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ihedinobi2: Potential is not the same as guarantee, it's merely resident possibility. And just about every man has it. . . .

I want to buy you a beer and be your friend.

Sincere9gerian: The Australian investigator was not "hired" by Jonathan. Rather he offered to help release the Chibok girls. The president simply accepted the offer and gave him all the support he needed to succeed but he failed.

He offered and was hired.

XketchDesigns: Why not mention the nurse or diplomats that ran and the other hid in a hotel? they are worse than Patrick to be sincere!

I agree.

texazzpete: And that starts a precedence. Don't forget that there are loads of Nigerian soldiers and mobile policemen in Boko Haram custody. Do you really want to see more beheading videos on YouTube?

We never learn, do we? *Sigh*

Sincere9gerian: In the last few days the media has been awash with reports of the interview granted by a certain Dr. Davis, an Australian investigator, wherein he claimed some Boko Haram commanders gave him the names of Modu Sheriff and Azubuike Ihejirika as Boko Haram sponsors.

The Australian investigator made other allegations including that many opposition elements and a certain CBN officials are also sponsors of Boko Haram. However, I will concentrate on the allegations made against Ihejirika and Sheriff.

The reason human beings are regarded as higher mammals is because unlike other mammals, human beings can reason and analyse issues critically. Human beings do not and are not expected to swallow everything thrown at them hook line and sinker.

If put to test, the allegations that Ihejirika and Sheriff are sponsors of Boko Haram flies on the face of facts.

It could be argued that the so called Boko Haram commanders gave the Australian investigator the names of Boko Haram core enemies. Atleast that is what the FACTS available show.

While there are no literatures or reports of any relationship between Ihejirika and Boko Haram, there are several reports on what transpired between Sheriff and Boko Haram in the BEGINNING.

Here is the account of Jerry Useni, a retired General, who was Deputy National Chairman of the All Nigerian People’s Party (ANPP) in 2009/2008 when the Boko Haram crisis started

In addition, Boko Haram has always made the arrest and prosecution of Sheriff one of its demands for a cease fire (see below)

While there was nothing to link Ihejirika to Boko Haram before now, clearly Ihejirika was one chief of army staff that fought Boko Haram to near extinction. In fact, in the later stages of his reign we were already celebrating the death of Boko Haram even on this forum. The thread below and many others is a proof of how hard Boko Haram was hit under Ihejirika
https://www.nairaland.com/1374100/like-play-like-play-boko

So bottomline, in my opinion, the so called Boko Haram commanders only gave the Australian investigator the names of their ENEMIES.

In fact, those whose names where missing and who have been suspects all this while, especially some opposition elements, should be investigated.

Well, this is actually mostly my line of reasoning. You want me to believe Ihejirika is Boko Haram, you're gonna have to prove it. I think these guys are selling us a red herring. Anyway, the SSS and the Army need to either investigate and clear the air, or even if they want to make a summary dismissal they should issue detailed statements doing so.

For obvious reasons best known to them and best guessed by us, TheCable withheld the name “Azubuike Ihejirika” the former Army Chief Stephen Davis exposed as one of the sects prime sponsors in his earlier video, and also withheld the name of the CBN official (we are investigating and will soon expose) but TheCable had no problem publishing “Modu Sheriff” the Borno Governor’s name.

Fair point. Since they mentioned Sheriff's name they should have mentioned the others. I wonder what "legal" reasons they had anyway.

0rlando0woh: You should be ashamed of being overpopulated.

No, you shouldn't. Why do you think you should?

Obinoscopy: Assuming that the reporters were right about the purchase of Shilka weapon, my innocent question is this:

Why would the military purchase anti-aircraft weapons for the purpose of this Boko Haram war? Don't they know that Boko Haram are ground fighters and not air fighters? Or do they want to give lose it to Boko Haram during one the numerous insurgency attacks on military base and then expose our airforce combatants to danger?

Maybe you're right, our reporters don't know what they are saying.

Good points - I was a bit surprised too to see "anti-aircraft guns". Maybe dem Shekau are acquiring helicopter gunships!

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Edit: You can use it to do things other than shooting aircraft, I guess.

Pangea:
Nigerian reporters, zero research!
Shilka is the nickname of the ZSU-23-4, a lightly armored, self-propelled, radar guided anti-aircraft weapon system (SPAAG)
It went into service in 1965 and its not modern at all!
A fearsome and deadly weapon system!
I believe Nigeria already have it in her armory!

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/ZSU-23-4_Shilka_01.jpg/800px-ZSU-23-4_Shilka_01.jpg

Nigeria does have it. It comes from the '60's and still a good weapon operated by countries around the world. Even the US has a few for "testing". Remember too that countries like Ukraine have added components to it to make it more modern. I would say it's "modern" enough even if not all that modern.

Omexonomy: This more than witch hunting. Those pink nose should learn to mind their business. And for u frosbel i have nothing to say.

Do you think it is okay for a man to administer slaps on a teenage girl when the man was not defending himself against physical assault?

F117A: The south africans were taught a lesson by the seleka rebels.
They are probably too traumatized to attempt any reckless intervention.

He he. That was some hell there. But Lesotho is at their backyard. I think the public will back any action Pretoria takes.

Orikinla: Military regimes have performed better than civilian administrations in Nigeria.
Nigerian universities were better under military government with high standard of education.
There was law and order.
Even the public hospitals worked better.
And the Nigerian Airways functioned well.
The best Nigerian government so far was the military administration of Gen. Yakubu Gowon.
The most functional Nigerian company of world class corporate status, the Nigerian LNG Limited was started and built by a military government.
The only civilian government that has impressed me so far is the Lagos state government.

The worst cases of human rights abuses and unsolved political assassinations, kidnappings, armed robberies and terrorist attacks have occurred during the civilian government of the ruling party since 1999 to date.

Whenever I read stuff like this from educated Nigerians I just shake my head.

Afam4eva: WTF is Lesotho not part of South Africa despite being inside South Africa and having the same or similar culture as South Africa.

Colonial era power play. I think their king asked the British Empire for protection from the South Africans and got it.

slimmy05: I hope many of those who are said to be quarantined are not just down with malaria, fever, vomiting or diarrhoea that has nothing to do with the Ebola virus. When things happen like this, I know that many innocent people will become victims of indiscriminate isolation leading to more deaths because of poor diagnosis.

May God help as many as will be down with any kind of illness at this time, as their fate would already have been decided

People are not primarily quarantined based on symptoms. They're quarantined based on CONTACT with any confirmed Ebola case, whether they have symptoms or not.

SuperMartins: Hmmm..Nawa oo, u running to infect pple in d same bus,pple ur sweat touches while trekking to ur safe haven,den u get to xchange plesantries,den u get to d house u escaped to and hug dem....Nawa...hope dis tin doesn't get to Edo! Any1 who has gt dis and tries to escape to Edo,May u collapse on ur way here! AMEN!! Dats like Suicide-distribution nau,u jxt wana spread it

Lol. No be that Edo wey dem dey pass go evriwia? Just pray they don't stop to buy bread in New Benin.

BoiledCorn: tunda fire that mode that hide my ftc post.

op its because, person suppose get standby generator.

Seems these mods are beginning to do their job.

Shake-up at NSPMC as Jonathan orders reforms

Author: ONYINYE NWACHUKWU, Abuja

The board and directors of the Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company (NSPMC) has dissolved the executive management of the institution, directing the acting managing director, Nuhu Bamali, and two executive directors to proceed on retirement effective Monday, September 1, 2014.

The announcement came just few hours after President Goodluck Jonathan said he had directed the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to begin reforms in the ‘near comatose’ institution.

The reforms became critical following years of low performance and poor delivery heightened by squabbles among the three executive directors over who becomes the substantive managing director since Ehi Ekoyomon’s removal by former CBN governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi.

NSPMC’s woes, as learnt, is further worsened by poor local patronage particularly the CBN, seen as the mint’s only customer, since the banks, as was also gathered, had long stopped printing materials with the company.

While the fight continues and the poor patronage rages, NSPMC, it was learnt, may have recorded losses ranging as must as N1 billion just last year.

Speaking at an event at the Presidential Villa, Jonathan announced that he has already asked Godwin Emefiele, CBN governor, to look into the NSPMC management and also get the best global players who run similar printing and minting business to partner with the institution.

The president said he is particularly worried that the NSPMC lacks the capacity to effectively conclude and deliver deals, for instance on voting materials and even some currency denominations, a situation, he said, had often led to job exports to other countries.

The president’ words, “… when I appointed the new CBN governor, I told him that the Nigerian Security and Minting Company must be reformed. The board must look into the management and get the best global players who are into this business and partner with them.

“There is no way we will be doing local government, House of Assembly, governorship elections and we will be producing the materials outside this country. Why? Other countries produce their needs.

“We claim to be a giant, a giant that will just send everything out and empower others. The place must be restructured to create jobs for our people and after then, we can no longer give approvals at FEC to print anything outside, except if NSPMC say they cannot produce that. But as long as it can, we must produce it in this country.”

http://businessdayonline.com/2014/08/shake-up-at-nspmc-as-jonathan-orders-reforms/#.VABwtcVdWT4

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@bolded: Thank you, Mr President!

viruz007: I classify him as without classless cuz of his feats of bravery not on his post war shenanigans. Besides that one of the side effects of war PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder)

His "feats of bravery" made him classless?

ResourceMan: No wonder the white house was built by people who topple your legitimate government and give you democracy making your countries the most peaceful, secured and stable countries on earth.

What's your point and how does it invalidate mine? Besides, I'm Nigerian and which legitimate Nigerian government was toppled by the Americans to bring what democracy?

ResourceMan: [img]https://www.nairaland.com/attachments/1661258_moscow-kremlin-night_jpeg6c0dc8876e1f105078ada93b53a6a9a4[/img]

The best most secured and most beautiful Presidential Palace on Earth. To hell with white house.

That monster of gold and glass won't be considered a prideful thing in most democratic countries and any government which has to answer to its people would be loth to build that. The Kremlin was built at by the Tsars during imperial times.

chemali: Watch the clip on Arise TV. El-Rufai only quoted what was said by the negotiator. Or is Ihejirika saying El Rufai paid the guy to make the allegations?

There is no substance in the article to begin with. Mr Ihejirika felt Mr el Rufai called him a thief and he has come out to say "Ehen, you nko, you no be thief?" Not a single substance of direct allegation made against el Rufai.

@op Sincere9gerian / Kingsley Omonobi
This is another badly written article - "open a can of worms". Where do these guys train as journalists? Is this a news report or an opinion piece? All that gushing praise singing of Ihejirika at the end - you'd think this was some paid advertorial!

Anyway, it is only in Nigeria that a serious matter like Boko Haram would be turned into a matter for measuring whose dick is bigger by characters like el Rufai and Ihejirika, just like PDP and APC have been trading comical words over the matter. Shame!

bolaino: white death is a natural born killer, no wonder he tops the list. white death rocks.

Hayha was maaaaad badass doing all that at -20-40 but still he was shooting at people. York, on the other hand, not only mowed down people, but took 133 hostage - singlehandedly. Mind you, he wasn't dealing with a buncha girls from Abeokuta Girls Grammar School but some battle hardened German soldiers!

York takes the cup!

viruz007: White Death is a beast!!!!

Audie Murphy not get class biko...

Choi, see men!!!

Sorry, but that is nonsense!

What exactly is it that is classless about joining the military at 16, performing incredible feats of bravery, weaning yourself off of antidepressants and then starting another career as a distinguished actor?

emilaiyemi: As an indigenous lagosian I really hope they find no oil. Lagos is already overpopulated and polluted by human waste. We do not need oil spills to add to that. I can imagine the levels of asthma and other lung diseases of the future generations of Lagosians. Irrespective of tribal origin all true lagosians at heart say no to this environmental disaster!

I agree. I have always thanked God there is no oil in my village.

UnknownT: When oil is found in other geopolitical zones, then all d zones will now join d southsouth in agitating for 50% oil deriavation. But now, most of d zones are against it cos they are not involved

The SW has never been against the SS's aspirations.

pDude: Isn't there anything like conscience in Nigeria anymore?

So how many cars were bought with the money?

That should now be the question, right? Well, this is the last you will hear of the matter. Someone's 2015 campaign funds just got a boost.

macmoyor: While the USA is busy working hard to optimize their ZMAp through funded practical research, our Nija is buzy buying cars and tomorrow we will be asking America for Zmap.

If you are the america are you going to give your hard earned product to someone who is not even making effort to better their health system....

Nigeria problem begins and ends in Nigeria and its caused by Nigerians..and who cares? As long as each man have his way of feeding his pocket, so be it . We have to held our public office holders accountable for their actions that affects our life. We live only once...as nigerian citizens we have the right for a top quality life..medical, education, social amenities..etc..but it seens most will rather settle for less and too docile, taken abnormalits as normal is now a common thing in an average Nigerian dictonary,
so no wonder other sister countries will treat us for less.. That change begins with me and you....

That was what vexed me the most when some Nigerians with entitlement mentality were whining forever about America not giving them Zmapp.

Sincere9gerian: What is wrong with this minister of health? Why not use the funds to set up world class isolation centres with well trained staff for hemorrhagic diseases or other highly infectious deadly diseases in select existing FG tertiary hospitals? Why not use part of the funds to support research on ebola and other hemorrhagic diseases? What about procurement of adequate barrier nursing tools and PPE in the existing in the hospitals? This minister should better get his acts together.

I guess the minister made this pronouncement because he feels the current outbreak of ebola has been effectively contained, but while that maybe true, we should begin now to prepare for the next outbreak of ebola, other hemorrhagic diseases or any other highly infectious and deadly disease. We should be proactive for once.

That's right. But I fear this is another subterfuge to steal, to divert the money. That N1.9b is either someone's 2015 campaign money or going straight to Swiss accounts. At the very least, I can bet my last buck we won't see these "cars" and "other items".

korel9: I don't know why Nigerians always want everything for free.
You have no idea how much we're charged here in the states for such transactions.

It is only when you pay for something that you can demand for continuous and effective running of such service.

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Damn!
See all the hating This is just my personal opinion, everybody is free to his.

I think I'd better remain here in the states forr ma own safety

Yeah. Banks are private entities but we expect them to render this service free. We want university school fees to be N2000 per session and we complain when things don't work.

rickkid: Actually yes, I did confirm. I had BBC World on and I checked every BBC News website. None carried it.

While I have not checked their website I heard it first on BBC Focus on Africa.

rickkid: If this headline was "Ebola Patient Dies in Lagos", BBC World would have Andrew Harding reporting live right now from Ikoyi with screen flashes of the number of dead patients from Nigeria.

When we tell you people that these guys are not your friends you'll be saying something else.

And the both of you have bothered to confirm this wasn't on the BBC? No. The BBC hates your wonderful country and its fantastic government.

Ebola: How it all started in Guinea

Article BY SUNDAY ABORISADE, BUKOLA ADEBAYO AND AFEEZ HANAFI WITH AGENCY REPORT

Fresh hope appears in the horizon for Ebola patients as Japan on Monday expressed its readiness to provide its anti-influenza drug as treatment for the deadly virus.
Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary, Yoshihide Suga, made the offer hours after a group of scientist in the United Kingdom said it had discovered that the largest outbreak of the Ebola Virus Disease was caused by an infected fruit bat that bit a toddler.
Briefing journalists in Tokyo on Monday, Suga said Japan was ready to offer the drug, Favipiravir, which was developed by Toyama Chemical, a subsidiary of Fujifilm, any time the World Health Organisation requested it.
Approved by the Japanese health ministry in March, Favipiravir is a tablet developed for the treatment of novel and re-emerging influenza viruses.

Suga, according to the Agence France Presse, said Japan was waiting for WHO’s decision on further details over the use of untested drugs.
He however said that “in case of an emergency, Japan may respond to individual requests before any further decision by the WHO.”
The spokesperson for the company, Takao Aoki, said Fujifilm had initiated talks with the United States on how the drug could be adopted in treating EVD.
He said, “Fujifilm is in talks with the US Food and Drug Administration on clinical testing of the drug in treating Ebola, The company has Favipiravir stock for more than 20,000 patients. Ebola and influenza viruses are the same type and theoretically similar effects can be expected on Ebola,” he said.
It was however not known as of Thursday last week if Favipiravir is the drug the Federal Ministry of Health had said it had requested from a foreign country.
The ministry which turned down a trial drug, Nano Silver, had applied for ZMapp which was administered on two US aid workers who contracted the virus in Liberia.
The two were discharged last Thursday, a few days after Washington said it did not have enough XMapp to send to countries in need of it.
ZMapp fails Liberian doctor
However, a Liberian doctor , Abraham Borbor, has died despite taking ZMapp, according to a statement by the Liberia’s information minister, Lewis Brown.

Borbor was one of three doctors in Liberia who had been given ZMapp and was showing signs of recovery.
“Borbor was showing signs of improvement but on Sunday, he took a turn for the worse,” Brown told the British Broadcasting Corporation.
Meanwhile, the Federal Government on Monday reversed the number of confirmed EVD cases in Nigeria from 14 to 13.
Health Minister, Prof Onyebuchi Chukwu, said while briefing journalists in Abuja that the development followed the outcome of a further confirmation test conducted on the 14th case, which turned out to be negative.
He also said another patient in the isolation centre in Lagos had after receiving treatment tested negative.
The patient, according to him, will be dicharged before Wednesday.
He said the development would bring from four to two, the number of patients still in the isolation ward.
The minister added that the number of deaths recorded so far in the country as a result of the disease still remained five, including the Late Patrick Sawyer, who brought the EVD to Nigeria from Liberia.
Chukwu said, “We have been able to manage and discharge five persons who had tested positive to the deadly virus, while the sixth person would be dicharged within the next 48 hours.

“For each case that tested negative, we run further confirmatory tests to make sure that anybody that is labelled as EVD victim, is truly having the disease.
“The 14th case has turned out to be negative in terms of anaemia and symptoms, so that has now reversed number of EVD cases in Nigeria from 14 to 13 and that includes the index case (Sawyer).
“As of today (Monday), we have three patients receiving treatment in the isolation ward in Lagos but certainly, before Wednesday, one of them would be discharged because he has tested negative and we are now concluding his discharge process.”
The ministry also denied reports (The PUNCH not included) which claimed that the younger sister of the late Dr. Stella Adadevoh, had tested positive to the EVD.
The minister’s Special Adviser on Media and Communications, Dan Nwomeh, said on Monday that no new patient had been admitted into the treatment centre in Lagos.
He said, “We are not aware of that development, but to avoid any confusion, Minister of Health reiterates that he has the sole authority to announce confirmed and discharged EVD cases.

“Any doubtful information on the outbreak of EVD should be verified from the office of the minister , we are on all social media platforms.”
A group of 17 UK-based European and African scientists have found out that the largest outbreak of the EVD was caused by an infected fruit bats that bit a toddler.
The tropical disease researchers, ecologists and anthropologists had spent three weeks investigating the outbreak of the disease in Nigeria, Guinea, Liberia and Ivory Coast.
According to the Daily Mail, the scientists captured some bats and other creatures near the village of Meliandoua in Guinea, where the present epidemic began last year in December.

According to the scientists, the toddler, who was bitten by a fruit bat passed the infection on to his mother and both died within a week.
The disease was then spread far and wide by mourners who attended their funeral.
Scientists have long believed that bats are the main carriers for the disease but it is rare for them to pass it on to man.
Most of the previous outbreaks have been caused by meat from dead infected animals collected by hunters who then sell it on.
Fruit bats, however, are widely eaten in some rural areas of West Africa – either smoked, grilled or in a spicy soup.
The team led by epidemiologist Fabian Leendertz, a disease ecologist at the Robert Koch Institute in Berlin, are expected to publish their results in a major journal soon.
Initial research believed that a new strain of Ebola had emerged in West Africa but according to Herr Leendertz, the strain of the disease is one related to Zaire ebolavirus, identified more than 10 years ago in the Congo.

http://www.punchng.com/news/ebola-japan-offers-drug-nigerian-patient-to-be-discharged/