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taharqa: Wasnt this EXACT topic on dis same frontpage yterday or d day b4? The purpose of d 1st post (empty complaints galore) was not achieved sufficiency perhaps, d Mod chose to ressurate it again? Dont tell me there is no oda Propaganda material out there....anyways, let d circus show begin

their demand for more money isnt a conjectures from the media. so what is the propaganda here? if you dont like the presidency been critized, the best thing is to avoid thread like this and move on.

4.5 million as subscription to proffesional bodies? i dont understand. pple pay certain amout to professional bodies monthly or yearly but surely not expensive to amout to 4.5m a year assuming GEJ, sambo, dame and amina belong to 2 professional bodies. apart from this four persons, all others should pay from their salary. well this naija..

Leon Panetta Has a Few More Drone Wars Ready to go.

There once was a time, just last year, when Defense Secretary Leon Panetta thought the U.S. was thisclose to wiping al-Qaida off the face of the earth, once and for all. That appears to have gone up in the flames of the U.S. consulate in Benghazi. Now, a more dour Panetta believes that it’s not enough to continue the drone strikes and commando raids in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia; they’ve got to expand “outside declared combat zones” to places like Nigeria, Mali and even Libya.

That was Panetta’s message at Tuesday evening address to the Center for American Security, an influential Washington defense think tank. Panetta, a former director of the CIA, gave a strong defense of counterterrorism drone strikes and commando raids, calling them “the most precise campaign in the history of warfare,” and indicated strongly that they’re only going to intensify in the coming years.

“This campaign against al Qaeda will largely take place outside declared combat zones,” Panetta said in his prepared remarks, “using a small-footprint approach that includes precision operations, partnered activities with foreign Special Operations Forces, and capacity building so that partner countries can be more effective in combating terrorism on their own.” He referenced “expanding our fleet of Predator and Reaper” drones and beefing up Special Operations Forces by another 8,000 commandos in the next five years. Even if combat is ending for most conventional units, those forces — already frequently deployed — aren’t in for any respite.

For the past four years, drone strikes have battered tribal Pakistan and expanded into Yemen and Somalia. Without referring to the classified program specifically, Panetta credited them with killing al-Qaida’s “most effective leaders.” But notably, Panetta isn’t talking anymore about killing another “10 to 20 key leaders” and declaring victory in the war on terror, as he did in 2011. The “cancer” of the terrorist network has “metastasized to other parts of the global body.” Talk of the Arab Spring demolishing al-Qaida’s “narrative” has given way to fears that al-Qaida is taking advantage of the fall of regional dictators “to gain new sanctuary, incite violence, and sow instability.”


So Panetta is back to describing a sprawling global campaign “in areas beyond the reach of effective security and governance.” The likely next targets are the Boko Haram Islamic militants in Nigeria; the extremists who appear in control of much of northern Mali; and, he said, “we are concerned about Libya,” as the September Benghazi attack crystallized that the country the U.S. thought it liberated from Muammar Gadhafi last year may now be a tinderbox for “violent extremists and affiliates of al-Qaida,” to whom Panetta attributed the Benghazi attacks.

Panetta is still seeking “at least the ‘beginning of the end’” of al-Qaida — though that itself is a downgrade of the optimism he expressed last year after Navy SEALs killed Osama bin Laden. But there the desired future borrows heavily from the tactics of the present. Panetta wants to effectively wrap up the U.S.’ major involvement in Afghanistan by 2014, while retaining a residual force to stop al-Qaida from coming back. He wants to keep the drone-and-commando operations going in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia; and then he wants to expand the targeting to the newer, expanding al-Qaida offshoots in northern Africa, working through regional security forces when possible. In Mali, for instance, he talked about using “partners in Western Africa,” rather than direct U.S. military action.

But often, those partners are supplement to U.S. strikes, not a replacement for them. Yemeni security forces, for instance, are under U.S. patronage, but drone strikes still hit the country. What begins as U.S. assistance to foreign militaries can draw the U.S. deeper into its own operations, as Panetta effectively conceded.

If all that makes the future of counterterrorism seem a lot like the present, Panetta didn’t envision any strategy to cut off al-Qaida’s appeal once and for all. (Nor, for that matter, did he discuss the civilian toll his “precise” campaign has taken.) That’s vexed the U.S. for the past 11 years, to the point where it sponsors goodwill rap tours by American Muslim performers for want of better ideas. “We are still struggling to develop an effective approach to address the factors that attract young men and women to extremist ideologies,” Panetta conceded. Or, to borrow a phrase: Osama bin Laden is dead, but al-Qaida is very much alive.
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/11/panetta-shadow-wars/

Billyonaire: When I saw CPC; I was thinking that Buhari's Party has suggested something extra ordinarily positive instead of destruction, only to realize its Consumer Protection Council.

sarcasm, of course u knew it wasnt CPC party. and if they were, u would have questioned their authority on the issue.

they have no case here becos i belive they dont have any copyright document to back up their claims. what jus happ was, they discussed their plans and idea with eldee and eldee just went ahead to excute plan with out them and with no reference to them, (base on the stroy). very annonying but thats life. trust no one.
eldee didnt deny the accusation either. well things like this hap. they should move on and create another stuf....

uihebom: OP thanks for bringing dis up. Dis thing have been bothering me in my mind for too long now. I really will like to know why? Peeps that went to driving school what were their reasons for using it to teach you how to drive. Or is it that if you can drive that that means you can drive anything vehicle. Even its look alike 911 truck.

1. it is cheap ie the beetles are affordable. u are dealing with learners, there is high probability of accident
2. not easy to drive. u all that have driven either a jeep or hummer, either a bettle or a manual car and u wont move one inch. i learnt with beetles, i didnt like it, i prefered auto but the fact is if u can drive a manual car like beettle, auto wont be a problem.

the major reason now is just affordability becos most cars we have now are auto, why still learn with a manual and again, the driving schs arent making that much revenue, 10k per person and how many people do they get a month? not much. so using a more expensive and beta car isnt good for the business.

Super1759: they reported 8 different illness,so which is right?

the president says she was sick, so we will need him to answer ur question as well....

as per local champions, good song. in the begining, it sounds like terry G singing Azonto. seriously, this song isnt even close to'chop my money'. but well just beta than the rubbish oda nigeria artiste are bring out like dat take ur banana sometin.....forgotten.

is just for 3 weeks, kini big deal. u will laugh about it after camp.

iran hasnt attacked nor invaded any country yet but we see them as evil. while the US and isreal who are commiting war crimes arent doing evil. am trying to understand something here, is it that iran supporting hamas is wrong? and wat makes it wrong.? who are the largest suppliers of arms in world 2day? is it iran? my point is iran can supply hamass watever weapons hamass need just like US supplying isreal with arms. the isreal - palestine conflict didnt start 2day. hamass cant win the war for sure, like the nigerian adage goes, he who says his mother wont sleep, himself wont sleep.

sometimesit is best to read a thread and move on because if u go through nl cooments, u might end vommiting. am trying to find what is wrong with wat sanusi said, none. how do we expect cashless banking systen to work if the telecom services are bad? i guess the message isnt the prblm, rather sanusi is, is ok.

eveybody want to believe what they chose to believe. killing chlidren is now collateral damage, aacceptable i guess. well we here in nigeria, the best we can do is pray and hope the war doesnt continue for long. war isnt PS3 video game. the most over used and overrated word in the world now is 'self defence'. everyone claiming self defence or pre-emptive strike self defence,just to make it sound acceptable. i cant wait for this world to end jor.

zlatan goal, it is not the goal that shocked me, but the attempt. who the hell attempts that, OVER HEAD KICK FROM OUTSIDE THE BOX? really? seriously? i dont care if there wasnt a goal keeper but an over head volley. make my ronaldo no go break neck becos he wan try am. if messi try am, he go short pass before.

2008 part 2 just after obama's election. it is just a coincidence or wat.just an observation. the only tin isreal have against hamass is areial strenght. isreal should come down and use only ground forces. isreal should be ready a long battle and hope hezbollah doest join.
everybody have the right to defend themselves. when it comes to isreal-palestine war, the rule is simple, IF U DONT KILL THEM, THEY WILL KILL U....

nass07: This is what we have failed to actualize in Nigeria. May be we are too scared or we jst fond of hoping! Some of us are too scared to loose our petty jobs.

the problem is we are not united. the subsisy demonstration proved so. if there was massive demonstration all over, i believe the efeect would have been better. we are a very complex society, just have to live with it

i have learnt something new today, some nigerian youthS are ready to change their opinion about something if someone from another region shares same. pple arent addressing the advantages or disadvantages of the subject, rather they chose to attack the people that shares the particular opinion.
in a complex society like nigeria, death penalty wont work because the citizens will fight it, out of sentiment. for example, a court founds bankole guilty of corruption, the yorubas will demand ohakim to follow siute, if the court finds ohakim innocent..well we all know wat the reactions will be, even if the court was hundred percent sincere. if atiku is found guilty and obj innocent, the northerns will claim injustice. the big question is are NIGERIANS READY for such capital punishment? CAPITAL NO.

nbright: how una take dey capture screen shot na?

on ur keybord while on the page, just press FN + PRNTSC (the prntsc is close to f12) or use ALT + PRNTSC. then open ur accecories folder, click on paint, then u press ctrl v(ie paste). save to pic folder.

thelastPope: I told all the foolish Obama supporters on here that he was not different from Bush. Those Nigerian eediots retweeting four more years are applauding their enemy. They don't know what's coming. Smh!

and romney is? i didnt bother to follow the america elections this year becos i wasnt impress with obama but romney isnt any better. they are all d same. so calling obama supporters fo0lish doesnt make u wise. i bet u cant even tell me what romney's manifestoes or plans are...

only one state in the north came to mind, JOS.....need not to say more. but agree with arewa

some people derseve HELL for eternity

answer. let one imam in the north attempt to buy a private jet, the muslim northerners will disown him. there was a rumor that the late president unaru gave sheikh ahmed gummi a brand new jeep after the 2011 elections. it was just a rumor o wic was false but the reactions were hot and negative. pple see the imams as their voice to the govt. so if the imam decides to join the govt , what is left for them. the poor muslims look up to the imams for inspiration, if the imam decides to start living a wealthy lifestyle, it wont go down well.

irony.

logically, does this means kalu has link with boko haram? most of u will say no but if buhari had accepted, ur responses will be that buhari has ties with boko haram.
wheather buhari accept or not, pple will always chose to believe what they want. well i hope kalu knows what is required. wish him luck and hope those idi.ots (bh) wud listen

trekkers, use for slabbing levels back dn in warri. why u go pay transport when u wear trekkers. was my favorite..... nice memory.

hahahahahaha,who are this so called oil barons?? nigerians need to know them. u expect nigerians to defend her just like that,. by the way, which oil baron has she publicly indicted for corruption no names.again how did she know it was oil barons that threatned her
why will oil barons even bother to threaten her wen oransaya has done a very good job already. the f00l lawal is out of the way. so why shld oil barons fear her?

i wonder what steve job is thinking rite nw when he hears apple's new legacy is to be fighting everybody............... seroiusly is samsung and apple not tired of this rubbish, does this mean other comany cant go into making tablet again just becos pf the fear of infinging on patent. why is apple such a bully, u hardly see samsung or ericson suing companies anyhow like apple... am asking team apple what is u guys real problem??

me just they read thread no understand anaything. i know ICAN as an accounting body sha. i dey hail una.

see how nigerians are speaking grammer as if the goverment is sincere. can someone tell me just one investigation in the all of nigeria history that indicted nigeria govt officials and they got prosecuted? do u guys really think ribadu report would EVER be acceptable even if it was done correctly...hahahah. we don enta one chance.....

verification of result my foot. ribadu says company A has 100M, and u expect company A to present a spread sheet of 100M so that he verify? seriously?

for the sake of argument what is the way out, we all want a better nigeria rite? what should the preseident do? there are lot hypocrite here in NL who wishes that no bloody report should indict this govt. wen the report came, u hardly see them in talking or monitoring the thread about it but when the report is given a k-leg by the goverment, u see them very active, posting why the report cannot be acceptable. you know urselves. beta repent.

[quote author=Ile-Ife]Why are some people saying Otedola should be charged with farouk? This is an obvious case of a racketeer extorting money from a business man. Otedola is not a politician, so i wonder where the idea that he is corrupt comes from.[/quote]he does bussiness with the government, thats where the idea of him being corrupt came from. oil or disel markerters collect subsidy money from the govt, the could inflate the quantity they claim to have imported. unlike adenuga or dangote who dont collect a dime from the govt for glo bussines or flour/cement business.

family business as usual, na dem sabi. by the way, i havent seen the bribe video, i will appreciate a link to it.

oppositions werent happy, some crying, some feelin really sad. that is all and life goeson but here in naija, the next thing na too look for cutlass find who vote for obama for the area. God, 2015 is near o, nigeria pple need the biggest miracle, a safe pre and post election

CFCfan: Yay! Up Celtic.

The men of the match were Forster, Watt and Wanyama and the entire Hoops defense!

u forgot to add celtic fans, they were amazing as well.