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Politics / Re: Labour Party Reserves 2027 Presidential Ticket For Peter Obi by MerlinsBeard(m): 7:08am On Mar 28 |
Rue |
Travel / Re: Soldiers In South-East Force Travellers To Alight From Vehicles At Checkpoints by MerlinsBeard(m): 8:24pm On Oct 29, 2023 |
This is not news 2 Likes 1 Share |
Politics / Re: Katsina: Appeal Court sacks 2 PDP Reps members: Chindo Ahmad, Ismail Dalha by MerlinsBeard(m): 9:42pm On Oct 25, 2023 |
That the court now has to be sacking people that 'won' elections left and right speaks to the ineptitude of Inec 5 Likes 2 Shares |
Foreign Affairs / Kalashnikov Modifies AK-12 To Aid Russia's 'special Operation' In Ukraine by MerlinsBeard(m): 8:10am On May 28, 2023 |
Firearms manufacturer Kalashnikov has unveiled an upgraded AK-12 assault rifle, with modifications based on the weapon’s use in the war on Ukraine. Kalashnikov Group Chief Designer Sergey Urzhumtsev told Russian state media TASS on Friday the upgrade followed “input” gathered from “experience of the gun’s use in the special operation” – a euphemism for Moscow’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. He added that the first batch of upgraded AK-12s has already been delivered to the “special military operation” area in Ukraine “to specify the feedback.” As part of the upgrade, the rifle’s two-round burst mode was excluded from the latest design, because it didn’t increase the weapon’s efficiency significantly and complicated its layout, according to TASS. The other changes were aimed at making the rifle easier to operate. The AK-12 has several mounting platforms that allow the installation of additional gear, such as sights, a front handle, a flashlight, a laser designator, as well as devices for noiseless and flameless fire, according to TASS. The 5.45 mm AK-12 is “the standard service assault rifle of the Russian infantry and other units,” according to the Kalashnikov website. The Russian military has been undergoing reequipment with AK-12 rifles since 2018, according to the Kalashnikov website. https://www.facebook.com/176502461635/posts/pfbid0kiMxyFxx2GUVkzF9k8BJr7yutW2fTWD9p32Lb9K5j5eyuKFWaBoHXxZ2z7nG1qwdl/?mibextid=Nif5oz #Russia #Ukraine #War #Guns #Firearm #Kalashnikov #AssaultRifle 2 Likes |
Business / Re: How To Pay Yourself From N50,000 And Above Using Your Mobile Device Or Laptop by MerlinsBeard(m): 8:11am On Aug 10, 2021 |
poppyjose27@gmail.com |
Politics / Re: Nnamdi Kanu Leader Of IPOB Reacts To The Death Of Nigerian Army COAS by MerlinsBeard(m): 9:53pm On May 22, 2021 |
Las las we all will go someday |
Travel / Re: FG Fixes Dates To Reopen Kano, Enugu, PH Airports For International Flights by MerlinsBeard(m): 8:34pm On Mar 16, 2021 |
Long time coming |
Politics / Re: #LekkiTollGate: Live Updates From #OccupyLekkiTollgate Protest (Pictures, Video) by MerlinsBeard(m): 8:01am On Feb 13, 2021 |
Is well |
Romance / Re: Love you guys by MerlinsBeard(m): 7:18am On Feb 10, 2021 |
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Crime / Re: Anambra: Hunter Kills Himself & His Wife, Set House Ablaze (pics) by MerlinsBeard(m): 4:43pm On Jan 28, 2021 |
There is definitely more to this 1 Like |
Politics / Re: Babajide Otitoju, Denial Saying, "IPOB Burnt Down TVC". by MerlinsBeard(m): 2:44pm On Oct 25, 2020 |
#EndTribalism |
Technology Market / Re: Laptop Screen Replacement In Nigeria by MerlinsBeard(m): 11:26am On Sep 22, 2020 |
Hello. How much can I get a Lenovo G50-80 laptop screen. |
Politics / Re: Buhari Backs Keyamo On 774,000 Jobs by MerlinsBeard(m): 3:25pm On Jul 14, 2020 |
Hmmm....just be careful. Na so Buhari dey give magu go ahead back then. 20 Likes 1 Share |
Foreign Affairs / Re: Covid19: Prepare For War, Chinese President Xi Jinping Orders Military by MerlinsBeard(m): 11:13pm On May 27, 2020 |
China seems to have planned things well ahead |
Education / Re: BREAKING] School Reopening: FG Considers Morning, Afternoon Classes by MerlinsBeard(m): 8:32pm On May 27, 2020 |
Better |
Health / Re: Nurses Withdraw Services At Plateau Isolation Centre Over Hazard Allowance by MerlinsBeard(m): 7:12pm On May 25, 2020 |
Seriously |
Health / Re: WHO’s Hydroxychloroquine Trial Suspended Pending Safety Data by MerlinsBeard(m): 7:08pm On May 25, 2020 |
Seriously, this drug has been around for years and suddenly there are safety concerns 17 Likes 2 Shares |
Politics / Re: IGP Redeploys Dandaura Mustapha, Rivers Police Commissioner by MerlinsBeard(m): 7:34pm On Apr 17, 2020 |
Interesting |
Politics / Re: See The Silly Mistake A Foreign Newspaper Made About President Buhari. Photo by MerlinsBeard(m): 9:10am On Jun 01, 2015 |
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: 2015 Graduate Trainees Recruitment At Rainoil Limited by MerlinsBeard(m): 7:47pm On May 19, 2015 |
Pls any concrete info on d salary package b4 I travel frm ph to lag |
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Please I Need Advice On This Job Offer by MerlinsBeard(m): 7:56pm On Mar 09, 2015 |
ignis:they are providing accommodation however i learnt that the place is far from the place i would be working |
Jobs/Vacancies / Please I Need Advice On This Job Offer by MerlinsBeard(m): 8:34pm On Mar 08, 2015 |
Hello, I'm a graduate and I have been offered a job in a private company which requires me to relocate from where i am staying presently(Lagos) to Portharcourt. The issue is that they offer to pay #30000 with no other allowances or incentives. I will gladly appreciate any sincere advice or suggestions on whether to accept it or not because I personally don't think its good enough. |
Politics / Could This Woman Presidential Candidate Be The Solution We Need? by MerlinsBeard(m): 4:51pm On Jan 15, 2015 |
Nigerians should forget PDP, APC in next election – Kowa presidential candidate Category: Inside politics Published on Monday, 12 January 2015 05:01 Written by Musa Abdullahi Krishi Hits: 2916 Oluremi Sonaiya Oluremi Sonaiya, a professor of French and Applied Linguistics, was a lecturer at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, who retired in 2010 to participate in politics full-time. A former public relations officer of the Kowa Party, Sonaiya is presently the party’s presidential candidate for next month’s elections. In this interview, she gives reasons why Nigerians should vote for her party. Excerpts: Nigerians would want to know why you’re going for the presidency. I have been always concerned about issues of justice in general and issues of fairness, and from my experience when I was a child and growing up and from what I am experiencing now, I see that things have taken a nosedive in Nigeria and one does not have the sense that these issues are being addressed the way they should. From my travels around the world, I see that a better life is possible for people and I’m not talking about highly-developed nations, I’m talking about other African countries, even countries that are not nearly half as endowed as Nigeria is. You just need to step out to Cotonou in Benin Republic and you get a sense that their issues are being addressed and that life is getting better for them. I believe that there should be a way out for every problem here too. What informed your choice of Kowa Party as a platform, considering the fact that most Nigerians don’t know it? Yes, but it is a party that has values. It has values that I identify with. Just recently, we were told about a governor who said that it is not possible not to tell lies in politics. Well, Kowa Party does not believe in that. Kowa Party has values of integrity, truth and honesty so that you will definitely have to work with people with whom you will agree so that you are constantly hitting your head against the big wall or constantly in conflict, because these are values that I share and practise in my own life too. There are misgivings about women’s capacity to lead compared to the men; what’s your take on that? I believe the time is really ripe to challenge our people to begin to think differently about issues and to engage and question ourselves that ‘okay with all these beliefs we have held over the years, it’s men and men and men; where have they left us, where are we today?’ You don’t keep doing the same things and expect different results and a time comes when it is clear that we need to take a different direction. I was earlier today giving an example of Barrack Obama. A time came when somebody dared to take on all the white establishments and said it is time for a black man to aspire to this position, and you never know that it is time until it happens. So, there is no point believing ahead of time that we are not ripe for that yet; we are not ripe for a woman president? There is no way you will know until somebody gets up and does it and it happens. We the people are ripe for it. We have had enough of what they have known so far. What do you and your party have for Nigerians if elected? I don’t believe it is about manifestos, because manifestos get crafted by experts who use very fine language. We will do this; we will create this and so on and so forth. I believe a lot that is ahead of us, especially for this election, has to do with integrity. We are in a test of morality in this issue; there is right and there is wrong. There are wrong things that have been done in the House that we heard. It is wrong for people to earn such fat salaries and keep telling us that 70 percent of our people live under the poverty line; it is morally wrong. How prepared are you to face the challenges of corruption, insecurity, unemployment among others that have now become prevalent in the country? There is a preparedness that has to do with a will to do good. I tweeted a few days ago that I am hunted by the statement made about leaders we have had in Nigeria by a former American Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton. She said: “Nigerian leaders are able but unwilling to give their people a better life.” What is it that we do not know how to do? Is it that we don’t know how to build roads? Is it that we don’t know how to generate and distribute electricity? The technology exists; it is known, otherwise why are other people doing it? Why do you go to Ghana and you don’t have to think about electricity problem? Are we not on the same level with Ghana? It is a question of the will to do it. Corruption is our great problem and if the leaders are unwilling, the job will not be done; it’s not that we can’t. So, people can have fancy manifestos and make all these promises that have been making over the years, until there is a willingness to say let us get things right. For corruption, in particular, everybody must be brought under the rule of law. I do not believe that anybody should enjoy immunity from any violation against the law. So, I believe that this is crucial. The Executive, the legislators, everybody must be under the rule of law. I also believe in the power of the example of a leader. Your actions must match your words. We keep reeling out statistics that oh 70 percent of Nigerians live on less than $2 per day and things like that. Yet you as a leader is seen to be living in opulence and excessive comfort. Look at the houses our leaders are building, that erode trust and the biggest thing that a leader should do is to be able to earn the trust of the people so that you can inspire them. If they do not feel that you share their pains; if it’s just by word of mouth not in action, then it does not work. So, the personal life of the leader is also there. On the issue of insurgency, it is a global phenomenon and we are all aware of that - Al- Shabab, Al-Qaeda, Taliban, ISIS and all of them. So, Boko Haram is part of that whole group as a global phenomenon. We have to work very closely with other countries, international agencies and all those who are involved in that fight. We cannot say this is our own problem, so we have to solve it our way. They’re all connected. Secondly, the idea of partisanship cannot be allowed to come into play here, because if we fail to protect ourselves, it’s a failure for everybody. It is everybody that dies when a bomb explodes. It does not target the party in power, so, it must be clear to all of us that we have to set our differences, partisanship and so on to tackle this issue. The people in the community have to be the eyes and ears that will gather intelligence and give to those who are supposed to protect them. How will you convince Nigerians that Kowa Party will bring solutions to our challenges? I hope that the message will resonate. Yours is to bring out your message and trust that the people will be able to think of it as true. Let’s challenge ourselves. It’s our lives. Why are we saying PDP and APC? What benefit have we derived from that which we have known? I’ll like to challenge Nigerians that things are changing all around the world. People are taking bold steps to give themselves a new beginning and all that, why not us? It is time for new things to begin to happen in our own country as well. I hope that as we engage with different groups, grassroots movements, civil societies and so on, we’ll be able to convey the message and bring them to the recognition that this is an opportunity for us to take a decision that will move us all. Winning elections in Nigeria requires huge sums as can be seen in the over N21bn PDP raised for Jonathan and how Buhari’s recharge cards are everywhere; how prepared are you financially? I hope that you are not putting a very positive coloration on the raising of over N21 billion, because I think it is actually a shame. People are talking about it around the world and saying ‘look at Nigeria; look at their infrastructure; look at their situation and they will bring out that amount of money to get somebody re-elected.’ I am not sure it is a good thing to say about us. I do not see it as a positive development and I think that money ought not to be spent that way. The fact that that amount of money will come out of a country with the kind of problems that we have, it is a misplacement of priority. Certainly elections cost money, no doubt about it, but let money be spent in an accountable way that shows you appreciate the prevailing circumstances in your environment. Source: www.dailytrust.com.ng/daily/politics/44029-nigerians-should-forget-pdp-apc-in-next-election-kowa-presidential-candidate A breath of fresh air is what Nigeria really needs.
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