₦airaland Forum

AyeeIdris:
Ok. Smart Alec. First of all, The VANGUARD newspaper didn't carry his story. It was online. You and i know how online stories are fabricated everyday...case and point...Sahara reporters. Many times on this forum, that same Vanguard ngr has been debunked for spreading falsehood. And news of this nature, EVERY paper would carry it, even the 'yoruba' newspapers. You may say they who skewer the information to favour whoever pays their paycheck but they will carry it.

2. I didn't say Kanu was a criminal. Your Vanguard paper, which you are alluding to, implied that he is. Or else why will they carry a report that he has been granted bail. You have to be charged on some kind of criminal offence to be granted bail. So if you say he is not facing criminal charges, then they will be no need to be granted bail.....and then that would mean Vanguard ngr is wrong which goes back to point one

3. I could put a bunch of links that shows DSS denying having him, but you would say the sources are not authentic and i could probably agree with you there. I take everything i read online with a 'bucket' of salt. These are some links

http://www.itomienews.com/latest-news/we-dont-have-him-dss-denies-arresting-radio-biafra-director-nnamdi-kanu/

http://happenings.com.ng/we-dont-have-him-in-our-custody-dss-denies-arresting-radio-biafras-directorthe-department-of-state-services-dss-has-said-it-is-not-aware-of-the-purported-arrest-of-one-nnamdi-kanu-the-director/

(I am not vouching for these links, as no major newspaper has carried it, but this is out there anyways)

But it begs the question. why would they lie? No disrespect but Nnamdi Kanu is not that big a fish in the Nigerian scene. I believe higher profile Niger Delta strong men have been arrested and the Government didnt hide it. Why him? Why no pictures?

Like I said, I am not trying to convince you that this doesn't feel right. Let your instincts guide you. Till date, i tell everyone that Chibok girls is the biggest Naija scam of 2014. I follow my guts. If this turns out that i am wrong and he was truly arrested and all, i will admit that i was wrong. It is not a big deal, seriously.

Stop with the oluwole certificate thing. It is disrespectful

Aromas:
Yeah many teachers deserves this but remember the word of God Grace

MayorofLagos:
Mmtcheew, smh looking at these pictures. This means only one thing......Yorubaland, here.comes more Biafran refugees.

IbnSultaan:
It is well
is that lagoon in Onitsha

IbnSultaan:
Last Friday’s bomb blasts in Abuja that claimed no
fewer than 20 lives and scores of injured people
must be seen as the handiwork of the architects of
terror. More significantly, the explosions represent
the last kicks of a disorganised Boko Haram, a
terror group that has been decimated by the
superior firepower of the armed forces and security
agencies. Ever since Boko Haram militants were
dislodged by soldiers from their forest hideouts in
the north, the members have been looking to
regroup as they search for new places of abode.
Boko Haram is desperate. The terror group is
approaching a breaking point. The more distressed
the leaders become, the more suicidal and
audacious their actions are likely to become. Sadly,
while leaders of the evil organisation recruit,
brainwash, and radicalise teenagers to carry out
suicide bombings on the false assurance that they
will receive their reward in heaven, the same
leaders make conscious efforts to safeguard their
own lives so they can continue to enjoy life to the
maximum. That is the paradox of Boko Haram’s
ideology and weird religious practices. They
misinform and delude vulnerable youth in our
society on the basis of a crank religious creed and
false promises. Why can’t Boko Haram leaders
make haste to take their own lives so they can
quickly receive their so-called reward in heaven?
The leaders of Boko Haram are approaching their
twilight. Some of the famished and distraught
members are handing themselves in to security
agents. Other members and their leaders are on
the run, as they try to evade capture by soldiers.
They have tried every trick and failed. Suicide
bombing has become the evil organisation’s
preferred way of sending a message of fear.
Boko Haram is running out of options. Soldiers have
smoked them out from their forest hiding places
and now the terrorists have resorted to using
teenage suicide bombers to create the impression
they are not suffering casualties in the war front. It
is all a smokescreen. The fact is that Boko Haram
militants have been dislodged from their previous
impenetrable Sambisa Forest hideouts. Now, they
have dispersed across the northern states and are
engaging in hit-and-run bomb explosions to create
the impression they are still a formidable and
organised terror group. That is no longer the case
and the soldiers chasing them understand that
sporadic bomb explosions are what civil society
can expect from a terrorist organisation that has
nowhere to hide, to regroup, or to strategise.
The public should expect more of these irregular
bomb explosions until the remnants of the terror
group have been rounded up or obliterated. The
armed forces and state security agents need time,
patience, and determination to see through this last
phase of the campaign to drive away the terror
group that used the northern states as the bastion
of their evil operations and machinations.
In his official response to the Abuja bomb blasts,
President Muhammadu Buhari described the blasts
as “cowardly attacks”. He said the war between
security forces and Boko Haram militants is not
driven by ideology, no matter how quaint Boko
Haram’s philosophy might be. Buhari said: “It is
clear this battle is not ideological. It is between the
forces of peace and order and the evil forces of
murder and destruction.” He continued: “This
government is determined to stamp out Boko
Haram and all other terrorists of whatever
persuasions and bring all sponsors to justice.”
There are two or three implicit messages in Boko
Haram’s continued use of suicide bombers to cause
death, destruction, and fear. One, the organisation
wants to convey the message that even in its
disorganised state, even as the armed forces try to
demolish the remaining ragtag members of the
terror group, the insurgents still have the capacity
and a pool of teenagers ready to strike Abuja and
other strategic cities anytime and anywhere they
choose. Two, Boko Haram believes that the
continued death and destruction of civilian
population could help to strike fear into the hearts
of citizens and to show that it has the terrorists,
the weapons, and the determination continue to
embarrass the armed forces and other security forces
https://www.today.ng/blog/22341/abuja-blasts-signify-boko-harams-last-gasps/

rhymaster:
And this is a Nigerian youth too? Oh my days! What a lost generation of idiots! You are most likely jobless, in school, under employed, own no car, house or anything worth it, married or have a stable girlfriend! Yet you are the youth of tomorrow? Not in million and one years! No wonder the politicians keep you away because the figure your ilk are mainly doofuses who would ruin the country running after useless things! Your type are the our oyel, our pikin, running around Nigeria chanting biafra, the clueless IPOB youth, good only as target practice for the police and military! Shiooor!!!!

Aufbauh:
"Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance" - Confucius

[s]It has become a serious concern to me the way the Igbos are overheating the polity primarily because their preferred candidate GEJ lost the last election. They are fruitlessly employing all avenues to whip up sentiment and garner sympathy to further their lost cause by discrediting the administration of PMB.
If you've not seen the scenario of a man crying more than the bereaved before then the Igbo lamentations for Jonathan lost to the peaceful carriage of an Ijaw man after the election should avail that opportunity.
I observed that this set of people are not good at propaganda as most of their information are distorted and disjointed hence cannot appeal to a reasonable mind.
Somehow, they will find a way to tell their contemptuous south south neighbours how there's a grand conspiracy by the hausa-fulani /Yoruba to marginalize them because of their oil, They will alert the Yoruba how the hausa-fulani has orchestrated plan to invade, islamize and colonize them. They will tell the middle beltan how the fulani has been killing their people without Buhari's response.
Haba Igbos, na only una Waka come? Can't you figure out that no Nigerian is telling you something about the so called fulani agenda that you've make us all to dread? I am from benue state and i can confidently tell you not to cry for us as we are known veteran warriors. It is also noteworthy that the media chooses what to report probably because of interest, if not, to any one my people that was killed by fulani herdsmen i assured you that they've lost close to ten men and hundreds of cows . this is only verifiable from the locals and not the media.
Finally I'll want to ask those that are soliciting our sympathy for war by telling us how much damage fulani have caused us that, how many hausa-fulani people have they kill after the pogrom, series of unprovoked attack against the Igbos in many states of the core north and paramountly the genocide of the civil war.
Enough of this Igbo vague sentiment.

limamintruth:


They will surely reap the evil they are sowing now in no distant time.

R.I.P gallant soldier (if true sha)

By Jay Akbar For Mailonline 20:53 10 Jul 2015, updated 22:58 10 Jul 2015

The footage bears all the hallmarks of an Islamic State propaganda video Shows Boko Haram fighters battling Nigerian troops in unknown location.

Captured soldier is forced to kneel before he is shot dead and decapitated

Somali terror group Al-Shabaab's merger with Islamic State is 'imminent'   

Boko Haram has set a terrifying new precedent by releasing its first gruesome video of a beheading since it pledged allegiance to ISIS.

The video adopts many of the same style-points as the hundreds of barbaric videos released by ISIS over the last year.

The 'west Africa' insignia in the top-left corner suggests the terror group has set up a new so-called media wing in the country.

It comes on the same day that MailOnline learned of a Somali terror group's intentions to join ISIS - which would extend its so-called caliphate to east-Africa.

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/07/10/20/2A6BF8F100000578-3156551-image-a-2_1436557057059.jpgLook of horror: A Nigerian soldier is made to kneel in front of three men after he was captured by Boko Haram

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/07/10/21/2A6BF90100000578-3156551-Murdered_The_video_then_cuts_to_the_man_who_has_been_beheaded_by-m-15_1436558428020.jpgMurdered: The video then cuts to the man, who has been beheaded by the Islamic militants

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/07/10/20/2A6BF8E900000578-3156551-image-a-4_1436557105141.jpghttps://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/07/10/20/2A6BF8E300000578-3156551-image-a-5_1436557115664.jpgThe ten minute-long propaganda video begins with what appears to be an intense firefight against Nigerian soldiers.

Boko Haram fighters exchange machine gun fire with the troops and launch heavy mortar grenades on their locations.

It shows them standing proudly next to the corpses of scorched Nigerian troops - and showing off their security badges to the camera.

The video ends with the senseless murder of a captured African Union soldier. With a look of true horror on his face, the man kneels in front of three masked Boko Haram fanatics - two of whom point AK47s at his head.

The video then cuts to reveal his decapitated body lying motionless on the floor. 

Islamic State accepted a pledge of allegiance from Boko Haram, who were responsible for the deaths of over 10,000 in Nigeria in 2014, in March this year.

The audio message entitled 'kill and be killed' - released through the militants' vast social media channels - was read by an ISIS spokesperson who also threatened further violence against the Christian and Jewish communities. 

Boko Haram release first video since pledging allegiance to ISIS

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/07/10/21/2A6C49CE00000578-0-image-a-1_1436559945698.jpghttps://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/07/10/20/2A6BF8ED00000578-3156551-image-a-3_1436557100726.jpgGloating: The video also shows the name tags of soldiers killed in the firefight between Boko Haram and army

Battle: The 10 minute video begins with a shoot out between the extremists and national forces

Mimic: This video is very like the ones Islamic State produce - even down to the logo in the corner

Speaking for his leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the man in the recording says: 'We announce to you to the good news of the expansion of the caliphate to West Africa.

'Our caliph has accepted the pledge of loyalty of our brothers of Boko Haram so we congratulate Muslims and our jihadi brothers in West Africa.' 

The militants have been waging a six-year insurgency to impose strict Shariah law in Nigeria and earlier this year it launched attacks across the border on Cameroon - before striking Niger and Chad. 

The group has killed thousands in bomb attacks and violent sieges on villages in the remote north-east, and are now feared to be spilling over into neighbouring Cameroon and Chad.

It inspired five African nations agreed to form a coalition to take the group on and 8,700 troops from Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Benin are expected to begin operations before the end of next month. 

Only today, MailOnline learned that Somali terror group Al-Shabaab could soon scrap its allegiance to Al-Qaeda and pledge loyalty to rivals ISIS instead.

Islamic State invited the east-African jihadi group to join forces with them through a propaganda video released in March - urging it to wage jihad on neighbouring Kenya, Ethiopia and Tanzania.

Militants: Somali terror group Al-Shabaab (pictured) could scrap its allegiance to Al-Qaeda and pledge loyalty to rivals ISIS instead

Invitation: Islamic State urged the east-African jihadi group to join forces with them through a propaganda video (pictured) released in March

Territory: Al-Shabaab still controls some territory inside Somalia and has executed 150 attacks on the Somali military in June alone. It has also executed cross-border raids on the Kenyan towns of Hulugho and Mandera - where it slaughtered over 50 peacekeepers in a single attack

Now Al-Shabaab members and sources within the Somali army suggest the invitation will be accepted and the group - which commands around 9,000 fighters - will soon extend ISIS's self-proclaimed caliphate to east-Africa.

The decision comes at a time when many of Al-Shabaab's local and foreign leaders are being killed by commando raids and drone strikes, the group is rapidly losing territory and its money is running out as a result.

Security expert Ryan Cummings says that ISIS' desire to merge with Al-Shabaab is part of its international expansion plan.

'Al-Shabaab is the largest jihadi movement in East Africa, and central to the core mandate of ISIS is the unification of the Muslim world,' a counter-terrorism expert told CNN at the time.

Ryan Cummings added that a merger 'would be a significant ideological victory for the group [ISIS]. It would be massive from a public relations perspective, which is central to the Islamic State's operations.

'The Islamic State still wants to create the perception that it's growing and branching out to various parts of the world. 

The only way that it will be able to achieve this will be to have groups serving as an extension in their various areas of operation.'

tayomohammed:
Igbo and their hatred for Islam will never get them anywhere.

abduljabbar4:
To say that you are mad is an understatement. The thief claimed to have gotten an approval from these people and now they have come out to deny approving anything and you call that a witch-hunt?

NwaAnambra:

Anambra the best thing there is. Proudly onye Eziowelle! When I brag about my state, It will appear as if I am an American. But Anambra is the America of Nigeria. Thank God for making me an Anambra man. EZIOWELLE kwezuo nu o.

synergycom19:

I fit the qualifications of a mad person

obontami:

I don't give flying fcccks abt ur opinions

I don't fcccking know you

fccck of my mention boy

zabson:

I'm hypocrite! I knw I'm a TANOID.

[s]obontami:

Obasanjo cleared our debts, yaradua left about 60 billions in
our foreign reserves, our economy was stable then ,naira
was 100 to 1 dollar. shoeless jonathan came, guess what?
corrupion is not stealing, boko haram and bomblast every
where, insecurity oil theft continued,lack of respect for
democracy and public institutions became perversed, army
became partisan, 230 naira to 1dollar, foreign reserves
depreciated, left a debt of 7 triillion. jonathan and his
cohorts of crimals destroy everything. Yet some babaric
uncivilsed religious bigots and tribal idiots are supporting
Gej and his acomplices because he is from thier region not
minding the atrocities that he had committed. These
brainless bigots have to be eliminated so as to aviod their
canserous ideology from spread among nigerians. Jonathan
destroyed nigeria .Buhari is not a magician ,lets give Buhari
time to fix our dear country.[/s]

iamarvye: H