to Nigerians in a national broadcast over # EndSARS protests in the country .

Adichie stated this in a piece titled , ‘ The Address President Buhari Could Have Given : A speculative piece’ on Friday , saying Buhari should have acknowledged the killing of peaceful protesters by soldiers in Lekki , Lagos , accepted blame for it and ordered an immediate investigation .

She wrote : “ I condole with the families of those who were killed and with all those who were injured . I have ordered an immediate investigation and have directed that a report be presented to me in the next five days .

“ As commander -in- chief of the Armed Forces , the ultimate responsibility is mine . This is not a time for vague words or generic promises. This is a time for action and I am determined to bring the perpetrators of this heinous act to justice . ”
She added that the President should also have directed that all hospital bills of those injured in the attack should be paid by the Federal Government and announced compensation for the families of victims .

The President addressed the nation on Thursday , two days after the Lekki killings and two weeks after youths demanding disbanding of SARS began protests . Buhari had come under heavy public criticism for his silence after the killings and attendant unrest across the country .

Eminent Nigerians and # EndSARS protesters also berated Buhari over his failure to comment on the shooting of protesters by soldiers in Lagos in his broadcast, saying it was devoid of empathy .

The writer added that the President should have also made it clear in his address that abuse of innocent citizens would not be tolerated “ in the name of law and order ” .

She said the President ’ s address should also have stated, “ Let me also acknowledge that mistakes were made in the security provided during the protests . Thugs should never have been allowed to infiltrate the protests . There were failures of policing during the protests .
She concluded by saying Buhari’s address should have noted that he would address Nigerians again in another one week and “ update you on the ongoing plans to restore our country".

https://punchng.com/buhari-should-have-accepted-blame-for-killings-says-chimanmanda/

The United Nations (UN) has reacted to recent developments in Nigeria.

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, reiterated that the UN is ready to support national efforts towards finding a solution.

In a statement on Wednesday, he called for an end to reported police brutality and abuses.

There have been widespread violence in Lagos and other states since the End SARS protests began.

Guterres condemned the violent escalation on Tuesday in Lekki.

Gunshots from Nigerian Army troops resulted in deaths and caused many injuries.

The UN chief expressed his condolences to the bereaved families and wished a speedy recovery to those injured.

He urged the Nigerian authorities to investigate all incidents and hold the perpetrators accountable.

Guterres told security forces to act at all times with maximum restraint while calling on protestors to demonstrate peacefully and to refrain from violence.

The Secretary-General encouraged the authorities to swiftly explore avenues to de-escalate the situation.

https://dailypost.ng/2020/10/21/end-sars-were-ready-to-support-nigeria-un/

End SARS protesters shut down NPA, oil facilities in DeltaPublished on October 21, 2020By Matthew Omonigho

The End SARS protesters on Wednesday shut down the Warri Port of the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA as well as critical oil facilities in riverine communities of Delta State.

The Coordinator of the protesters in Warri and its environs, Comrade Israel Joe confirmed the report in a chat with Our Correspondent at Effurun roundabout in Uvwie Local Government Area.

While noting that the protest is in phases with a section being manned by Ijaw youths, Comrade Joe said, “As I speak, they’re shutting down oil facilities in the riverine areas.

"You cannot be getting oil to develop cities in Abuja, Kaduna, Lagos and the rest of them, yet our villages and communities where the oil is gotten from are being underdeveloped. They’re still suffering from the iron road of intimidation battered by bad water and the creek of thatched houses.”

While condemning the alleged marginalization of Niger Delta people by the Federal Government, Comrade Joe said, “The oil facilities are shutting down. Nigerian Ports Authority shut down.

He said they will continue the End SARS protests until the Delta State Governor, Arthur Ifeanyi Okowa come out to address them on Friday, October 23 at the Effurun roundabout in Uvwie Local Government Area.

Joe threatened a total shut down of all critical facilities if the governor fails to meet with them.

According to him, “We are not going to back out of this protest. We don’t have any plan to declare a 12-day revolution like the one of Isaac Adaka Boro but if the government wants to test our resolve, then he should fail to come here on Friday to address us.”

https://dailypost.ng/2020/10/21/end-sars-protesters-shut-down-npa-oil-facilities-in-delta/

His condemnation follows series of coordinated attacks across the country by thugs and security operatives on citizens.

Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, has condemned the killing of peaceful protesters in Lekki, Lagos, and other parts of the country.

His condemnation follows series of coordinated attacks across the country by thugs and security operatives on citizens.

In a post on Twitter, Welby said, “I condemn in the strongest terms the reported deliberate shooting of unarmed protesters in #Lagos and other parts of #Nigeria. 

“I have urged President @MBuhari directly to ensure that lives are protected - and I say that again now. 

“I mourn for Nigeria. May God save Nigeria.”

http://saharareporters.com/2020/10/21/archbishop-canterbury-condemns-killing-peaceful-protesters-nigeria

[quote author=Lovelies1 post=95117847][/quote]Goal goal

- Houses turned to rubble -

An AFP team in Ganja saw rows of houses turned to rubble by the strike, which shattered walls and ripped roofs off buildings in the surrounding streets.

"We were sleeping and suddenly we heard the blast. The door, glass, everything shattered over us," said Durdana Mammadova, 69, who was standing on the street at daybreak because her house was destroyed. 

The clashes over Karabakh that erupted on September 27 have left more than 700 dead, including scores of civilians on both sides. 

The real death toll is probably much higher, as most of the deaths have been reported among Armenian separatist forces and Azerbaijan has not released any figures on its military casualties.

Both sides claim to have inflicted heavy losses. Azerbaijan says it has retaken significant territory in areas along the frontline. Armenian forces dispute these claims but have admitted to some setbacks. 

It is unclear what set off the latest round of fighting but Armenia has accused Turkey of encouraging longtime ally Azerbaijan to launch an offensive to retake Nagorno-Karabakh. Ankara has also been accused of supplying Syrian fighters as mercenaries to bolster Baku's forces.

The fighting has threatened to draw in regional powers Turkey, which backs Azerbaijan, and Russia, which has a military alliance with Armenia

Picture 1: Grieving relatives mourn during a funeral in the Azerbaijan city of Ganja following a missile strike, for which for which President Ilham Aliyev vowed to take 'revenge'

Picture 2: A missile strike hit a residential area of Azerbaijan's second city Ganja on Saturday, turning homes to rubble

Picture 3: An aerial view of the devastation in Ganja as rescue teams seek survivors


Picture 4: Clashes over Nagorno-Karabakh erupted again three weeks ago and have killed at least 700 people

Armenia and Azerbaijan accused each other of violating a new ceasefire over Nagorno-Karabakh on Sunday, as they tried for the second time in a week to bring a halt to fierce fighting over the disputed region.

The ex-Soviet neighbours agreed to a new truce from midnight on Sunday, as international mediators push for a stop to three weeks of heavy clashes over Nagorno-Karabakh, an ethnic Armenian region that broke from Azerbaijan's control in the 1990s. 

A previous ceasefire agreed a week ago fell apart amid mutual accusations and continued fighting that has left hundreds dead and forced tens of thousands from their homes. 

The new ceasefire deal was announced after one of the deadliest attacks on civilians so far on Saturday, when a missile strike hit a residential area of Azerbaijan's second city Ganja, killing 13 people including small children.

The two sides have described the agreement as a "humanitarian truce" to allow for the exchange of prisoners and bodies.

But Armenia's defence ministry said Azerbaijani forces had violated the new ceasefire only minutes after it took effect, firing artillery shells and rockets in the early hours of Sunday.

Its foreign ministry said Azerbaijan had also launched an attack in a southern area of the Karabakh frontline "demonstrating to the international community its treacherous nature, which we have been dealing with for decades".

Azerbaijan's defence ministry said Armenian forces had "grossly violated another agreement", accusing them of firing artillery and mortar shells in various directions and of launching early morning attacks along the frontline.


- 'We can't trust them' -

Azerbaijan and Armenia have been locked in a bitter conflict over Karabakh since Armenian separatists backed by Yerevan seized control of the mountainous province in a 1990s war that left 30,000 people dead. 

The region's declaration of independence has not been recognised by any country, including Armenia, and it is still part of Azerbaijan under international law.

The fighting that broke out three weeks ago has been the heaviest since a 1994 ceasefire and has threatened to draw in regional powers Turkey, which backs Azerbaijan, and Russia, which has a military alliance with Armenia.

An AFP journalist in Karabakh's main city Stepanakert said the night had been calm on Sunday and that, unlike during previous days, the sounds of explosions could not be heard coming from frontline areas.

But after the failure of other ceasefire attempts and decades of mistrust, there was little hope among city residents that a truce would take hold.

"Our country is ready to respect the ceasefire but the others will not... We can't trust them," Sveta Petrosyan, a 65-year-old with two sons at the front, told AFP outside her apartment.

Stepanakert has come under heavy artillery and rocket fire during the fighting and most of its residents have fled to Armenia. 

It was shelled again late on Friday and a few hours later the missile strike hit Ganja in Azerbaijan, levelling a row of houses and leaving 13 dead and more than 45 people injured.

Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev described the Ganja attack as a war crime and vowed his army would "take revenge on the battlefield". 

https://news.yahoo.com/missile-strikes-hit-azerbaijan-cities-023401361.html

When I get dey money?? YES

General subject

Former Military President, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, IBB, has admitted he is taking a long time in writing his memoirs because he is scared of being sued.

IBB, while speaking on Channels Television on Friday night, also said he wanted to do a thorough job of it.

“I am scared of somebody suing me to court to say that I libelled somebody or that I misrepresented somebody and I will spend five years going to court,” Babangida said.

When asked of his friends’ opinion about being bound by the oath of secrecy to keep some issues to himself, he responded: “Don’t forget, not only in Nigeria but throughout the world.

“For a certain number of years beyond which anybody will punish you, for opening the secret because you have passed a certain period.

“It (memoirs) will come but if it doesn’t come my children will go into the classroom and research. Everything that will need research about us we have in abundance. I know that General Obasanjo has a library that is very rich.”

https://newsdirect.ng/why-i-cant-expose-some-secrets-ibb/

mariahAngel:
Wetin konsine you how she look during the Do? You be her husband?
Dey there dey ask rubbish rubbish questions you hear?

I am just sitting close to your house coman beat me ma.

JulieJules:
Hahahaha I'm a very pretty woman

Do you still look beautiful during sex or you dey look like person wey dey vex??

HOUSEWIVES in the South- South region have disproved the claim by the Presidency that prices of food items have dropped in the country, following the agricultural reforms of the administration of President Muhammadu
Buhari ( retd .), describing it as deceptive.
The housewives, who grumbled that the prices of food items have hit the roof from what they were in 2015 when President Buhari took over government from former President
Goodluck Jonathan, impacting negatively on their lean funds, asserted that they and their children were suffering untold hardship.

The President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr Garba Shehu , on a recent Television programme , stated: “To say the cost of food items is connected to the closure of the borders is absolutely wrong. And to say that the prices of food are not coming down, I think the scholar has detached himself from the market because we sat through the meeting of the National Food Security Council and we heard presentations by experts – people who had surveyed the markets.”

“As of yesterday (September 10), in the morning of the meeting, go and check the index in markets. For instance in Kano, millets that had gone up to N24, 000 has now come down to N12, 000, N13, 000. Rice that had been N25, 000 is now N20, 000. Maize is now N18, 000 for the old stock and N14, 000, N15, 000 for the new stock,” Shehu asserted to justify his argument.

From Delta state, a visibly disturbed housewife,
Mrs Ngozi Smart, said: “There is no sincerity in the claim of President Muhammadu Buhari that the prices of foodstuffs have or are dropping. As a matter of fact, the prices of foodstuffs in this Buhari’s regime have
drastically increased.”

“Here is a comparison of what the prices of some foodstuffs were before Buhari came into power May 29, 2015 and what it is currently; bag of rice (foreign) before 2015 was N10,500, but now N30,000, bag of local rice in 2015 was N6,000, now it is N22,000.

“Basin of garri in 2015 was N3, 000 , now N11, 000; cup of beans in 2015 was N30 now N120; an average tuber of yam in 2015 was N200 now N600; sizeable ice fish in 2015 was N100, now N650.

“Cup of egusi in 2015 was N60 now N250; chicken (old layer) in 2015 was N800/N900 now N2 ,000 ; chicken (broiler) in 2015 was N1,800/ N2000, but now N3,500/N4,000; basket of tomatoes in 2015 was N6000 now N25,000.
“With these contrasting prices, it is undoubted that the Buhari -led administration has not kept its promises concerning the prices of foodstuffs and on the economy at large,” she said.

At Yenagoa , capital of Bayelsa state, a mother, Mrs. Edaere Ebi , lamented: “The policies of the APC- led federal government have not in any way helped our cause. I will rather say we are suffering, imagine prices of food stuff have skyrocketed since the APC led central government came on board.”

Madam John Oyinmiebi , a mother of six, who also spoke from Bayelsa , asserted: “What is happening here in our beloved country is enough to trigger massive upheaval as witnessed in North Africa. Sadly, the recent hike in fuel price will further impact negatively on the cost of foodstuff. It is more painful hearing the Presidency insulting our sensibility with its distorted claim that prices are dropping.”
Others spoke in the same vein, insisting that the administration’s agricultural policies were in disarray and not in reality with its claim of quashing food prices.

From our finding in Bayelsa , the worth of food items 2015 and 2020 were: bag of rice (foreign) – N10, 000 and N34, 000; bag of rice (local) – N6000 and N28,000; basin of garri – N1200 and N4,000; one cup of beans- N40-50 N80/N100; one tuber of yam – N300-400 and N600-1000; cup of egusi (melon) – N50 and N400; chicken (old layer) -N1200 and N3200; broiler- N1600 and N4000.

At Calabar , Cross River state, housewife and foodstuff dealer, Mrs Stella Ikechukwu , disclosed: “The price of one bag of foreign rice before is N16, 000 but now N29, 000; bag of local rice from N12, 000-N13, 500 to N20, 000; basin of garri from N5, 000 to 10,000; one cup of beans is N80, before three cups was N200; an average tuber of yam is N800- N1, 200, before it was N250.”

“We buy ice fish (sardine) for N200 /N250 now, before it was N100 or N150 while Titus is now N500/ N700 from the former N250 /N400; cup of egusi – N150 /N200 instead of N100/ two cups –N 250; chicken (broiler) – N 2500 / N3, 500, before it was N1500 /N 2000; basket of tomatoes currently N20, 000 – N25, 000, before it was N12, 000 – N16, 000,” she said.

In Rivers state, a mother, Mrs Confidence
Amadi stated: “Things are still very expensive in the market. There is no reduction in price anywhere. If they have such a market in Abuja where things are sold cheap they should bring it to Port Harcourt.”

“Here, a bag of foreign rice is still sold at N34, 000 while the local rice is sold for N26, 000 and N27 ,000 . A cup of foreign rice is N150 and local is N100.

“A basin of garri in Port Harcourt is N7000. A cup of beans is N70 foreign beans and N60 for others. An average tuber of yam is between N700 and N1000, while a big tuber is N1500 and N2000.
“Small iced fish is sold for N250. A cup of
egusi is N250, a kilo of broiler chicken is still N1500, old layer is N1400 and jumbo- N1700. Now, here one basket of tomatoes is N8000,” she said.

Also speaking, another housewife, Mrs.
Chituru Owhondah , said no price has reduced, adding: “In fact, it is even worse now because if you go to market with N5000, you cannot buy what you will make soup and stew with.”
Owhondah said: “A bag of foreign rice is between N34, 000 N35, 000 and local rice is between N26, 000 and 27,000. A cup of foreign rice is N150 while local is N110.

“A basin of garri is N4000 to N5000 in the villages, while here in Port Harcourt, it is still sold for N7000 to N8000. A cup of foreign beans is N70 while normal one is N60. An average tuber of yam is between N600, N800 and N1000, while a big tuber is between N1500 and N2000.
“Small iced fish is sold for N200, a cup of
egusi is N250, one kilo of broiler chicken is N1500 and the old layer is N1400.

“We are calling on the government to do something about the worsening prices of food items because the masses are suffering. We can manage lack of money but not high prices of food items,” she said.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/10/its-fraudulent-to-say-food-prices-ve-dropped-housewives-slam-presidency/?utm_source=&utm_medium=twitter

Maybe he's always getting spiritual attacks when doing the do. Something like your face threatening him on the do.

Try to look/wear a face of a person wey dey thing don dey over sweet next time una dey do am. This time him go be like "uuuuuuh, yeah, yeeeeaaaaah, yeeesssssss".