₦airaland Forum

Mankind2024:
Why Captain Ibrahim Traoré Is Playing with Fire by Detaining Nigerian Soldiers
Many people underestimate the capabilities of the Nigerian military and what it could mean for the government of Burkina Faso under Captain Ibrahim Traoré.

Don't be misled by Nigeria's ongoing internal security challenges—fighting Fulani herdsmen clashes, kidnappers, bandits, and jihadist insurgents in the North, or separatist agitation in the East involving IPOB and unknown gunmen. These are asymmetric insurgencies, complicated by local sympathies and complex socio-political dynamics that make total eradication difficult without massive collateral impact. No advanced military in the world easily wins such protracted internal wars.

In stark contrast, a direct confrontation with Burkina Faso would be conventional (symmetric) warfare. The Nigerian Armed Forces—Africa's largest by personnel, with superior airpower, logistics, and combat experience—have the overwhelming potential to overrun Burkina Faso's smaller military and, if provoked far enough, enforce regime change in Ouagadougou.

Dismiss any notion that Russia's support for Traoré would deter this. Nigeria could establish theater commands in neighboring countries like Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, Benin, and Togo for a multi-front operation, leveraging regional alliances and superior resources.

This detention risks escalating a diplomatic incident into something far more dangerous. Traoré's supporters—often vocal online pan-Africanists and certain political factions—may cheer the bravado now, but they would have plenty to lament if things spiral out of control.

Secondly, don't forget that Burkina Faso is not alone in this. Burkina Faso is now in alliance with more than 5 countries in Africa, so before you start chest beating in support of your Nigerian army, remember that it's not going to be easy for Nigerian government and their army because they will end up fighting in multiple fronts.

And tinibu is channeling every resources at his disposal on 2027 election which means, he is not ready to wage any war now that 2027 election in around the corner.

Lastly, if Nigerian government should go to war against Burkina Faso regardless of the outcome, Russia might use that as an avenue to help Biafra agitators in fighting for Biafra just to get back at Nigeria. And you know that Nigeria has succeeded in making many of their citizens not to be patriotic due to so many injustices and marginalisation.

That's why it's good for a country to treat every of her citizens/tribe well so that in time of crisis or war many of the citizens will choose to die for their country than to sabotage their country.

Mankind2024:
Why Captain Ibrahim Traoré Is Playing with Fire by Detaining Nigerian Soldiers
Many people underestimate the capabilities of the Nigerian military and what it could mean for the government of Burkina Faso under Captain Ibrahim Traoré.

Don't be misled by Nigeria's ongoing internal security challenges—fighting Fulani herdsmen clashes, kidnappers, bandits, and jihadist insurgents in the North, or separatist agitation in the East involving IPOB and unknown gunmen. These are asymmetric insurgencies, complicated by local sympathies and complex socio-political dynamics that make total eradication difficult without massive collateral impact. No advanced military in the world easily wins such protracted internal wars.

In stark contrast, a direct confrontation with Burkina Faso would be conventional (symmetric) warfare. The Nigerian Armed Forces—Africa's largest by personnel, with superior airpower, logistics, and combat experience—have the overwhelming potential to overrun Burkina Faso's smaller military and, if provoked far enough, enforce regime change in Ouagadougou.

Dismiss any notion that Russia's support for Traoré would deter this. Nigeria could establish theater commands in neighboring countries like Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, Benin, and Togo for a multi-front operation, leveraging regional alliances and superior resources.

This detention risks escalating a diplomatic incident into something far more dangerous. Traoré's supporters—often vocal online pan-Africanists and certain political factions—may cheer the bravado now, but they would have plenty to lament if things spiral out of control.

The last time I checked, Burkina Faso is a sovereign state. So what exactly were your soldiers doing in their airspace?

unclenna:
Delta state governor Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori serving as usher at Shiloh 2025

https://youtube.com/shorts/iuVA_iAZpTI?si=eubzyEsIPjgc8WHY

Make the governor no use delta state money buy private jet give, oyedepo in the name of giving to God

SlavaUkraini:
Wow ... That's good to know

He should also usher the Delta State Treasury very well ooo

OkonkwoOkoro:
I hope you are in Nigeria because I have forwarded as much details as possible. You cannot get away with spreading violence in our country.

Threatening people with arrest or de@th (like you always do) will not move Nigeria forward. Anyway, I pray and decree that whatever thing you sow or plot against the innocent is what you shall ripe in thousand folds.

Ise, ise, isee!

UnbiasTruth:
You know, if we Ndi-Igbo are really serious about Biafra, we should all be in the East. Our businesses should all be in the East.

Our mansions should all be in the East.
East should be our Lagos, Kano, Abuja, etc.

It doesn’t make sense that we say we want Biafra but we are in Lagos. Our businesses are in Lagos, Kano, Abuja and everywhere across Nigeria. Everything that we have is outside the Igboland but we keep talking about Biafra.

Let's make our points sensible before it could be audible and do-able.

Majority of us only visit the East once in a year. If you truly hate Nigeria, why are you in Nigeria and not in Biafra or your home town?

There can never be a greater protest than moving everything you have to Biafra or your current home town.

The world will start taking the agitation more seriously if this is done.

And I’m saying this as an Igbo person. What exactly do we want? Do we want Biafra or Nigeria? If you truly want Biafra why are you hiding in Nigeria and destroying Biafra land? You take pride in destroying lives and properties in the same place you claim to love?

As Igbos, we should start telling ourselves the hard truth. If you hate Nigeria so much, you should be in Biafra.

I know some of you will start calling me names but think about this post and try to answer the questions.

It’s madness and hypocritical that you are agitating for Biafra but you are not living or doing business in Biafra or with the people of Biafra.

Close your eyes and imagine what would happen if Nigeria wakes up tomorrow and the Igbos are moving all their businesses and properties to Igbo land.

That would be the most powerful message you will send to the world.

Until you are ready to do that, please, let us stop deceiving ourselves. I believe majority of the people clamouring for the emancipation of Biafra are just after their selfish interests and pocket. If not, they would start working on how to follow the process of Igbo sessession from Nigeria ideally.

God bless Ala-Igbo and remove evil people destroying our once sacred land and God bless Nigeria to become the country that we can all be proud of.

Anytime they want to discourage Ndígbo about Biafra, they will first of all pretend to be Igbo and the next thing is to write a baseless epistle that is full of lies and propaganda.

WizardOfNG:
Keep deceiving yourself. OyigboUpdate is better than all of you because his mindset enables him to rise above the brainwashing and fondness foe blaming "outsiders" most of you are susceptible to.

In other words, he is normal. You and your co-teavellers are not. Newsflash buddy, every race and ethnic group have good and bad people.

Most normal folks accept that. It is only your kind who do not. You see yourselves as virtuous above all else and completely innocent.

Meaning any negative occurrence in ala Igbo you are keen to blame on "state sponsored" operators and "Fulani DSS" when it is obvious Kanu and co, with their multitude of hate speech, have succeeded warping the minds of young Igbos to turn many into mindless killers.

Good luck to you people. The likes of OyigboUpdate are your salvation you should support if wise and progressive. Make him the enemy, as you have historically and always done to moderate and critical-thinking Igbos, to continue to embracing your Kanu, Ekpa, Nworu, Mefor etal.

It is what you people have always done that has ensured , despite above average talent in comparison to many Nigerian ethnic groups, you remain a big-for-nothing disappointment as one of the big four ethnic groups of Nigeria.

He is better than us in your feeble mind because, he is dancing exactly to the tune you and your cohorts want every Igbo to be dancing but, you lots have failed this time.

We will never allow you lots to use the same propaganda una use against Ojukwu before and after the civil war.

You lots don't want a SE president.
You don't want southeasterns in the helm of affairs in Nigeria.
You don't want federal presence in any of the SE states.
Infact, you don't like anything good coming out of SE But, you lots want the same people you d£sp!se somuch to be patriotic Nigerians.
How possible do you think it will be?

Anytime IPOB related issues is raised, all of you will negatively swing into action, showing fake concern and love. We know that whenever anything good is happening in SE your tribe always go against it.

Example of what am saying is, oil and gas in SE.
You lots always pretend that there's no oil and gas in SE
You lots h@t£ governor Otti of Abia state but love uzodinma of Imo state. All the things am listing here should tell wise people how you lots operate.

That's why people like me need to be convinced beyond every reasonable doubt that Kanu and IPOB are really terrorists.

I rest my case.

[quote author=Real2088 post=137735346][/quote]Truth is bitter they say.
Some of the truth h@ters here has already attacked me because of that my comment but who cares.

WizardOfNG:
You irresponsible people always love attacking the messenger in the attempt to discredit the message.

How many times has he been wrong? He was singlehandedly responsible, years ago, for revealing the atrocities Kanu-led IPOB were committing while the rest of you claimed it was "Fulani DSS".

After all that has happened you people will still never learn. At this rate you will all become refugees fleeing the SE only to be treated as second class in every region of Nigeria you flee to after destroying your own region worshipping terrorists, cultist killers and hate preachers.

We are now irresponsible because, we refused to believe una lies and propaganda against innocent people.

The Facebook source he always use to dish out lies and propaganda against an innocent group of people, will you accept any news from that source, if Igbos should use the same Facebook source against tinibu or yorobah? HYPOCRITE!

We the people know that the terrorists we are facing in SE are state sponsored terrorists and hand go soon touch them one by one Chukwu Okike will make that happen.

OkonkwoOkoro:
I hope DSS is watching this handle for transfer to sokoto.

For saying the obvious truth?
So that is the Nigeria of your dream.

Tufiakwa!

franchasng:
IPOB negative news era has come and gone, Mr Man you better find another job cos this your job has gone extinct. You need to be updated, your time in prison made you forget things, IPOB negative news is no longer the reigning thing, nobody cares again, Kanu their target has been jailed even though he will soon be released. The movie is almost getting to the end, so get a new job for your own future abeg

Tell him he thinks it's by threatening Ebuka Obi and other Igbos.

OyigboUpdate:
Ijelespeaks has played a broadcast from the IPOB DOS wing where they are negotiating a 5 days sit at home to complain for the arrest of the terrorist Nnamdi Kanu. Guess what when they kill someone for not sitting at home they will say is fulani.
Watch Ijelespeaks condemn the 5 days sit at home from IPOB DOS



https://www.facebook.com/share/v/16fGZj57UE/

Your source is always from Facebook why?
What happened to reputable news sources or platforms?
What baffles me is that you are directing us to your propaganda Facebook account and the video you made making j£st of yourself.

Dpaulie:
THE SOUTH EAST IS NOW THE LEAST MOST PRODUCTIVE PART OF NIGERIA THANKS TO KANU'S WAR.

To those calling me 'Efulefu' (Lost son) for calling out your fo+olishness in supporting Kanu and his war, this data is for you.

What Nigeria's 6 geo-political zones contributed to VAT and received in October 2025

1. South-west
Contributed: N333.01bn
Received: N91.88bn (27.59%)

2. South-south
Contributed: N80.48bn
Received: N53.79bn (66.84%)

3. North-west
Contributed: N41.82bn
Received: N64.07bn (153.20%)

4. North-central
Contributed: N20.51bn
Received: N44.32bn (216.09%)

5. North-east
Contributed: N18.94bn
Received: N44.17bn (233.21%)

6. South-east
Contributed: N13.26bn
Received: N36.91bn (278.36%)

Source: FAAC/TheCableIndex

So can you all now bend your knees and apologize to God for being partners in the destruction of our land?

When will we learn?

Before Independence the western Region was far more productive because of effecient management of resources.

They had smaller resources comparing to the North and Eastern Regions.

Then the cocoa and all the exports of the Western Region slaked in the world market.

The Eastern Region picked up from 1960 to 1965.

Then just like we were under a spell of the spirit of error. On our own we blew everything up using a coup and a war.

Then we began to build a fresh. Only for Kanu to emerge again and with you people's support he's blown the South Eastern economy again.

How can we claim to be entrepreneurs and business people but our region keeps lagging behind?

It doesn't make sense.

It only means that our abilities are working outside of the East now and not in the East.

Aba, Onisha and Nnewi alone are enough to make the South East third most productive zone after South South and South West.

But the fo+olishness of the Almajiri in good clothes is the weak-link empowering rascals who come to destroy our economy.

Even North East , North Central and North west with all the challenges they're having with terrorism still beat us?

That's a shame.

We must have a re-think.

Ugoji Maximillian Speaker, Author, Entrepreneur and believer in the Beauty of Humanity.

yorobah mole spotted.

grandstar:
You would have made sense but for your bigotry.

You and your likes bigotry made protest in Nigeria to look like a d£@th sentence.

Sh@me no dey your eye?

politicoNG:
https://thenationonlineng.net/just-in-tinubu-meets-fubara-nwifuru-behind-closed-doors-in-abuja/

2027 rigging taking place behind closed doors.

Thunderfayamods:
Blocked delulu.

mumu!

Thunderfayamods:
Gibberish! Na now you buy data?

I thought you said you will not quote me again? What happened?

OLAADEGBU:
This was after the troops reportedly opened fire on the group of protesters in Lamurde, SaharaReporters has learnt.

As far as you are in Nigeria or your family members are in Nigeria keep h@t£ aside and be mindful of the things you support.

They started sh©©ting protesters in SE. Some northerners and most yorobahs were cheering the military and buhari government that sent them. Now "shoot on sight" during protest has become a norm in Nigeria.

The people that were shouting "k!LL dem all, target practice" never knew a day will come when they too and their mothers will be targeted just because of mere protest.
What a world.

Odiegwu!

Thunderfayamods:
I am not judging your intelligence by English. How do you make comment that is meeeaningless in English? Next time use broken. My last response to you I don't go back and forth with childrennn..

If truly you are not judging my intelligence by English, that means you are making jest of yourself based on your comment.

That means you are still a t©©dler.

jara:
The more you blame Tinubu for everything, the more people you convince that you are not constructive but reckless.

You even blame Tinubu for your world known drug dealings when your own leader you want to force on everyone still has drug mule in Asian jail.

By the way, this is coming from someone who did not vote for Tinubu but your reckless blames and criticism exposed your ulterior motives.

But your god (tinibu) and you lots were blaming oga Jona for everything during GEJ's tenure. And during that time, it never occurred to you and your likes that, the more you blame GEJ for everything the more people you convince that you are not constructive but reckless.

chiagozien:
Operate by Nigeria police.




Nigeria soldiers and police are Boko Haram in south East.

Thank you very much for speaking the truth.
They think we don't know.

WizardOfNG:
This thread urgently needs the attention of those who avoid speaking on atrocities in their own backyard, like their boss man Obi, to be rolling on the floor over shoplifting in Osun.

I can bet any money they won't show face here. Awon nauseating hypocrite dede.

The bolded is also applicable to you, stop pointing accusing fingers.

Melezenawii:
Police in southeast Nigeria's Imo state sealed a hotel and private mortuary allegedly owned by a suspected kidnapper after a weekend raid uncovered dozens of decomposed and mutilated corpses, raising suspicions of illegal organ-harvesting operations.
Imo police spokesperson Henry Okoye said on Monday that more than 100 corpses were discovered during the raid at the Umuhu autonomous community in Ngor-Okpala district following intelligence on the suspect, who has now been declared wanted.

https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/nigeria-police-probe-suspected-organ-harvesting-ring-after-grisly-discovery-2025-12-08/

Tiger base hand dey this kpaings.

truthera:
Wow! what a "temporary suspension" from the one and only HELINUES (Tinubu/APC Number Fan Of Nairaland)!

I read the thread "Temporary Suspending My Support For This Government".... in which helinues made a funny announcement of "temporarily" burying his/her evil past....

Since 2015, you supported all evil policies of APC, Buhari and Tinubu leading to the destruction of so many lives in Nigeria.... Now you find it convenient to "temporarily" jump ship? I told you on several threads that you will be the one wailing over Tinubu before he leaves power.... I told you that you will not escape the consequences of his evil government as it will eventually consume you.... now the chickens have finally come home to roost! Your senses seem to have been restored, it is now functional to realize that human life been wasted daily over Tinubu's willful incompetence should mean something....

To all other yoruba tribal champions on Nairaland actively supporting Tinubu and his evil government, let helinues ordeal and action serve as a pointer that nothing good comes from supporting evil, promoting hateful tribalism or praising bad governance.... If you do not change your ways, you will not also escape whatever evil consequencies that may arise from your actions. What happened to helinues will happen to you as well until you openly confess on Nairaland and renounce your evil deeds just like he/her did....

There is no peace for the wicked.....

That is to say all the insults and abusive words, he hipped on Igbos and obidients for not supporting tinibu and APC has gone back to him

That's good!

balisa1:
If he is actually the person I saw so humble in prison attire, then they have actually broke the hell out of him! Do not play with state power!

So you are among those feeble minded Nigerians that allowed, some mischief individuals to be doing ping-pong with their pineal gland using AI?

tunde1200:
YES ✅
But igbos no single shame!!!
If you ask me why I will tell you with lots of reason.

Tell the reason and I will tell why yorobahs no get sh@me.

Thunderfayamods:
If what you posted is the truth it won't be stewpiiid. Your English is horrrrible, You can't put words together to make sensssse.
I can't even make sense out of that gibberish.

A typical black man always measure intelligence with English speaking
Forgetting that English is a borrowed language and not our language.
Have you seen any white man making jest of the other, just because of Igbo or yorobah languages? Sh@me!

Besides, what I posted is stewpiid to you because, your pineal gland cannot dissect anything that is truthful.

balisa1:
Rubbish! It is Kanu who has been destroyed obviously.

That can only happen in your feeble mind and pineal gland.

Peppermaster:
Analysing the Long-Debated Question: Who Was the Leader of the Jan 15, 1966 Coup – Major Nzeogwu or Major Ifeajuna?

By Emeka Esogbue

The question of who truly led the January 15, 1966 coup; whether it was Major Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu or Major Emmanuel Arinze Ifeajuna remains one of the most contested subjects in Nigeria’s political history. More than half a century later, historians, eyewitnesses, and surviving conspirators continue to offer conflicting narratives, each shaped by personal memory, regional loyalties, or ideological interpretation. This article revisits the long-debated issue by examining primary testimonies, the strategic design of the coup, and the divergent events in Lagos and Kaduna, in order to provide a nuanced and evidence-based understanding of a question that has resisted easy resolution.

It is apt to begin with brief biographical notes on the two principal actors. Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu was born on 26 February 1937 in Kaduna to Anioma parents from Umuomake village in Obodogwugwu Quarters, Okpanam, in present-day Delta State. After his primary and secondary education, he enlisted in the Nigerian Army in 1957 and later trained as an infantry officer at Sandhurst. Emmanuel Arinze Ifeajuna, born in 1935 in Onitsha, distinguished himself early as an athlete and won a scholarship to study at the University College, Ibadan (now the University of Ibadan). He joined the Nigerian Army in the early 1960s, rising through the ranks and serving in the Lagos Garrison.

While the participation of both officers in the January 1966 coup is unquestioned, the issue of leadership remains contentious. The concept itself is complicated within a military institution where secrecy is integral to plotting. Who qualifies as the leader of a coup, the ideological architect, the operational commander, or the public face? Many Nigerians understandably assume Nzeogwu was the leader because he announced the coup over Radio Kaduna. However, this assumption collapses when compared with similar coups in Nigerian history.

For instance, the July 1966 counter-coup that overthrew General Aguiyi-Ironsi was publicly announced by Lt. Col. Yakubu Gowon. Yet Gowon was not the originator; he was a compromise Head of State acceptable to the junior northern officers who actually planned and executed the coup. Likewise, when Col. Joseph Garba announced the 1975 coup that brought Murtala Mohammed to power, he acted only as spokesman; Murtala and other officers were the real planners. Similarly, Sanni Abacha announced the 1985 coup that elevated Ibrahim Babangida but was not the mastermind. Public announcement does not equal leadership.

Beyond public perception, Nzeogwu’s visible and daring role in Kaduna also contributed to the belief that he was the mastermind. He carried out arrests of senior officers, seized the armoury, established roadblocks, and declared martial law. His personal courage made him a heroic figure in the aftermath, and his charismatic style often overshadowed the quieter, strategic roles of others.

Yet, Nzeogwu’s colleagues consistently described him as impulsive, an officer who, once committed to a cause, threw himself into it with more intensity than even the initiators. Olusegun Obasanjo, in My Watch, recounts an incident when Nzeogwu disregarded the guidance of his company commander during UN peacekeeping preparations in Congo. Convinced his own method was superior, Nzeogwu completed the assignment his way, creating tension between him and the commander. This anecdote illustrates Nzeogwu’s temperament: bold, uncompromising, and action-driven.

As many scholars including Nowa Omoigui, Max Siollun, and Onwuchekwa Jemie have argued, Nzeogwu was not the conceptual leader of the January 1966 coup. Rather, historical evidence indicates that the coup idea originated within a small inner circle consisting of Major Emmanuel Ifeajuna, Major Adewale Ademoyega, Captain Ben Gbulie (who joined later), Captain Emmanuel Nwobosi, and Major Don Okafor. These officers formed the original nucleus of the plot, at which stage Nzeogwu was not yet involved.

Adewale Ademoyega’s Why We Struck, the most authoritative first-person account from within the coup’s inner cell, states clearly that he and Ifeajuna initiated the planning. They later brought Nzeogwu into the conspiracy because his position in Kaduna, as well as his natural boldness, made him indispensable for the northern axis. In short, Nzeogwu was invited into the plot not the originator but his strategic importance quickly elevated him to one of its principal operational commanders.

When the coup commenced, the difference in discipline became evident. Nzeogwu executed his Kaduna assignments as planned, but Ifeajuna deviated from the agreed strategy in Lagos. When General Aguiyi-Ironsi regained control and loyal troops moved against the mutineers, Ifeajuna fled. Ademoyega records that Ifeajuna escaped from Lagos to the Eastern Region, crossed into Dahomey (now Benin), and returned only after the outbreak of the Biafran War.

Meanwhile, after taking control of the North, Nzeogwu declared martial law, issued public statements, and maintained the illusion that the coup could still succeed unaware that Lagos had collapsed. When news of failure reached him, he realized the northern operation could not stand alone. Persuaded by Colonel Conrad Nwawo, his mentor who assured him of fair treatment, Nzeogwu surrendered.

Within Biafra, Ifeajuna’s return became entangled in wartime suspicion. He, along with Victor Banjo, Philip Alale, and Sam Agbam, was accused of actions deemed contrary to Biafra’s survival. They were tried by a wartime tribunal and executed in 1967.

In the final analysis, while Major Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu became the symbol of the January 15 coup due to his dramatic Kaduna operation and broadcast, the available evidence shows that he was not the leader of the plot. The coup’s ideological conception, initial planning, and early coordination originated with Ifeajuna, Ademoyega, and a small Lagos-based inner circle. Nzeogwu’s role though crucial was operational, not foundational. His later prominence has overshadowed the quieter, strategic work of the true initiators. Thus, despite his bravery and public visibility, Nzeogwu was not the leader of the coup, but rather one of its most committed executors.

So, OP what exactly are you insinuating?
And putting Igbo name there will not change the fact that, the coup was led by Nzeogwu and the reason for the coup was to install awolowo as the president.

Mi

santopelele:
Imo State would've been carved into Rivers State had the gas deposits in Imo State been discovered before the war. By now people of IMO will be online shouting I no be Igbo, and ORLU would have been changed to RUMUORLU, OWERRI TO RUMUOWERRI AND EVEN OKIGWE TO RUMUKIGWE.
Then our brothers speaking Igbo in imo state will change their names to PERRY CUP, JOHN PEPPER, IRON ROD, etc, saying that they are South South or Rivers Igbos but not Igbo. there would have been a propaganda flying everywhere that imo igbos are from BENIN or OKENE.
Thanks be to God that this GAS wasn't discovered durirng those days in IMO STATE, if not, i dont know what would have happened to imo state of today.

I also heard that the Nigeria government has already sent their colonial masters like BORIS JOHNSON TO SECURE THE PLACE FOR THEM, AND DANGOTE IS NOW PLANING OF DEVELOPING IN THE SAME REJECTED DOT OF A NATION.
This are so many evil that Nigeria did to igbos in Riverline areas just to divide them. But I am happy that they are now coming back to their senses.

You just nailed it correctly.

SultanYoung:
tell me how are the south east marginalized if you can explain I will greatly appreciate.

You want to know how SE is marginalized? Ok, I will tell you.

Other geopolitical zones has 6 states, only SE has five.
SE has the worst train and railway network in Nigeria.
No international airline lands or takes off in SE.
No federal presence in SE
Lagos port is congested because of FG want to frustrate Southeasterners

And many more..