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Politics › Re: Chadian Soldiers Capture Boko Haram's Command Center by jpphilips(op): 1:29pm On Mar 11, 2015

rabzy:
When a kidnapping is done, you dont stay close to where the kidnapping was done. Many of the men and women kidnapped in Nigeria has also been taken to bases outside of Nigeria to be trained, married and sold as the case may be. Did you not read the report of some towns in Niger and Chad, where BH have thriving communities, they steal cattles and take them to the town, employ people to take care of the cattles, sink boreholes for the community and recruit soldiers. These guys respect no borders and have no rules, they will take whatever they get. Long before now the NA has been saying many of the BH soldiers they captured were from Chad and Niger.

And Nigeria has been telling these countries to take action against BH that have been fleeing into their country and subsequently using it as a base to launch attacks from different axis across the border. Chadian soldiers chasing BH into Gamboru is not a big deal to me, the town practically sits astride the border, am sure many soldiers or even citizens dont know where Nigeria ends and Cameroon begins. its not as if there is a natural barrier that delineates anywhere there. if am chasing a bunch of cut-throat bastards that have just ravaged my village, and they ran from one part of town to the other, a line in the sand (which does not even exist) will not stop me from routing them as long as they are still in sight. These incursions are not more than 10-20 km, how many minutes does it take a hilux jeep to gulp such distance.

BH have been having free movement in and out of these countries and attacking across the borders from a wide expanse. Now our neighbors has seen that it is not just a Nigerian problem. Last year the wife of the camerounian VP was kidnapped and several french citizens. Ransom was paid to release them. BH got millions of dollars, about the same time the Chadian president arrange a false truce with when BH was been pounded by the NA, the fighting lulled and it gave BH time to re-group and strategize plus the money they got, they were able to come back stronger and better. So there is no way the NA army would win this battle decisively if our Neighbors don't see it also intheir interest to join the fight. Its like saying the US will win the narcotics war without mexico.

Living in denial as usual, typical Nigerian who is so lazy to dissect the facts and fix culpability where it belongs;

Nigerian army last success; Sierra Leone 1997.

Operation pulo Shield Niger delta: Failure!!
Mali intervention: Failure!!
Operation flush (boko Haram): Failure!!

When they start winning, I will polish my trumpet. this is the moment of truth, because of this incompetence, good soldiers have died, civilians to the tune of 13,000 wasted. I cannot be fooled by the pettiness of people piloting the affairs of this nation.
Most of you decieved yourselves that the Nigerian army has the best infantry in the world, yet some are now saying they have not mastered desert war fare grin

, is the desert on air?

I asked a soldier where they got the award from, he said they trekked from Liberia to Sierra leone, the award was based on endurance and size of troops, I quickly asked him if he hasn't heard of military transport before? grin

Country where majority lack common sense is bound to fail, I cannot be surprised at our political and military failures.

Politics › Re: Chadian Soldiers Capture Boko Haram's Command Center by jpphilips(op): 1:09pm On Mar 11, 2015

ocelot2006:
Please do list these "several Nigerian territories". We're waiting.

The Chadians have only liberated Gamboru Ngala and Dikwa. While at this they've had their staging area at the rear in Fotokol, Cameroun, raided by Boko Haram, and have halted they advances as they've been warned by the Nigerian military to turn back.

You just answered the question yourself grin

Politics › Re: Chadian Soldiers Capture Boko Haram's Command Center by jpphilips(op): 1:06pm On Mar 11, 2015

delvinmaya:
sorry to say, sirshymexx is thinking with his head in his backside. For your mind, you done make sense finish. Being objective shouldn't kill you. If you have followed the war against boko haram, maybe you would have been wise before throwing away your pride and calling a fowl uncle just because you wanna eat it. Admitted the NA were disappointing to have allowed this situation become worse. But ascribing victory to Chad is dumb. They retreated from Bags two days before it was taken by BH, you are blind to that. The SA to Deby was arrested with sophisticated weapons meant for BH, you refuse to think. Since they joined the war, they keep recapturing what they had earlier captured and you think they are the best thing to happen to you. Why not move down to Chad and become their citizen?
Even synergycom own worse.
Despite NA retaking over 38 towns back, and Chad finding it difficult to hold on to just the two they claim to have captured.

Tongue wagging when you don't even read the news, while the cameroonian BIU and the Chadians was there at the MNJTF headquarters in Baga, Baga stood gidigba, the moment the Nigerians messed up and they left, Baga fell, is that not common sense that two scenarios played out;

Boko haram was either scared to attack the chadians OR the Nigerians were too weak to hold the front at the exit of the Chadians.

Politics › Re: Chadian Soldiers Capture Boko Haram's Command Center by jpphilips(op): 12:31pm On Mar 11, 2015

Henry120:
This is an un-equivocal fact, and nobody can take this from us.

No amount of propaganda or manufactured stories can change this.

It is easy for you to say do you know why? because you know that majority of Nigerians are Nincompoops, if you were a french citizen and under your watch France loses 20/27 LGAS in 4yrs, you already know your fate don't you?
continue, change will come someday and most mediocres like you will obey the law of "survival of the fittest", do you know why everybody is scared of Buhari, because they are either thieves or mediocres.
Competent people will soon mount the podium and you will have a feel of service delivery, enjoy your mediocrity while it lasts.
I read most of your posts on the military thread with the South Africans, I only felt sorry for your soul.

Politics › Re: Chadian Soldiers Capture Boko Haram's Command Center by jpphilips(op): 12:22pm On Mar 11, 2015

IbnSultaan:
Its hilarious to see ppl make useless comments
Chadians are just glorified rebel army so also Niger
Our soldiers are exceptional and courageous people
The have some of the best military experts in Africa
NA is depleting n degrading d enemy

Typing from Abuja or Lagos right? when will you type from Gwoza?

Politics › Re: Chadian Soldiers Capture Boko Haram's Command Center by jpphilips(op): 12:18pm On Mar 11, 2015

deskossy:
the chadians are experts in gorilla warfare
and counter insurgency. .but conventional warfare is a
different thing all together. .they are apt in surviving brutal desert terrain,their exploit in mali comes to mind!

How many Nigerians know about their exploits in Mali is the right question? How can God curse a nation with so many of her citizens living in crass ignorance happily?
within 4yrs we lost 20/27 LGAS, the warriors of Mali came and joined the war and we have almost everything back and people think its their military that suddenly woke up because of equipments they never had? please help me and ask them how many equipments Chad used in Mali and NE with a plethora of strategic successes?

The most annoying part is that the politicians who have failed in their capacities peddle these lies while citizens at the receiving end of this brutality make excuses for them, #I spit on the Nigerian youth#.

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Politics › Re: Chadian Soldiers Capture Boko Haram's Command Center by jpphilips(op): 12:10pm On Mar 11, 2015

zizibabe1:
7 gboasas for you sir.You are one of the very few amongst the young people that have some form of correct knowledge of the dynamics of this operation.I have always insisted that people should be informed before making statement in the public domain.In this joint effort,to which the AU has pledged to suoprt with another 10,000 spldiets,there are RULES OF ENGAGEMENT.That is the reason soldiers from a given nation have certain roles and are also restricted to certain places at a given time.I commend your knowledge in these matter.

Now look at the so called informed person, later you wonder why the old men refuse to hand over to the brainless youths.

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Politics › Re: Chadian Soldiers Capture Boko Haram's Command Center by jpphilips(op): 12:04pm On Mar 11, 2015

Themandator:
Believe that and you will believe anything.... Dikwa is closer to Chad than Nigeria.

And in this battle, Nigeria had left the other ends of our border to out neighbors with the hope that they would stop the sect from running into their territory when confronted by our army.

All Nigeria wants from her neighbors is a guarantee that they will secure the borders while we rout the sect... All our fight will come to nought if our neighbors are indifferent, like Cameroon

Where is Dikwa? Nigeria or Chad? for your information, Chad have captured several Nigerian territories, that border nonsense you are spewing is for your fellow dumbos not me. Chadian foreign secretary was even complaining that Nigeria is not giving them free hand to capture more, read the news and stop lazing around listening to PDP propaganda.

Politics › Re: Chadian Soldiers Capture Boko Haram's Command Center by jpphilips(op): 12:03pm On Mar 11, 2015

Frankenstein:
The Nigerian army is ten times better than the Chadian boys brigade.

Our army has troops and equipment all over Borno, Adamawa, Yobe, parts of Gombe and other states defending them against Boko haram onslaught. The Chadians are not fighting any defensive war. All their troops, air power and fire are focused on a few
boder towns.

Continue deceiving yourself while your boyscout is abandoning their equipments for boko haram, go and read the reason why CHAD and Cameroon pulled out from the initial MNJTF in Baga, then you will appreciate how badly the Nigerian army has decayed.

Politics › Re: Chadian Soldiers Capture Boko Haram's Command Center by jpphilips(op): 11:59am On Mar 11, 2015

Reaper231:
Nigerian soldiers had a legitimate complaint abt being in short supply of amo. Recently they have been givien more weapons and I'm sure we don't hear them complaining again. Chad and Cameroon keep spewing rubbish. When Nig soldiers were fighting these guys Chad was their home. Most of d insurgents are chadians and mostly launched attacked then run back to chad and Niger without restrain frm d chadian govt. This was a major frustration for the NA. Now that Chad, Niger and cameroon hv woken frm their slumber and as a result of d attacked frm all angles BH is being cornered and they claiming d glory and painting our army bad. We have our lapses and we working on it but no matter wat dey do they can never beat us and they are only being ungrateful for all the Military and finacial assistants Nig has given and helped to stabilise their own countries in west Africa.

Which weapons are the Chadians using for their victories so far? it is not about Jersey, it is about morale!! most Chadian soldiers cannot even afford Bulletproof vests and you are talking. I pity most of you.

Politics › Re: Chadian Soldiers Capture Boko Haram's Command Center by jpphilips(op): 11:57am On Mar 11, 2015

arantess:
God bless u bros....there's a serious conspiracy to change the narrative against us..who knows, maybe we have about 6 dikwas' that they keep taking from bokoharam

When you are perpetually dumb and extricate yourself from the corridors of information, only then will real victories smell like conspiracy theories, the Chadians are asking for Nigeria to grant clearance to attack Gwoza where Shekau is when they succeed, you come here and be talking nonsense.

Politics › Re: Chadian Soldiers Capture Boko Haram's Command Center by jpphilips(op): 11:50am On Mar 11, 2015*

Henry120:
Let me assure, I know what i'm talking about, neither am i under any illusion that taking on these terrorists is an easy task.

However, what i'm against is people using the suffering of Nigerians to score political points or cheap popularity.

There are Nigerian refugees in Diffa, bosso in Niger and fotokol, amachide in cameroun and also in chad.

However, how is it that the chadians claimed to have captured malamfotori in january, only to capture that same town they claimed to have earlier captured, yesterday.

You, tell us how?

Can you show us where Chad made such claims, the last person who said this ended up shooting himself in the foot, so we are clear, show us in separate dates, publications where Chad claimed to have captured malamfotori twice, where you can't, kindly shvt the fvck up!! to aid your education, Malamfotori was the glory of Niger not even Chad, I know you think everybody here is that stvpid right?

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Politics › Re: Chadian Soldiers Capture Boko Haram's Command Center by jpphilips(op): 11:44am On Mar 11, 2015

Henry120:
From the same exercise.

Nigerian troops in green

Nato special forces soldier, from belgium.

What is the difference?

#note: all the troops in this exercise are special forces. The exercise only just ended yesterday.

Your point is huh

that Nigeria did not concede 20/27 LGAS to Boko haram after w@nking with them for 4yrs before the Chadians arrived? Defending cluelessness makes you more clueless

Politics › Re: Chadian Soldiers Capture Boko Haram's Command Center by jpphilips(op): 11:30am On Mar 11, 2015

Rad1cal:
You are a fool sir, peruse the article below and tell us the date you see

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/19/world/africa/nigerias-army-drives-boko-haram-from-garrison-town.html?_r=0

You are fond of making aimless noise.

Mr M0r0n, your proof showed that they advanced into Dikwa but there is no report that they have captured it before now, or don't you know the difference between fighting into a town and taking control of it?
Aimless noise? you think im in the same buffoonery league with you? look well before you leap!!

Show us where Chad reported they have "CAPTURED" Dikwa in the past, I am waiting you dumb goat

Politics › Re: Chadian Soldiers Capture Boko Haram's Command Center by jpphilips(op): 11:09am On Mar 11, 2015*

olapluto:
Interesting point of view/news. I never knew Dikwa was recaptured by BH. Anyways, the news with these Chadians is exaggerated. Dikwa is not as fierce as Baga, Hong, Mubi, Michika, Monguno etc which our army had been sweeting on daily basis.
Im against GEJ, but I know and appreciate the efforts of our soldiers.
Look at Cameroun, see how they were making mouth months ago. Their BIR soldiers were hyped beyond belief. They even claimed to have carried out airstrikes in Konduga. Look at them today. BH is showing them pepper.

Do you know what a command center is in military parlance? do you have any idea the resources that will be deployed to protect it? there is a reason why it is called a strategic Boko haram interest. sometimes when you read what is beyond your comprehension, ask the right questions.
The PDP government for political reasons may not want to accept the efforts of the Chadians for political reasons, but you know that should Chad change their minds and leave like they left Baga, civilians like us will suffer for it, has Boko haram killed any of jonathan's relatives? well, my cobbler has lost a family and counting.
Give them the honor they deserve, the government can continue living in denial. I don't think the Chadians are exaggerated for the following reasons;

The battle of Mali, though France killed the arrow head, they eulogized them and gave them a strategic role which they delivered, amongst all the contingents from the AU, only Chad and Niger was selected to man the Mali-Algerian border. Do you know that Nigeria sent 3,000 troops for the Mali intervention, guess the role they got, "Stop and search". French verdict on us, "undisciplined and lack of equipments"
As much as the Nigerian army will want to deny this obvious emphasis, the french verdict played out again in operation flush (boko haram), we have over 200 soldiers standing trial for mutiny (indiscipline).
We have 11 soldiers on death row who refused to fight due to lack of equipments, tell me, is it any different from the french verdict on us? If we acknowledged that fault of ours and did something then, operation flush would have been largely successful, we wont have need for foreign boots on Nigerian soil today.

The US Organised a counter terrorist exercise 3yrs ago to test the readiness of its African NATO allies, Chad came out tops, trust me when it comes to desert warfare, dont mess with the chadians, they will finish you!!

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Politics › Re: Chadian Soldiers Capture Boko Haram's Command Center by jpphilips(op): 11:06am On Mar 11, 2015

Henry120:
What are you even talking about.

The chadians claimed to have routed boko-haram in gambarou, yet the terrorist still could muster enough men(600+) to attack Fotokol in cameroun, where they burnt down the town, and slit the throat of over 100 civilians. Brushing aside camerounian troops deployed there.

Glad you acknowledge that BIU was in charge of Fotokol not Chad, I hope you heard that the Cameroonian authorities evacuated most civilians before the attack, the mostly 70+ (unlike your fabricated 100+) victims were the elderly and the sick, I am yet to hear of an evacuation of civilians by the Nigerian authorities before a boko haram massacre.

Politics › Re: Chadian Soldiers Capture Boko Haram's Command Center by jpphilips(op): 10:56am On Mar 11, 2015

Henry120:
They recently captured malam fotori and damasak. malamfotori the same town these clowns claimed to have captured in january.

Particularly striking is the convenience with which the western media seems to leave out that piece of information.

As long as it doesn't fit into their orchestrated narrative of the Nigerian military been corrupt, under-equipped and incompetent, it isn't a good piece of news.

Nigerian troops in green, chadian troops in desert camouflage, but some how, it is the Nigerians that are under-equipped.

Continue deceiving people who don't follow the news, the picture you are showing looks like even the Cameroonian BIU but I dont want to spoil your fun.
My grouse is this, I saw when the 500 Chadian troops arrived, in less than 2wks, they captured two towns, they were not even wearing bulletproof vests most of them, (guess their government can not even afford so much). their casualty figures is far less their Nigerian counterparts. Chad said they have just 2 planes that are operational, yet we have so many with no results, thanks to corruption that has blinded most of you. The Nigerian presidential fleet alone is 11planes and you are talking nonsense!
So far, they capture strategic interests of Boko haram, while their Nigerian counterparts capture market places and road blocks, If you can not show us in the news where Chad captured and recaptured a town then shut the fvck up.
Tomorrow when they capture Shekau, you will say they dont deserve the honour, continue playing.

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Politics › Re: Chadian Soldiers Capture Boko Haram's Command Center by jpphilips(op): 10:35am On Mar 11, 2015

olapluto:
Im sorry I dont believe these Chadian armies anymore. For over a month now, they've be capturing and recapturing Dikwa. Their claims are actually over exaggerated.
Taking one town, and helping police borders does not warrant this level of noise.

The illiterate in you will not allow you to post where they captured and recaptured in Dikwa.

Politics › Re: Chadian Soldiers Capture Boko Haram's Command Center by jpphilips(op): 10:33am On Mar 11, 2015*

Revolution:
The Chadian army has been impressive. Does this mean that if a war breaks out between Nigeria and Chad Nigeria will lose? Nigeria used to have the best military in West Africa

Dont even pray for that, Chad is a NATO ally, should Nigeria sneeze around Chad let alone look for her trouble, trust me, we will all be refugees in a matter of months.
Chad will take out our military in seconds, those guys morale are highest. Nigeria should be looking for a Biafra to be showing its lizard muscle. when you support corruption, it trickles down every institution including the military, when they start losing wars, you blame the gods

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Politics › Re: Chadian Soldiers Capture Boko Haram's Command Center by jpphilips(op): 10:28am On Mar 11, 2015*

Fulaman198:
The truth is Chad was the main force that fought in Mali, not France. But France being a predominant white nation got all the credit.

Chad admitted France chose them to help secure the Malian-Algerian border, who killed Red beards? Chad or France? wait when Chad kills Shekau, or rescues Chibok girls, you will want to claim the glory right? jingoism will never help us as Nigerians, fix culpability where it belongs.

Politics › Re: Chadian Soldiers Capture Boko Haram's Command Center by jpphilips(op): 10:20am On Mar 11, 2015

Oluwaplumpie:
Sensationalist. Why don't u go and show them how its done?

Romance › Re: Why Are Most Independent Office Women So Arrogant And Disrespectful? by jpphilips(m): 5:23pm On Mar 10, 2015

SirPedro001:
No matter how wealthy a woman is....she still needs a man to be there to meet her other needs; most especially her emotional need. If a woman is bossy because of her achievement,it's only natural because many a women a very lazy and totally dependent of men for virtually all their needs. So such a woman who think different have lots of reasons to feel special but whenever she meets a man who is able to meet those her extra needs her's or a man whom she feels is up to her standard or a man who has the key to unlock her heart,trust me she will bow totally but such men has to be bold and full of confidence....Men of intellects and charisma usually subdue such ladies.

You really believe that crap?

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Romance › Re: Why Are Most Independent Office Women So Arrogant And Disrespectful? by jpphilips(m): 5:21pm On Mar 10, 2015

winner01:
by chance, I hope I'm not arguing with a minor....How can a woman not need a man in MARRIAGE and otherwise...Even widows survive, how much more married women and why will the survival of a human threaten another?...
Maybe you need to go back to christ, God won't direct you to be the husband or the head of the house even if you earn more money than your husband..
And I'm talking about responsible men, not the irresponsible fathers that the feminists are trying to avoid...
And you don't need to tag me "independent-woman-phobic", you don't even know me... No human is independent, and we have great,successful women doing well in their homes..
Once again, good luck to y'all.

What do you guys mean by being head of the house, I have really followed the convo with keen interest and I don't seem to get something straight.
How can a man be the head by virtue of having a third leg? what if he is a m0r0n? like most guys here on Nairaland that hardly know their left from right, do you advocate the responsibility of leading the home on their shoulders?
A dumb man should not lead the home, if the wife is smarter why not? You guys really scare me!!

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Jobs/Vacancies › Re: Opinion: Top 10 Government Agencies To Work For by jpphilips(m): 11:24am On Mar 10, 2015

Adeyinka123:
NCAA AND NLNG

Bingo!!

Politics › Re: Chadian Soldiers Capture Boko Haram's Command Center by jpphilips(op): 10:34am On Mar 10, 2015

Our boys please you have equipment now, you shouldn't be hanging out 50km away from action, kudos to everyone

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Politics › Chadian Soldiers Capture Boko Haram's Command Center by jpphilips(op): 10:33am On Mar 10, 2015

(Reuters) - A black and white Boko Haram flag still flutters on top of a deserted villa in the Nigerian town of Dikwa, overlooking a courtyard filled with dirty mattresses and charred vehicles.

Inside the villa's pink and white walls, blood trickled into corridors and a pile of insurgents' bodies lay in a heap in a wardrobe.

The scene was the result of a dawn attack by troops from neighboring Chad, who are driving deep into Nigerian territory in an offensive aimed at helping end a six-year insurgency that has killed thousands and now sucking in neighboring armies.

"They resisted ferociously. This huge villa was their command center," a Chadian soldier who fought in the battle told a Reuters reporter visiting the town after fighting subsided.

Colonel Azem Bermandoa, a Chad army spokesman, said more than 100 of the militants died in the battle for Dikwa, a town at a major crossroad some 80 km (50 miles) east of Maiduguri, the capital of Nigeria's northeastern Borno state.

"They came to hide here as we advanced," another Chadian soldier said, pointing to the bodies in the wardrobe.

In an apparent last act of defiance, a Boko Haram suicide bomber climbed into a truck carrying gas canisters and blew it up, killing one Chadian soldier and injuring 34.

Bermandoa said Chadian troops chased the remaining fighters about 15 km out of the town, where many walls are now sprayed with bullets and most houses lie deserted.

In this part of Nigeria - until now, Boko Haram's heartland - residents have learned to flee the Sunni militants' bid to carve out an Islamic caliphate.

But the tide finally appears to be turning against them as Chad has spearheaded a regional push against the group and Nigerian forces notch up some military gains as well.

Chad's victory at Dikwa is one that Nigeria would have like to have called its own. Its army chief previously said his soldiers listed Dikwa as a town that troops wanted to recapture before elections, due to have been held in February but pushed back to March due to insecurity.

Chadian forces had planned to take the town last month, but were ordered back by Nigeria, which said it planned to attack it. But a Chadian soldier in Dikwa said the closest Nigerian soldiers got to the town during Monday's fighting was 50 km away.
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Chad's army, considered one of the best in the region and backed by a strong air force, first deployed to help Cameroon fend off Boko Haram and is now pressing southwest into Nigerian territory after capturing the border town of Gambaru last month.

That victory starved Boko Haram militants of supplies, said Ryan Cummings, chief Africa analyst at crisis management group Red24.

"The major challenge that the Nigerian army faced was that Dikwa served as forward base for Boko Haram and was readily being supplied with resources and combatants from Boko Haram positions along the Nigeria-Cameroon border," he said.

But despite these recent setbacks, Boko Haram has proven it is still able to carry out isolated attacks.

Two security sources said Boko Haram attacked Kaiga on Lake Chad at the weekend. They arrived in canoes and burned houses, but it was not immediately possible to confirm a number of casualties.

Cummings added that losing key towns did not necessarily mean the end of Boko Haram, which long before beginning to control territory, waged a guerrilla war involving raids and car bombing.

"Even if the combined forces are successful in dislodging Boko Haram from its regional strongholds, this may not bring about regional stability," he said.

(Additional reporting by Julia Payne in Abuja, writing by Emma Farge; editing by David Lewis, G Crosse)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/03/us-nigeria-violence-chad-idUSKBN0LZ2NS20150303

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Politics › Re: Chad, Niger Soldiers Killed As Boko Haram Loses Nigerian Towns by jpphilips(op): 10:02am On Mar 10, 2015

What could we have done without the Chadians?

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Politics › Chad, Niger Soldiers Killed As Boko Haram Loses Nigerian Towns by jpphilips(op): 10:01am On Mar 10, 2015

By Abdoulaye Massalaki and Madjiasra Nako

NIAMEY/N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - About 15 soldiers from Chad and Niger died in fighting to take control of two towns in northern Nigeria from Boko Haram, the first gains against the militants in a joint offensive launched at the weekend, military sources said on Monday.

About 30 Nigerien and Chadian soldiers were wounded in the clashes over Malam Fatouri and Damasak, a day after thousands of troops crossed the border to seize areas held by the Sunni Islamist group, whose insurgency has forced Nigeria to delay an election and neighbors to mobilize their armies.

A Chadian officer, who asked not to be named, said about 10 Chadian soldiers were killed and 20 wounded in fighting for the towns. Two sources with Niger's military told Reuters five of its soldiers were killed in the clashes.

There was no official comment from the armies of either Chad or Niger.

"We have kicked the enemy out of these areas and they are now under our control," a Niger military officer said.

The advancing troops had seized large quantities of arms and ammunition as well as vehicles, he said, and were undertaking a clean-up operation in the area. "The troops have taken dozens of Boko Haram elements prisoner," he added.

Damasak, the town furthest into Nigeria, is 10 km (6 miles) south of the Niger border, where Nigerien and Chadian troops had been massing in recent weeks before the offensive.

A medical source in Diffa, the capital of the Niger region which borders Boko Haram's heartland in northeastern Nigeria, said 30 wounded soldiers had been admitted to the town's hospital.

A second Niger military source said about 300 Boko Haram militants had been killed. There was no official confirmation of the toll and it was not possible to verify the figure.

"We had permission from Nigeria for this action," the source said.

There was no immediate comment from Nigeria, which has launched its own offensive against the militants. Their gains forced Nigeria to delay elections that were due in February.

Boko Haram's six-year insurgency, which aims to carve out a caliphate in Nigeria's northeast, has killed thousands. The group has pledged allegiance to Islamic State, which rules a self-declared caliphate in parts of Iraq and Syria, according to an audio clip posted online on Saturday.

Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Benin have mobilized forces this year to help Nigeria defeat the group after it seized large amounts of territory and staged cross-border attacks.

Nigeria and its neighbors have been working to pull together plans and rules of engagement for a regional force of 8,700 troops but cooperation between the region's armies has been strained at times.

(Reporting by Abdoulaye Massalaki; Writing by David Lewis and Joe Bavier; Editing by Giles Elgood and David Stamp)

http://news.yahoo.com/chad-niger-troops-eject-boko-haram-nigerian-towns-130402983.html

Politics › Re: Nigerians Question Why TV Stations Are Going Up In Flames? by jpphilips(m): 4:24pm On Mar 09, 2015

Which pipeline was vandalized recently that we don't know about? people are saying they don't have money again to import products and you are talking nonsense!, how can you expect me to spend 450m on a product that 320m used to buy because you devalued the naira?

I continue telling Nigerians, by the time Jonathan is done with their ars@, they will regret Jonathan 2019.
It is clear that the nation needs to start afresh but we must punish the culprits at the polls, the government's austerity measures is suffocating and the masses think its cool!!

How can you have kids studying abroad and you want to vote Jonathan, are you insane? what devalued the naira? shortage of FOREX
where does our FOREX come from? Sale of Oil, under Jonathan 400,000bbls of this oil is stolen daily worth $46,000,000 when oil was $115.
Jonathan had the temerity to award a security pipeline contract of $1.3b to Tompolo who is part of the theft, can you imagine the wickedness of this man?
Tompolo got his $1.3b in 2011, yet millitary got theirs in 2014 after boko has killed over 13,000 Nigerians? Is jonathan not wicked? are you guys ok! how can you vote poverty on your counscience? Let the Abuja big boys vote him, let us see how many votes he will get, yet the poor people who will soon become armed robbers and prost!tutes are shouting Sai Jonathan!! shame on your souls!!

Other oil producing countries saved at the time reason they are not complaining much, Russia saved $480b, their only achilles heel is their EU sanction.

Norway saved $780b, they are not complaining, Saudi Arabia saved $920b, depleted to $760b they are not complaining, Iran could not save because they were funding several terrorists organizations with their wealth, in cohort with Qatar, Nigeria decided to deplete the ECA and Foreign reserve, that is the genesis of this mess and we say SAI Jonathan? Why did the governors demand for their share of the ECA, because Jonathan was misappropriating it, several personal withdrawals from the account was proved in court.
Under OBJ nobody touched that account, that was how we survived drop in oil price as low as $38, Jonathan is $60, right now and Nigeria is on fire, can't you guys see?

You are an importer getting dollars at 225 naira and you say jonathan 2019? you are a m0r0n.
By the end of 2015 if Jonathan continues, most of the students here will drop out because your parents will lose their jobs, I am firing three next month and a lot of people are doing the same, you guys have no idea what is going to happen by this year end.

let me give you the history, oil price down, devalued naira, shortage of fuel, removal of all subsidies including HIV drugs, do you guys know where austerity measures end? food shortages.

You are a student and you want to vote Jonathan, sorry for you because when the government is running budget deficit like now, salaries will be owed and your lecturers will go on strike, cant you see?

If you took any loan bank , office or cooperative loan, with a devalued currency, you are in for an upward review of your interest rate, and some people think it is cool to be shouting GEJ 2019, those people deserve to be shot without trial grin

All government funded subsidies will disappear, if you have HIV, just save for your burial because in rivers state now, they are stranded, the ones supplied by the Americans can no longer go round, cant you guys see?

We must punish PDP at the polls, why are you scared of Buhari, are you a thief? the undisciplined and the thieves don't want buhari, while you a nobody is singing their praise, what are you scared of?
Anytime you fall in love with Jonathan ask yourself? what do you have to lose?

We are already down with Jonathan, we cannot fear any worse.

Buhari is not a jesus but Jonathan must be punished for this mess, he should be held responsible and accountable for this mess, How can Jonathan approve austerity measures for Nigerians while he could not cut his feeding budget and you guys think its ok!!

He flies 9 private jets and you don't even have a tokumbo car shouting SAI jonathan?

Crude price is down and you think Jonathan is not responsible are you daft? how about saving and appreciating the naira when it was high so that as it goes down, it won't be this low?

jonathan is a walking disgrace if you support Jonathan and you are rich, benefitting from this government, you are wise, if you are an average Nigerian who is gonna face this austerity measures and still support his presidency, you are a f00l and a m0r0n, shaken together and runneth over.

This election has exposed one thing, Nigerians are very bad people, they are willing to stand and die for evil, the next hitler will be a Nigerian, mark my words.

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Politics › Re: Photos: The Longest Banner In Nigeria Hit Third Mainland Bride by jpphilips(m): 4:16pm On Mar 09, 2015

Politics › Re: Photos: The Longest Banner In Nigeria Hit Third Mainland Bride by jpphilips(m): 4:12pm On Mar 09, 2015

FELLOW NIGERIANS, IS THIS THE PRESIDENT YOU DESERVE?

May the Judgment of God not befall us and our families if with our votes we deliberately return a Govt of Hunger, corruption and death to the Nigerian people. Kindly distribute through your BBM and Whatsapp contacts, enough is enough!!

December 2014: Nigeria stooped to the lowest of all lows to invite Chad, one of the poorest countries in the world to fight Boko haram.
Since their arrival, the Nigerian army under Jonathan's failed leadership has made unprecedented gains in a short time.

November 2014, Jonathan shocked Nigerians with the news that Boko haram has taken control of 16 towns in 9 LGA’s the height of incompetence in balkanizing the Nigerian state, a week later, Nigerians were blown away by series of austerity measures handed to them for their stupidity in 2011.

The naira was devalued at the pretext of drop in oil prices but Nigerians never asked why the Naira never appreciated when the oil price was increasing?
If the foreign reserve were not stolen, Nigeria would have weathered the storm for at least 6 months like we did during the global melt down of 2004 and 2008, unfortunately, the incompetence of the Jonathan administration has brought grave consequence on the Nigerian people, Inflation and high cost of energy are likely consequences. oh! there is fuel shortages already as we speak.

According to Will Ross of the BBC “He said he hoped a parliamentary investigation would also find out why the country's Excess Crude Account had fallen from $11.5bn to under $2.5bn in a year - arguing that Nigeria's savings are a vital buffer against any drop in the global oil price and without this "rainy day" account, the economy is vulnerable and exposed.

October 2014; Ladies and Gentlemen, the President of the Federal republic of Nigeria uses a militant Asari Dokubo for black market gun running, evident from the grounding and seizure of over $10m by the South African authorities.
September, 2014, The Nigerian Government admitted ferrying over $10m in a private jet for arms procurement, where do we draw the line between money laundering and arms procurement? I asked myself about the recent helos that was delivered by Russia recently if it was purchased in the same manner, agree with me or not, Jonathan is neck deep not just in corruption but money laundering.

August 2014: As a result of the unabated corruption in the Nigerian Military, Mutiny of July gave rise to Boko haram declaring a caliphate on Nigerian Soil, Gentlemen and Ladies, Jonathan Has once again made a history of Incompetence. Never in the history of Nigeria have we ceded territories to bandits.

July 2014: saw a president who went to sleep while neighboring West African countries battled with the Ebola virus, his negligence paid off when Patrick Sawyer brought the deadly virus to Nigeria unabated. Since August 2012, when the Ebola outbreak began, The Nigerian govt had no single emergency response plan in place.
$11m emergency fund and N480m budgeted for the control of infectious diseases in the 2013 budget never got to the Lagos state government, the Nigerian Ebola Epicenter.
Still in June, we saw the worst abuse of his Royal majesties powers when he barred APC Governors from attending a rally in Ekiti state with soldiers, meanwhile Boko Haram is still having a field day in the North.
The senate revealed to Nigerians how the president Mis appropriated over 685b kerosene subsidy fund

May 2014: [/b]left us with this shocking statement
“Jonathan, who was asked to comment on the allegations of corrupt practices leveled against some of his ministers, had said that nobody was above mistakes and that if he were to be acting based on reports on each of them, “no one will stay for more than six months in office.” [b]Mere stealing we call corruption"
Still in the same month after the corrupt tales of embezzlement and diversion of military budget, the clueless one finally offered Amnesty to a terrorist group, the first of its kind, in the world.
An Indication that the Jonathan’s administration is run by a den of thieves.

April 2014: reminded us the climax of Jonathan’s administration where he went on a jamboree while book haram held over 200 young girls, hostage,
April never ended before the Dizeani madueke’s 10billion naira scam reached a climax.

March 2014: just before the centenary celebration where Abacha of all people was a beneficiary, scores of Innocent school children were murdered in Adamawa sate.

Feb 2014: saw the illegal suspension of the CBN Gov.at a time the nation was in dire need of foreign direct investment, the Kidnap of the president’s foster father is a realistic score card on his strides on security.
January 2014, a presidential committee was set up to investigate the October scandal of stella odua who came with a guilty verdict, yet she kept her job.

December 2013: ushered the yuletide of Obasanjo’s “before it is too late”, several corruption allegations and the extremism of the Jonathan’s administration, the impunity of plundering the people’ s common wealth and the tenacity of talking drums like Abati who have earned a reputation in insulting the sensibilities of Nigerians.10 bullet proof vehicles purchased by DICON for its top brass

November 2013: the CBN Governor raised an alarm that under Jonathan’s watch, the NNPC diverted $49billion dollars, fellow Nigerians, are we not tired of condoning corruption?

October 2013: ushered a month of corruption coronation in Jonathan’s camp, where the Aviation minister coerced the NCAA to purchase 2 fairly used armored 2008 BMW to the tune of $800,000 each.

September 2013: President Jonathan took a record breaking 600 men entourage for the UN General assembly in New york

August 2013: After the billions of dollars spent in revamping the nation’s airports, skytrax world airport ranking for Africa showed Nigeria didn’t make it to top 10 in Africa neither did it make it top 100th place in the world. Whereas Ethiopia and Mauritania made it to position 9th and 8th respectively, what a shame.

July 2013: transparency international rated Nigeria as the 8th most corrupt country in the world.

June 2013: World Bank appraised him thus;

“Nevertheless, improvements in social welfare indicators have been much slower than would be expected in the context of this growth. Poverty reduction and job creation have not kept pace with population growth, implying social distress for an increasing number of Nigerians. Progress toward the fulfillment of many of the Millennium Development Goals has been slow, and the country ranked 153 out of 186 countries in the 2013 United Nations Human Development Index” the World Bank said.

May 2013: The president after wasting tax payer’s money on an entourage as long as the third mainland bridge went sleeping while his foreign affairs minister represented him in his presence during the AU summit in Addis ababa.
Just outside President Goodluck Jonathan's office sat 17 ambulances, just in case he or one of his aides fell ill. They were seldom if ever used.

No actual health-care facility nationwide had as many, and in fact a few still have none at all. But as soon as a Nigerian newspaper took a photo of the ambulances and published a story about them, they suddenly disappeared -- probably to an underground garage.

March, 2013: we witnessed the height of moral bankruptcy when Mr President granted presidential pardon to the biggest criminal in the history of our democracy, Alamesigha to prepare him for a senatorial seat.

February 2013: amidst the short fall in crude prices, the president smuggled into the 2013 budget a 2bn appropriation fund for the office of the first lady

February 2013: the office of the presidency denied vehemently that the first lady was on vacation in Germany only for them to organize a survival party with tax payer’s money. Is this the kind of leader you want to hold to his words?

In January 2013: the erst while madam due process and former minister for education challenged the charlatans of jonathans’ administration to a debate on accountability of $67b as expected, honorable cowards and pen thieves, absconded as usual

November 2012: President Jonathan approved 2.2bn naira for the construction of a banquet hall in the villa. At a time our debt profile was all time high

As commander in chief, he stood dumb while a military helicopter was used for "kabu-kabu" at oronto douglas father’s burial that error in judgment alone claimed the life of a sitting Governor. and the most brilliant NSA Nigeria has ever produced.

October 2012: blatantly refusing to appeal the ICJ’s decision on ceding bakassi, thereby throwing Millions of Bakkasi indigenes into pandemonium

refusing to cut down on foreign trips and cost of Governance, contrary to his Nationwide address of 7th Jan 2012.

October 2012: Mr president’s administration spent 1.5 billion to patch the 3rd mainland bridge, 4 months later, triple of that amount was expended again on maintenance alone, Talk about waste and incompetence

August 2012 : He said our foreign reserve is 42billion usd , is that not only on iweala's notepad?
How can you have external debt of 48bn usd and come home to deceive us that we have reserves?
How much services that 48bn plus interest annually? Nearly 25% of 48bn.

August 2012: Under his watch militants earn 10% of the Nation's revenue, $22.5m, $9m and $12.5m for tompolo, Ateke and Asari as national honors.

He twisted facts during the Independence Day speech on his fight on corruption, in contrast to what the transparency international claimed.
By august 2012, 2012 budget implementation was just 13%

over 5, ooo Nigerian lives gone, Mr president is still trading words and negotiating with boko haram, we remain grateful that a quasi state of emergency came to be, at least I cant imagine an SOE where the State Govs sit tight to control state funds while the FG fight their battle.

July 2012: its 3yrs gone and he is yet to commission from scratch a new power plant worst still fired the only human being in his cabinet who knows his onions in the power sector.

July 2012: Mr President earned a congratulatory message for implementing local content policy by importing 200 luxury brands at the cost of over 13.5 million each for a 4 day first ladies summit. While our manufacturing industries beg for patronage.

June 2012: Almost all teaching hospitals in Nigeria have no functional dialysis machine, the most sought of this equipment cost just 5m naira. Statistics has it that more than 60,000 Nigerians die yearly of a kidney related ailment, however, he jets out with his cohorts to seek medical help elsewhere.

ferma is seriously patching federal highways with a budget of over 80 billion naira, there is no coordination between, the MND, NDDC and Federal ministry of works on road maintenance, same contract is awarded over and over before the job is done.

JUNE 2012: Under his watch, the giant of oil and gas reserves is undergoing its worst energy crisis in the world.

tanker drivers alone can cripple his supply network as they wish not to talk of ordinary Niger republic coming to our rescue via imports.

In case you have not heard, Nigeria is very close to Afghanistan on security progress under Jonathan's watch.

June 2012: Education is in crisis. With adult literacy at 57 per cent, overall illiteracy at 66 per cent and more than 10 million out of the 30 million children of primary school age not in school, no serious government should be comfortable. When 40 million adults in a population of 170 million are illiterate, the country is ranked 161 out of 180 countries in the United Nations Comparative Index of Literacy 2012, and has an unemployment rate of 23.7 per cent,
it’s no longer news that only 26% of school leavers gain admission into the universities and only 5% are employed after school thanks to ASUU’s 6 months strike.

June 2012: Mr president’s economic blind men have blessed us with all time high of 37.5% inflation though his mickey mouse cbn governor is still claiming 28%, wondering what he will be claiming now that all bankers are at home, naira devalued, unemployment on the rise etc He still maintains a single digit inflation on paper, I dey laugh.

Mr president is the only Nigerian president that has not initiated a successful programme even Abacha did better with ptf while IBB with FSP and MAMSA, Mr president is still confused with ''YOU WIN''and SURE-P, with zero benefit to the Nigerian people.
on that same vein, Nigeria has the second record high job cuts within the last 2yrs, if in doubt ask the bankers and manufacturing industries.
before his ascension into power, the naira was in a sorry state of 150 to 1 dollar today, Jonathan has handed us an unstable 182 to 1 dollar

June 2012: The dana crash is a testimony that Mr president’s aviation is comatose, not even the attorney general could challenge the allegations of the dana staff in court, in a national disaster of that magnitude?
The girl could have served as a prime witness in a class action against dana
Less than 6months of inconclusive investigations, DANA air hit the Tarmac again.

Still on military, Nigeria has the most under educated junior military officers, before you ask how, Mr president is too lazy to ask him self why imo with highest national examination enrollments still have the least NDA and police academy enrollments, while borno and zamfara as educationally less privileged, have higher quota than Delta and Anambra put together in military enrollments. Nepotism and corruption at its best
Mr President is the only head of state in the world whose wife is a ministry of its own.

January 2012: Under Mr president’s watch, a 250bilion subsidy programme rose to 2 trillion naira yet no arrest, no conviction, no sack, the best miserable Nigerians could get was an AWOL attorney general after 7days of protests. Height of incompetence and corruption.

Mr President is the only president in the world whose parliament gulps 75% of the national budget as alleged by the CBN Gov. yet they still soak themselves in $625m bribery scandal.
Jonathan has not even initiated let alone fulfilling a single campaign promises except the one that he needs to surround himself with brain dead women in his cabinet.

Nigerians say thank you Sir, for your 6 wasted years of leadership.

VOTE PRESIDENT PROMISE JONATHAN AT YOUR OWN RISK!! AFTER VOTING HIM, DON'T COMPLAIN WHEN YOU VACATE YOUR DUPLEX TO LIVE IN A UNITED NATIONS PROVIDED TENT AS A RESULT OF INSECURITY.

Politics › Re: Photos: The Longest Banner In Nigeria Hit Third Mainland Bride by jpphilips(m): 4:11pm On Mar 09, 2015

alwaysgist:
The longest banner in Nigeria hit Third Mainland Bridge to promote the #iamready movement. Thousands of youths came out to support the cause. I am ready was birthed after the postponement of the Feb. 14 elections when millions of Nigerians were prepared to vote and their hopes were dashed.

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You can't give its dimensions yet shamelessly quoted it as the "longest", Agidi brain.

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