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Hate to suggest it but it’s perhaps time Nigeria makes kidnapping capital offence carried out on conviction. Part of the problem is open borders with poverty stricken Niger and Chad and northern elite’ reluctance to admit infiltration from these places because of shared religion and heritages.

No border control, no nation.

thebosstrevor1:
Did you confirm if the names and their bank details were real

No mind dem, even if the names Jomo kenyatta and Hogan Jimoh were mockingly listed dem no go still question

Tree cutters, originators of desertification and famine, demanding rights?

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The example of African brain in action - the type that make many pick up gun in response to situations that are easy to resolve. Instead of coming up with cost effective and imaginative plank, he resorted to Caveman!, the crude and unimaginative throwing of physicality at every task including himself - literally. Short-term-thinking: all the time that his wife was pregnant, he never worked out that one day his wife would need to cross that gutter. He puts her in further hardship by endangering his own health which would put him out of work, not to mention the cost of hospital treatment for him and her. Yet he is the type that will complain everyday that government did not provide good hospitals. Planning: Goverment did not force him to have sex and produce child for an environment not ready for it.

12 Ak-47= $14,400 (N5,925,600)
Borehole and waterpump = $11,700 (N4,814,550)

shadeyinka:
Too simple!
Nigeria is too fragmented!
Nigeria is made up of hundreds of nation's, two dominant religions all competing selfishly for scarce resources. Nepotism is King. Corruption is worshipped because you don't know when it's going to be your turn again.

When these factors are removed (outside the nation), Nigerians naturally Excel.

This is it

An example, please.

Nigeria Is Stuck In A Rut, Yet Its Citizens Rule The World. Why?

You may have indirectly answerd your quenion. Perhaps if the Citizens stopped Ruling The World, they may rule Nigeria better. If Wizkid had invested the money he built mansion in Ghana on Nigeria’s talented street children, Nigeria would be one tiny little bit better for it. A well tailored suit is held together by the accumulation of tiny little stitches.

Whyem15:
Every last one of us in the country don't give a f*ck what happens to the country and how we can influence it for good, we only care about our own personal interests. In short, patriotism doesn't exist in Nigeria. And the greed and selfishness will be the end of us.

Apart from the above, one shouldn't expect a professional army to be as fluid as militias and terrorist groups etc because of bureaucracy and red tapism and the thousands of other problems that will normally plague an organized sector.


As for the other questions, the reason this war isn't nearly over yet is lack of will. Government isn't really interested as they should be.

And then, I really don't see any reasonable tactical advantage for the terrorists in overrunning military bases and capturing garrisoned towns that they will eventually have to withdraw from because they can't keep it. If I were in the same position as the Brigadier general, and I'm sure the cost of successfully defending the town will be too high, I would retreat in good order too(leaving little to nothing for the terrorists to loot in my Armoury though) and return back when the terrorists are done burning buildings and have withdrawn.
Tactically, there is really no sense in fighting every battle, there are some you withdraw from so that you can have the upper edge in other unavoidable ones.
What exactly did ISWAP achieve tactically with those attacks? Yes, they resupplied themselves and all but it the airforce will destroy some of the caches later.

The major objective of the two terrorists groups in Nigeria is to establish caliphates that they will govern and rule themselves, with the hope of expanding with time. The military has denied them that at least for now, what the terrorists are doing currently are sting attacks to let the world know they are still very capable and are still existing and also for their survival.
What should be concerning here is that the military heirachy seems to be contented with denying them that alone which shouldn't be. Their primary objective alongside other governmental organizations should be ensuring absolute peace and stability.

Every last one of us in the country don't give a f*ck what happens to the country and how we can influence it for good, we only care about our own personal interests. In short, patriotism doesn't exist in Nigeria. And the greed and selfishness will be the end of us.

This is an arrogant thing for you to state; actually borders on offensive, given the sacrifices of many of the soldiers loosing their lives on the battlefield. I believe in Nigeria and am willing to fight and die for Nigeria in spite of the many insulting idiots online. I believe in Nigeria more than any other country in Africa. Setting aside my personal feelings, here’s why your statement is offensive. I’ll give you one tiny example: you may for instance say that men join Nigeria army because there are few jobs in Nigeria – this is a popular comment here. You may even have had this said to you by a number of Nigeria military men known personally to you. Some soldiers may even take to Social media and by summing up all that they have said, it leaves you no doubt that they joined the Nigeria army due to unemployment. The thing is, these men are alive. Men that have died have no voice. You have no idea how many of them believed of did not believe in Nigeria, how many of them fought and died for Nigerians. You cannot speak for the dead. If you say you’re speaking about those of us alive, you’re already in the realms of denial and would be even more offensive because you would be dismissing weighty moral issues in order to play semantics games.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMWlRWnAZH8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xR1wv0iUKSU

Ever8090:
God !!!..what's happening?

Until god answers you let me try: from your exclamations and anguished tones, it seems as if you believe everything you read is fact, you have no idea what happens around the world, and since you grew up in a bubble, until Niaraland came into your life, you’re traumatised.

Mario1989:
If it's Nigeria, Government will take over the mountain, clear the gold and the money will be diverted to private pockets.

Eh, yes, but in Congo, South Africa and the rest of the world, the government would invest in mining the gold then commit smiling ministers to distribute the money to everyone in the country or the government would wilfully sit back and do nothing so that owners of the land where the gold is found can peacefully mine the gold surrounded by red rose bushes, clear skies, fresh breeze and singing birds.

Jimi24:
Buratai's statement was quite understandable to the people he was addressing. He was saying military actions alone won't work. He was accusing politicians and the communities hosting Boko Haram.
He also meant that Boko Haram was winning hearts and minds.
There was a context to his statement before legislators. Sadly, emotions and poor educational background of the social media active commentators who make news every day continues to distort every issue.

If you interpret Buratai's statement to mean Boko Haram will win the war, you need to go for some IQ tests.

My IQ is beside the point; his IQ is the one in question and the statements attributed to him and which you did not successfully reinterpret suggest a worryingly low one. How could a man of his experience expect that his statements to any particular audience would remain limited to that audience, a statement which despite your efforts remains the same – he believes the enemy undefetable. This not only questions the effect that this parting shot might have on soldiers and enemy moral, it suggests other questions, such as at what point throughout these years did it occur to him that the enemy could not be defeated, why, at this point, did he commit men to a fight he did not believe winnable (he should have reconsidered his position in discussions with mr president )? how much effort could he put into wining a war he did not believe winnable? Was he responsible for efforts to rehabilitate terrorists an example the Governor of the state where school children are continually kidnapped is emulating by trying to buy off kidnapping bandits?

He, Buratai, is not omnipotent, how could he know that the enemy is undefeatable? Many believe that Balow was capable of defeating the terrorists and he is not even Nigerian. Perhaps Buratai is incapable of leading the Amy to victory over the enemy and not subsequent generals to come, Generals he has, with such sentiments, unwittingly disadvantaged...

BabaOwen:
@ the bolded.

It seems you know more about this war than the ex coas.

What will parting with a statement such as, ‘the enemy cannot be defeated’, do to the moral of the fighting men he leaves behind as well as that of the enemy?

Such an utterance seems to me so stupid it borders on questionable with quotes

If the cattle cartel are on strike because the cattle cartel were accused of responsibility for deaths caused by herders, and the price of meat has rocketed, is there now a corresponding crash in average farmer deaths caused by herders from peak period ? In short, have deaths by hearders stoped?

I remain convinced that the Nigeria army does not know the enemy. I don’t know if it’s possible to defeat an unknown enemy. Buratai should not have said the enemy cannot be defeated if indeed he actually said this. He also should not have stated that the enemy is local. If foreign powers are backing and supplying intelligence to what we are terming terrorists and Nigeria continues to wage a war based on assessing the enemy as locals shielding in the community, and from time to time conclude setbacks are the result of sabotage within the ranks, one day a major disaster will occur.

By any means you can, PC,TV, Phone etc, play cartoon vids for them that is in a foreign language to yours, also maths, programming language, biology or any discipline of your choice. Start straight away even while they are still unable to sit up unaided. You’ll find that they will - at the very least - develop a natural amplitude in whatever disciplines you continually expose them to while at this stage of life, i.e. (a few months old up until they are toddlers) be as relentless as you are able. This is how we grew a genius in our family, very high achieving, very bright teen at the moment that is drawing a lot of jealousy unfortunately from her peers since she started in year 7 in the Uk - equivalent to Nigeria's secondary school.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCc-MHJ6xRo


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Jr0ox3I-FQ

Jashub:
I never knew lions still existed in Nigeria

Not only lions, but leopards, gorillas, elephants, crocks, etc and also, I read this somewhere, Nigeria is thought to have the most verity of small spices of animals in the world but certainly the most verity of butterflies in the world.

You're not alone, Majority of Nigerians are ignorant about the country they are so keen to throw away.

post=99540466:
C.H.U.K.W.U.K.A.D.I.B.I.A



Hehehe

Na him oooooo.

Na so e go dey carry him red otukmopo dey go USA, London, France and Unicef Meetings

Yele yeye dey smell.......

Lol,

but, actually why not, he’s Nigerian and the Opia thing is part of our culture, whether the magic works or not would be beside the point. There’s no obvious reason why it may be wrong for us to not flavor international formal situations with part of customs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlcIVku-mis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NO1d-ZQaF3Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Jr0ox3I-FQ

Don’t worry, the like of him and other Nigerian celebrities will soon start running to Akon's Senegal where they will cuss Nigeria and want a “One Africa” preached by Akon who in fact built his new city in relatively well off Senegal (his homeland nation) and not South Sudan or some poorer African nation in dire need of infrastructural uplifting.

Nigerians are extremely smart but become daft when they are friends with none-Nigerians. They loose themselves in all the Pan Africa fakery.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZ-I8oNZJwQ


Patronize Nigeria and invest in your Nigerian people. After all, you celebrities are forefront of those that glory in calling Nigeria poverty capital of the world. There are many needy Nigerians, help those poorer than you when next you think of investing in a mansion in another man’s country Ghana or buying yet another Bugati

Lol, Nigeria, Tatafo nation where speculations and mischievous thinking rapidly achieves the dimensions of The Fact! even in the minds of the speculator because he or she is often too daft to retain, in part of his or her mind, the fact that they originally were speculating!

I guess this is a hangover from our superstitious primordial village beginnings before our current modern dispensations.

Lament, rebuild and adapt – they burn down one station, replace with two better build stations, and recruit more men. Not sure how the central government-state- local government financing works in Nigeria and, in my ignorance, I’m going to assume that the opportunity cost to state governors of infrastructural investment is less personal monetary gain.

If you were raised by parents and if they are relatively normal, at some stage of your upbringing, approximately between ages 3 and 13, you will be advised to not automatically believe everything you are told. This advice is one of the foundational advices - by this I mean advice that ought to be part of your nature in life’s journey.

My advice, if you a Nigerian, you are young and you are not invested in the benefits of anarchy in Nigeria, believe nothing you read online until you have researched. Always seek evidence in spite of those that have come online and made efforts to mock the need for evidence. Read around issues presented to you, i.e. look for coverage of the same news on as wide a verity of news source, as you are able, before deciding. Nigeria is your country, you will get nothing better, in spite of what anyone tells you.

The gold nugget in your hand is way more valuable than the gold mine on the other side of the hill that someone promises you.

Nigeria needs to manage Social Media better, especially since a significant proportion of the citizens are gullible, which isn’t surprising when majority are under 25 years old, unexposed and unsophisticated.

Cattle owners or their association have every right to sell their cattle to whomever they wish to or boycott the market, North has nothing to do with it. People have every right to boycott meat, doing this has nothing to do with South. Employing these terms- North and South - are emotive and counterproductive, unnecessarily complicating matters, because of our Nigeria realities, and misleads those serious about resolving the issues of Herdsmen killings.

If boycotting beef were possible I would be beef boycotter in chief yet I hold no grudge against any community in Nigeria save those people that own cattle and employ herdsmen to lead them all over farmland, causing conflict. Governors and police are also guilty.

BadRadio:
Truth is that I am African but I dispise the standards in Africa. Africa seems too primitive, naive and backwards in terms of everything... and I've usually thought of raising my kids the British or American style.


of what importance is an African parents culture and tradition in raising their children the African way rather that the British or American way?


Would it be sensible if a child is a genius in English language than mother tongue.

Are there disadvantages.

Op there isn’t a British, American or African way of raising a child, the terms you’re employing are too broad. And although it is stated that Africans say, 'it takes a village to raise a child' - implying that European communities have become too atomised resulting in the various dysfunctions associated with youths in the West such as homicidal knife and gun crimes - young people in the West are actually raised by the community. This is crucial to understand in order that you may be convinced that it is better to raise your child in a so-called “African way” if you are African or black, that is.