US and Western European countries claimed to signatory to Self-Determination however in 2014 when Donetsk and Luhansk declared themselves republic in line with self-determination doctrine, Ukraine attacked them militarily. Yet US and Western European countries looked the other way. There was no shout of democracy and the need for independency. Now Ukraine is being paid back with the same coin, the hypocritic US and Western European countries are all up in arms voicing silly blames.
AkinDS: Dear Schemerkhiz, Is that supposed to be a trick question? ABSOLUTELY! I am glad that you are now starting to see what I had been saying about her all this while. To me, she would absolutely walk into the SF and own that left flank. She checks ALL the boxes:
Pace to burn. Check. Crossing the ball. Check. Ball Control & Skills. Check. Tactical Intelligence. Check. On and off the ball play. Check. Physical strength. Check.
For me, Rinsola is one of three remaining pieces of the SF jigsaw puzzle - the other two are the Vicky Lopez kid and Debbie Ajibola (provided Nigeria make it and have a good run at the U20WWC).
The scary thing is that's not the best game I have seen her play. She can play better than that. Her physical play will help take some pressure off Oshoala, who will profit immensely from those wicked passes Rinsola can deliver. She could also be lethal with her freekicks. Loved the way she controlled her play during the game - she knew when to explode with pace and when to deliver excellent one touch passes. She made Toni Payne (who is an excellent player in her own right) look MIA on the right flank - Toni had to defend most of the time because Rinsola took the Seville RB to the cleaners.
Imagine, if you can, our SF left flank with LB - Patty George, LCB - Ashleigh Plumptre, LCM - Ajibade or Payne or Vicky and LW - Rinsola Babajide. They will destroy any team on the continent. Any!
Rinsola is not a 'nice to have' on our SF team. She is a 'Must have.
Aonkuuse: Armed bandits invade a community in Kaduna state, killing three people and abducting two women in the early hours of Thursday, March 10.
salemgists gathered that the attack took place at Fumigi Street, Ungwan Galadima, Gonin Gora, Chikun Local Government Area of the State.
The ugly development was confirmed in a statement released by the state chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria, Rev. John Joseph Hayab.
According to him, the attack went on for about an hour without disturbance by security operatives, adding that those killed by the bandits are Aminu Bege and his son, as well as a neighbour.
A source at the scene of the incident stated that there were gunshots all over the place.
He said that the bandits operated freely and left with their abductees. He said:
“The bandits are now killing their victims in order to put fear in the people.”
saintrow1: Where is the heat? Why can't you Nigerians just mind your fuvking business With all the sanction on Cuba north Korea Iran etc they are still far Nigeria. Year's ago turkey was under sanction, today they have the best defence industry in the world. Just learn to shut the fuvk up
Nigeria is not called basket of fools for nothing.
TenQ: Unfortunately, Ukraine is not yet guilty of any offence. Ukraine wasn't part of the initial Russia-NATO gentleman's agreement of no further eastern expansion?
Russia is a plain bully!
Stream of thought as postulated in the above post remains one of the reasons Africans are not regarded in anything around world. What about Ukraine and Self-Determination? Ukraine declared war on Donbas region because the region wanted independence. I watched as the international airport in Donetsk was razed to the ground. Where were the goons who now shout humanitarianism? The child who does not want his/her mother to get a sleep will never have a dream. Now, Ukraine is about to forgo its independence. What an irony.
Permesso: Why can't they just at list Expand this road to larger extent, look at how tight and narrow the road is, such road is expected to a highway with barrier/divider to stop pedestrian crossing over. Look at how empty the land behind is wasted to be occupied by Shanties. They ain't actually building for future city expansion, traffic and economic activists that comes with it. Not even a covered drainage, the kind of mosquitoes it's breeding won't help the eradication of malaria/ typhoid. I just weak for this people
Prior to the commencement of the road construction, the propagandists informed the road shall be dualized. I am surprised to see the road being resurfaced.
GodHatesBigots: The United States continued to deploy roughly 480 nuclear bombs in Europe, more than double the number normally estimated by the media and non-governmental analysts. The deployment was detailed in the report "U.S. Nuclear Weapons in Europe" published by the Natural Resources Defense Council. The weapons are all B61 gravity bombs and are deployed at eight bases in six NATO countries: Belgium, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Turkey and the United Kingdom (see map below).
The 480 nuclear bombs in Europe are the last of a huge arsenal of forward-deployed weapons that NATO and the Warsaw Pact used to deploy in Europe during the Cold War. The Soviet Union deployed nuclear weapons in Eastern European countries, but all of these weapons have been withdrawn to Russia. On the NATO side, the stockpile peaked at some 7,300 nuclear warheads in 1973 and gradually declined over the subsequent years (see table). In 1991, the U.S. government decided -- and NATO agreed -- to withdraw almost all of the remaining weapons, but left 480 air-delivered bombs in place.
Today, the United States is the only nuclear power that continues to deploy nuclear weapons outside its own territory. The approximately 480 nuclear bombs in Europe are intended for use in accordance with NATO nuclear strike plans, the report asserts, against targets in Russia or countries in the Middle East such as Iran and Syria.
The report shows for the first time how many U.S. nuclear bombs are earmarked for delivery by non-nuclear NATO countries. In times of war, under certain circumstances, up to 180 of the 480 nuclear bombs would be handed over to Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Turkey for delivery by their national air forces. No other nuclear power or military alliance has nuclear weapons earmarked for delivery by non-nuclear countries.
Although the United States retains full control in peacetime, this quasi-nuclear status of non-nuclear NATO countries violates the objective of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). The U.S. and NATO argue that there is no violation because the U.S. retains control of the weapons. But the allied nuclear role is far from dormant in peacetime, with host country pilots practicing nuclear strikes and their aircraft being maintained ready to delivery the nuclear weapons if necessary. Besides, the strictly legal argument misses the bigger point: equipping non-nuclear NATO countries with the means to deliver nuclear weapons if necessary contradicts the non-proliferation standards that the U.S. and Europe are trying to impress upon other countries such as Iran and North Korea.
The report also provides new insight into the logistics of the nuclear weapons deployment in Europe, including the capacity and characteristics of the Weapons Storage and Security System (WS3) used to store the weapons underground inside Protective Aircraft Shelters at the individual bases. It also highlights the fleet of Weapons Maintenance Trucks (WMTs) dispersed to the bases to provide on-site maintenance of the nuclear bombs. Because this maintenance program occasionally disassembles weapons inside the Protective Aircraft Shelter, the report reveals, the U.S. Air Force discovered in 1997 that the procedure created a risk of inadvertent nuclear explosion if a disassembled weapon was struck by lightning.
The report recommends that all the weapons should be withdrawn to the United States, and that the U.S. and NATO should use the political leverage from such a move to engage Russia to drastically reduce the large number of Russian non-strategic nuclear weapons, as well as revitalize efforts to create a nuclear weapons free zone in the Middle East. Initiatives like these, the report concludes, would -- unlike continuing to maintain U.S. nuclear weapons in Europe -- provide real security benefits to NATO.
The full report is available from the right-hand bar along with a number of documents released under FOIA. Also made available are satellite photos of many of the European bases where U.S. nuclear weapons are stored.
aribisala0: When the slave trade ended Colonialism started and The Eboes were handed Eastern Nigeria on the basis of population
Of course the Eboe population grew when the slave trade ended as there were large numbers of unsold and unsellable slaves in the region and the erstwhile slave traders became "miorities" .
Let us not forget that before colonialism the Eboes never evolved any political administration beyond the village or Umunna level
There is no record of any towns in Eboe land and no record of non Eboes living among Eboes before colonialism because of cannibalism
What population are you on about? I guess it was not the same population which had been depleted by the slave raiders according to certain fools on this forum. By the way, colonialists never handed the reign of any region over to any particular ethnic group based on population. Northern region readily comes to mind.
By Eric Teniola ON May 1, 1967 at a meeting of Leaders of thought of Western Region, Chief Obafemi Awolowo made the following declarations: “I consider my duty to Yoruba people in particular and to Nigerians in general to place four imperatives, two of them categorical, and two conditional.
Only a peaceful solution must be found to arrest the present worsening stalemate and restore normalcy. (2) The Eastern Region must be encouraged to remain part of the Federation
(3). If the Eastern Region is allowed by acts of omission or commission to secede from or opt of Nigeria, then Western Region and Lagos must also stay out of the Federation. (4) The people of Western Nigeria or Lagos would participate in the Ad hoc Constitutional Committee or any similar body only on the basis of absolute equality with other Region of the Federations”.
It was the gravest statement made by any leader in Nigeria at a crucial time. The same Chief Awolowo made another controversial statement on July 6,1974 at the University of Ife when he said: “the 1973 census is a barren exercise”- an event which I covered for The Nigerian Tribune. We shall come to that later. The question is why did the Western Region not follow the Eastern Region when it seceded on May 30, 1967? The Daily Sketch which published in full Chief Awolowo’s speech on May 2, 1967 sold in Enugu at two shillings per copy which is more equivalent of today’s six hundred naira. The speech was a hot cake. Then there was the argument that the fate of the Yorubas in Ilorin and Kabba provinces at that time was not properly addressed in that speech considering the political influence of Chief Josiah Sunday Olawoyin (1935-2000) and later leaders like Chief Cornelius Olatunji Adebayo (76), my friend Chief Ayo Opadokun and Dr. Abubakar Olusola Saraki (1933-2012).
It is a pity that Chief Awolowo did not publish his memoirs before he died in a domestic accident in his hometown of Ikenne in Ogun state in the early hours of May 9, 1987. Maybe he would have shed more light on why he made those declarations. I personally believe till today that it was the speech that took the Federal Capital from Lagos, although events have proved later that taking the Federal Capital out of Lagos does not equate with taking commerce out of Lagos- thanks to Chief Bola Tinubu and his successors. Chief Awolowo’s speech stunned the nation. It was a wakeup call on General Yakubu Dan- Yuuma Gowon (83), the Head of State at that time to prepare for war and save Nigeria.
If Chief Awolowo had taken Western Region and Lagos out of Nigeria, it would have been suicidal. In his book,’The Art of War’, the Chinese General Chow –Hou Wee said that “the general who wins the battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought. The general who loses makes but few calculations beforehand. What is essential in war is victory”. If Chief Awolowo had taken Western Region and Lagos out of the Federation at that time definitely Western Region and Lagos would have been the battle ground. And where were the troops and how prepared was he for a major war. At the time he made those declarations, officers of the Western Region in the Nigerian Army were less than 7%.
At that time Lagos, Ibadan and Abeokuta garrisons were occupied by ‘northern troops’. Even the then Governor of Western Region, Major General Adeyinka Adebayo was not prepared for war. Chief Awolowo admitted on May 1, 1967 speech, that ‘We have neither the military might, not the overwhelming advantage of numbers here in Western Nigeria and Lagos. But we have the justice of a noble and imperishable cause on our side, namely: the right of a people to unfettered self determination. If this is so, then God is on our side and God be with us—then we have nothing whatsoever in this world to fear’.
Major General James Oluleye described it better in his book titled ’Architecturing Destiny’. He wrote on page 91 of the book: “As a result of persistent pressure from my father-in-law, I sent my family to Ibadan and I remained in Kaduna. There were very few Yoruba soldiers in the North. Both ranks were not more than 150 in all. The former Head of State, Lt-Col Obasanjo and myself used to feast on Akara (fried bean cakes) almost daily. We did a lot to persuade Yoruba officers and men not to desert. By December, 1966 he was posted to Lagos and I remained behind preaching to troops not to desert. Visiting people was dangerous. I spent my leisure time reading and my outing was limited to pleasure drives to Kaduna south without calling on anybody. It was difficult time.
From May, the trouble became repetitive every two months. In September of the same year, we had an intelligence report that the Northerners had fixed 29 October as the D-Day for slaughtering the Yoruba officers. There were only four senior Yoruba officers in Kaduna and in fact the North. These were Lt. Col. Obasanjo, Captains E. Akinfenwa and G. Ogundeko and myself (then a major). Following the intelligence report, we met and decided to lead a delegation to the military governor, Lt. Col. Katsina. We chose the most senior officer, Obasanjo as our spokesman. The message was to alert him about the intelligence report and the likely consequences if the plan materialised. Hopefully, we secured the appointment for th following day. We went in a Land Rover and when we arrived at the Governor’s office, Obasanjo told us he was not prepared to speak. As the next senior officer, I had to make an impromptu speech before the military governor during which I stated that we were in the North contrary to the Aburi Agreement on repatriation of troops to their regions of origin and that in the interest of Nigeria, we remained without deserting and that if anything happened to the Yoruba (civilians and soldiers alike), that might be the end of the Federation.
What the military governor did was unknown to us but miraculously nothing happened on October 29, 1966 which was a change from the two-monthly repetition of disasters’. After the murder of Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun, Lt Col. Adekunle Fajuyi and Col. Raph Sodeinde, only Brigadier Babafemi Olatunde Ogundipe (1924-1971) was the top Yoruba left and he ran into exile in the United Kingdom. The others including General Olusegun Obasanjo (80), General Alani Ipoola Julius Akinrinade, Col. Ayo Ariyo, Col. Oyinlade Iluyomade, Col. Yemi Alabi, Major Adenuga, Brigadier Christopher Oluwole Rotimi (82), Major General James Jayeola Oluleye, Col. Victor Banjo (1930-1967) and others serving in the Nigeria Army were not posted to the Western Region. This became a major source of concern and Chief Awolowo had to address the Federal Government at that time that the military should review the ‘occupation of the Northern troops in Western Region’.
On November 30, 1966, General Yakubu Gowon addressed this issue in his broadcast to the nation when he said: “My long-term aim is the preservation of one Nigerian Army and one country. For a start, however, and because of the general distrust and suspicion in the country, the bulk of the army in each Region must be drawn from the indigenous people of that Region. In Furtherance of this aim, steps are being taken to recruit more Westerners into the Nigerian Army. I have already given instructions for recruitment to commence next week. Those who advocate the withdrawal of Northern soldiers from the Western Region admit that any immediate wholesale withdrawal of Northern soldiers from the Western Region is not practicable.
Law and order and the entire national security arrangements in the Western Region will break down if the troops were withdrawn at once. The seat of the Federal Government is in Lagos. The Head of the Federal Government must therefore make special security arrangements for Lagos. This is not in dispute in all responsible quarters”. Even Major General Adebayo on May 3,1967 said that “I and senior Army Officers of Western Nigeria origin have spent the last 24 hours in consultation with the Head of the Federal Military Government. Let us face it there is no region now without its acute problems brought about by recent events; there is nowhere the people do not have their fears.
Ours in Western Nigeria have been spelt out again and it has been my duty every time to bring them to the notice of the Head of the Federal Military Government and my other colleagues in the Supreme Military Council”. On May 30, 1967, the Military Governor of Eastern Region, Colonel Odumegwu Ojukwu pulled the region out of Nigeria and called it Biafra. A few hours later, General ordered his arrest which eventually led to a civil war.
Arrant nonsense!! The bolded is usual compound falsehood which can only precipitated by Yoruba. By the period in discourse, Yoruba had more senior officers and officers in Nigerian armed forces than northern region.
Nyanmiridunce: Dem use lie swear for you? Lies can't get you the attention you crave. Sometimes, Una go just type rubbish as if you're talking to a congregation of illiterate okija villagers.
$453 trillion dollars asset go dey this Nigeria and you believe USA or UK wouldn't have bombed y'all to get them freely?
Go and watch DEEP STATE series, kiddo.
Dunce, I never knew any dunce in Nigeria can possess this stream of thought.
aribisala0: You forget a major Eboe slave selling group
The Ikwerre
That is why an Ikwerre can never accept t be called Eboe
Can you accept that?
The same Ndigbo who were touted to have dominated eastern region of Nigeria, sent unparallel chill to the nerve center of Federal Republic of Nigeria and still hell bent on actualization of Republic of Biafra or Republic of Igboland which have turned street goons into haters of Ndigbo. This Igbo people are something else. I would like to borrow a leaf from them.
Basheer22: For the Ibos complaining, it is an Igbo man that is in charge of drainage services. Better channel your lamentation to him. I trust him to deal with you fools decisively. He has your medicine in his pocket.
There is a fool and equally a foolish fool. The only way to stop flood is banish rainfall. It is humanly impossible to banish rainfall on earth. How does the stupidity of Lagos State governor in a silly utterance relate to Ndigbo?
Kingsnairaland: The crisis in Ukraine actually traces back to the so called Euromaiden in 2014, a CIA sponsored and orchestrated coup that toppled pro-Russian democratically elected president Victor Yanokovich. Yet, Russia takes all the hate and scapegoating. Mainstream media won't tell you that what is happening now is simply a Cuban Missile Crisis in reverse, except that the Soviets at that time take heed to American security concerns and avoiding war while the West of today ignored Russia's security concerns resulting to the war in Ukraine.
When NATO murdered Muammar Gaddafi, Western media called it "Military intervention" and they no longer bother to report that the evil military action led by Obama has left Libya in worse condition.
George Bush and Tony Blair lied that Saddam Hussein has weapon of mass destruction just to invade Iraq. After they destroyed the country and captured Saddam Hussein who was consequently executed, Bush said "We do not know whether or not (Iraq) has nuclear weapon." Both men who engineered a tragedy that took over 250,000 lives are not even facing trials for war crimes. Western media do not paint them in bad light as it ought to be.
Western media will not tell you that Ukraine has been forcing Luhansk and Donetsk regions to be part of it, in spite of vast majority of the people choosing to be independent via a referendum. What they want you to believe is that Vladimir Putin is bullying innocent Ukraine for pleasure.
Western media will not tell you that trampling on Ukraine's sovereignty is not Moscow Kremlin's main aim but survival against US-led NATO's encroachment, with the insistence on admitting Ukraine into NATO after allowing other Eastern European countries: Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia to join.
America can recognize the independence of Taiwan (as well as Kosovo, Yoguslav states) but Russia cannot recognize the independence of Luhansk and Donetsk.
Some good-for-nothing fools will swallow the craps generated by the liberal wings of political aisle of the world and CNN. Russia is not ordinary country and must considered in the political deals of the world. US and NATO should have recognized the independence of Luhansk and Donetsk. The idiotic Ukraine failed to recognize the independence of Donbas region and now would loose its independence.
Ukrainians and Russians are bad apples in one basket. As much as I dislike invasion of sovereign state by another, my sympathy does not lie with Ukraine.
Their ever subservience to their Jewish slave masters got us the Jan 15 Marxist coup that was carried out for Baron Victor Rothschild who owned She'll BP.
Fastroward today and Igbos are championing zionism under the guise of Biafra restoration.
I have said it serverally that Igbos are the architects of Nigeria's failure.
The inherent foolishness in you cannot even allow to grasp the crux of the matter. IPOB would rather embrace the spirit of breakaway eastern Ukraine (Donbas region) which have been in war with Ukraine in 2014 than support Ukraine.
Politics › Re: People Who Destroyed Whole Nation Have No Right To Teach Us Democracy. Putin by Idiko1: 3:09pm On Mar 12, 2022
ABSOLUTELY!
