Ask them now,they will say it's their step mothers doing them.

Last week, the Department of State Services confirmed the obvious with the arrest of 20 suspected Boko Haram commanders in Lagos and Enugu (South), Plateau, Kano and Gombe states (North). The DSS claims that it has arrested 12 Boko Haram operatives in Lagos since July, and executed sundry arrests in Enugu. It says that the spread of Boko Haram’s activities is the result of increased pressure from the military in the North-East, Boko Haram’s operational base.

“The sudden influx of Boko Haram members into Lagos State points is due to the determination of the sect to extend its nefarious terrorist activities to the state and, in fact, to other parts of the country,” the DSS said. An ideal response to this danger should entail a highly coordinated strategy involving local, state, and federal forces.

Boko Haram belongs to an all-destroying religious sect with an amazing capacity to mutate and change tactics.Since March, the Nigerian military have been taking the battle to Boko Haram, liberating the territories the terrorists occupied in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states since mid-2014. After a lull, the military have redoubled their efforts, conducting major ground and aerial operations in Sambisa Forest in Borno State, used as base by the insurgents to terrorise the North-East.

As a result, the radical Salafist Boko Haram elements are fleeing the theatre of war so as to spread their evil sphere of influence. With inter-state transportation left to little official scrutiny and regulation, coupled with Nigeria’s advancing communication network, the extremists, just like their al-Shabab, al-Qaeda and the Islamic State of Syria and Levant counterparts, are moving across local and international borders with seamless ease.

And even when they are on the move, their goal remains supreme. Battle-hardened and well-trained under adverse conditions, their faith in their ability to cause mayhem is undiminished. “They are willing to strike targets outside their immediate area. This underscores the nature of contemporary terrorism,” says John Moore, a former terrorism analyst with America’s State Department. They will stop at nothing until they achieve this mistaken mission, which is to re-establish the Muslim State throughout the world. A giant step towards this is to wreak havoc on Southern Nigeria, especially Lagos.

The latest inroads by these soldiers of jihad are a reminder of the previous attempts by Boko Haram to gain a foothold in the South. In February 2013, DSS operatives arrested one terror suspect, Abdullahi Berende, who hails from Kwara State, in Lagos. He and his accomplice were spying on American and Israeli targets in Lagos for Iran. A month later, DSS and military officers arrested two others, including a Chadian, at the Ijora area of Lagos. The agents discovered a bomb, AK-47 rifles, cartridges and daggers in the ceiling of their apartment.

Acting on a tip-off, the police in Ogun State arrested a self-confessed Boko Haram insurgent, Giraima Suri, 22, in Kara, an Ogun border community with Lagos State, in July 2014. But the real panic came in June 2014 when the police, with the help of a vigilant private security man, uncovered bombs at the premises of Winners’ Chapel in Owerri, capital of Imo State. The bombs had been primed to detonate at the peak of that morning church service before they were defused. In neighbouring Abia State, the military apprehended 486 Boko Haram suspects in the same month. But politics took over and the matter was swept under the carpet. The trial of most terror suspects go on for far too long.

But how long can we sustain this hit-and-run method of crushing these perverts who take pleasure in unleashing horrific attacks in the name of religion? The ability of the Federal Government to prevent, deter, defeat and respond decisively to Boko Haram terrorist attacks against our citizens is one of the most challenging priorities facing the country today.
According to the US State Department, there were 9,707 terrorist attacks worldwide in 2013, causing 17,800 deaths, more than 32,500 injuries, with 2,990 hostages taken. Though there are more than 50 known terror groups in the world, only three jihadist organisations – Taliban, ISIS and Boko Haram – were responsible for 5,665 of the deaths.

There must be a concerted effort by a number of federal departments and agencies to achieve this goal. Chad, our northern neighbour, bared its fangs against the jihadists when it executed 10 Boko Haram convicts by firing squad, just two months after they carried out twin terror attacks on N’djamena, the country’s capital, in June. Cameroon has also been moving swiftly against Boko Haram anytime it crosses into its territory from Nigeria.

The Nigerian authorities should, therefore, employ the same promptness in dealing with terrorists. The Nigerian state must decide on what to do with religious sects that preach hate and terror. Intelligence sharing is vital. The Federal Government should work with all appropriate elements, including state governments and other non-state actors to ensure integrated and effective counter-terrorism efforts throughout the country. Boko Haram terrorism leaves us with no choice but to face it headlong.

http://www.punchng.com/editorials/boko-haram-at-southern-nigerias-doorstep/

Watching you people on HDTV

dustmalik:

They have valid reasons for not wanting to publicize the negotiations, or anyone or anything that has to do with it. In the past, we saw how the people and media try to spin the whole negotiation issue. Some even accused the appointed negotiators as Boko haram members.

that's true. Lets hope they won't be cynical here. Wish them the best for the good of all Nigerians

dustmalik:
At this stage, the only reason why government would want to negotiate with them is because of the captured girls still in their custody. That is understandable.

The military has been able to stop their sources of weapons, food etc. And knowing that the girls are still there, kept in hunger, I can understand why the government would want expedite negotiation talks.

well said, as earlier reported, the president is willing to grant them amnesty if they return the chibok girls.
Sceptically, don't you think it's more or less a well planned script? No contact made yet but they are negotiating,with who?

The talks between the Presidency and Boko Haram with a view to ending the carnage in the North-East have so far been carried out at an informal level, credible sources have told to Vanguard.
President Muhammadu Buhari disclosed in France, Tuesday, that his administration was indeed negotiating with Boko Haram on how to end the violence, but did not disclose who government was discussing with.
However, sources with knowledge of the issue, told Vanguard, yesterday, that some key elements of the sect were talking individually with the Presidency on how to achieve peace.
The development, according to the sources, is coming following sustained military bombardment of Boko Haram havens.
The source, which has been involved in previous negotiations between the government and the sect leadership, pointed out that there had not been any formal dialogue on a ceasefire with the Presidency.
The source said: “It is true there has been an informal line of communication between the Presidency and the sect members, but the leadership has not mandated anyone on its behalf to begin discussions with the government.
“Unlike before when the Department of State Services, DSS; office of National Security Adviser, NSA, and other agencies of the Presidency were all reaching out to even phantom groups and individuals claiming to be representing the sect and claiming non-existing peace, this President has not made any formal contact with the sect yet.”

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/09/presidencys-talk-with-boko-haram-informal/

merry02:
u don't seem to understand what amnesty is? The release of man will necessitate the negotiation . not term of the amnesty!

that is yet to be made known but I have an inkling it's similar to what the Niger Delta militants got.

merry02:
What is the term of the amnesty? Is Buhari the mediator or what?

as stated above, release of the chibok girls is the yardstick for amnesty. Buhari isn't the negotiator but you don't expect them to come forward with a script of their plans, do you? More questions than answers which leaves much to desire.

Teempakguy:
by then, many Nigerians will have technological know-hows then,

we only can hope

President Muhammadu Buhari has promised to grant amnesty to Boko Haram fighters on the condition that they release all the abducted Chibok schoolgirls.

The President, who is on a three-day visit to France, said this during an interview with Agence France Presse on Wednesday.

Buhari told AFP that the Federal Government was talking to Boko Haram’s prisoners and could offer them amnesty if the extremist group hands over more than 200 schoolgirls abducted from their hostel at the Chibok Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State on April 14, 2014.

He added that he was confident that conventional attacks by the terrorists would be rooted out by November but cautioned that deadly suicide attacks, some of them waged by children, were likely to continue.

He said, “We are trying to see whether we can negotiate with the Boko Haram prisoners in our custody for the release of the Chibok girls.

“If the Boko Haram leadership eventually agrees to turn over the Chibok girls to us, the complete number, then we may decide to give them (the prisoners) amnesty.”

Buhari, who has promised to stamp out the group’s bloody six-year insurgency, said the government would not release any prisoners unless it was convinced it could “get the girls in reasonably healthy condition.”

But he cautioned that negotiating with Boko Haram militants was fraught with difficulties.

“We are trying to establish if they are bona fide, how useful they are in Boko Haram, have they reached a position of leadership where their absence is of relevance to the operation of Boko Haram?” he said.

Buhari said he was confident that the military would defeat Boko Haram before the end of the year but expressed pessimism over the possibility of stopping the terrorists from attacking ‘soft’ targets.

He added, “The main conventional attacks, where Boko Haram use armoured cars they took from the Nigerian troops, or mounted machine-guns on pick-up vehicles and so on, we believe by the end of the three months, we will see the end of that.

“What may not absolutely stop is the occasional bombings by the use of improvised explosive devices.

“We do not expect a 100 per cent stoppage of the insurgency.”

Meanwhile, the Centre for Crisis Communication, which is acting as a middleman between the Federal Government and Boko Haram, says the terrorists have said they are tired of fighting.

The Executive Secretary for the CCC, Air Commodore Yusuf Anas (retd.), said this in a statement on Wednesday.

Anas, who is a former Director of Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air Force, said terrorists sent the CCC a message saying they are tired of fighting and willing to end the war.

He noted that none of the suspected Boko Haram elements that spoke with the CCC asked for any form of monetary inducement or compensation as a pre-condition for laying down their arms.

“In fact, many of them said that they were simply tired of fighting and being fugitives in a war that they were deceived into joining,” he said.

Buhari had said on Tuesday that the Federal Government had begun negotiations with members of the Boko Haram sect to secure the release of the Chibok girls.

The President said one of the conditions given by the terrorists was to release one of its members who was developing Improvised Explosives Devices. He, however, said that his government rejected the demand

What are your thoughts on this Nigerians?

http://www.punchng.com/news/buhari-to-bharam-release-chibok-girls-get-amnesty/

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Teempakguy:
calm yourself.

Nigeria can't afford the robots anyway.

lmao, someday we will Bro

Teempakguy:
New jobs will be invented.

new jobs invented? Don't you think these new jobs would require high technological know how? Can Nigeria boost of that? Will the "new jobs " cater for all?

Have always been sceptical of this self acclaimed victory, why? There aren't sufficient evidence to proof they are true. Optimistically, I can't but wish the military success in the pursuit. Enough of the blood shed. I don't see any objectivity in America either.

Soon some uneducated youths would be brainwashed for no just cause. If the government and elders keep displaying folly then I presume kanu is speaking for them all. One Nigeria anyways

Senate president Bukola Saraki is still reacting to the 13 count charge of corruption leveled against him by the Code of Conduct Bureau yesterday September 16th. Speaking with National Assembly correspondents after a courtesy call from the Public Complaints Commission, Saraki said there was no doubt the charges are politically motivated and is a witch hunt towards him
“There is no doubt about that. It is mischievous, it is not correct and the issues therein are not true. As far as we are concerned, we are not shaken.
We will focus on what we have come to the Senate to do. I was elected by the people. I was elected by my colleagues to work for what is good and in the interest of this country and that is what I will do. For the Code of Conduct Tribunal to wait for 13 years before working on a declaration that was made since 2003 is ridiculous. I have always done my declaration and we will defend those allegations but we will continue to do our work here”he said

The polite young Japanese woman behind the hotel reception desk checks you in, speaking impeccable English. She has almond eyes, shining hair, a slightly flirtatious smile and a neat figure in a tightly fitting uniform. But you’d better not spill any water on her, or she might implode. Because this receptionist is a robot – one of dozens running a hotel near Nagasaki, Japan.

There’s a cloakroom robot, room-service robot, robots to clean, and no doubt robots to place little chocolates on your pillow. The aptly named Strange Hotel, which opened this summer, is part of a robot revolution sweeping workplaces worldwide.

And it will have a profound effect on Britain’s economy and society.

This week, analysts Deloitte published a stark new prediction: 35 per cent of today’s UK jobs are at ‘high risk’ of being automated in the next ten to 20 years. In certain parts of the country, the risk is much higher — with 60 per cent of jobs in the North East and Wales at ‘medium to high risk’ of being trampled under the march of the machines.


Guests check in via a completely automated system including a humanoid robot at the Henna Hotel (Weird Hotel) in Huis Ten Bosch, Netherlands themed amusement park in Sasebo, Japan
Top of the at-risk list are repetitive roles such as telephone sales staff, typists and bank clerks. If you’re in admin, watch out: R2D2 could be coming for your 9 to 5.

Should we be worried? Many experts say no. In the ‘calm down, dear’ corner are those who think this is just the latest move in a long dance between man and machine, one that stretches back through the internal combustion engine, the spinning jenny in textile mills, the plough, the wheel — each innovation relieving human beings of dirty, back-breaking, boring jobs.

In 1871 almost a million farm workers toiled on the land; now there are fewer than 50,000, but the number of accountants increased twentyfold over the same period.

This, many argue, is the circle of life in the workplace: brainy roles replace brawny ones; lower-skilled jobs die out and new, highly skilled jobs spring up to replace them.

Why? Because having a robot army to do the laborious work lowers the cost of production, pushing down prices and leaving us with more disposable cash for leisure.

Then a whole load of new careers spring up to fill that leisure time: dog groomers, personal trainers, bikini waxers, masseurs, even people who retrieve lost golf balls.

Then there are all those jobs created by the new technology itself. A decade ago it would have been hard to predict a market for social media managers and app developers. Now the job vacancy lists are full of them. Since 1990 the number of IT managers has tripled.

But there are doom-mongers, too. If the future’s so rosy, why has Google chairman Eric Schmidt, a man who knows his onions, warned of ‘a race between computers and people, and people need to win’?

Because the sheer pace of technological change is unlike anything we have seen before. Computers aren’t just doing the blue-collar jobs of welding cars, squeezing toothpaste into tubes and telling us about ‘unexpected items in the bagging area’ at supermarkets.

Thanks to artificial intelligence, they are now marching into white-collar jobs previously thought safe from automation.

Paralegals train for years to do vital work such as collecting evidence — now software can comb through thousands of documents and do the job in a jiffy. Financial advisers can be replaced by ‘robo-advisers’ using algorithms to suggest investments.
Even doctors now have robots breathing down their necks. The multi-national IBM has a super-computer which has proved far superior at diagnosing lung cancer — 90 per cent success, against 50 per cent by the poor old humanoids.

In Japan, the Prime Minister has even splashed millions of yen on robots to help care for the elderly.

And journalists? These words were not written by a computer, but soon they might be. A Chicago company has developed software called Quill which can produce business and sports reports without any need for a middle man with a leaky Biro in his shirt pocket. Quill’s developers even have their sights set on a Pulitzer Prize.
It’s easy to see why employers love automation. Robots don’t get sick, they don’t need lunch breaks, they don’t sleep or gripe or strike. There are no Len McCluskey-style trade union androids to make life difficult. Labour costs can be slashed and profit margins increased.

But for the rest of us, this revolution raises profound and troubling questions. Will we face mass unemployment if software does all the work? If the robots can think and analyse and work like metal trojans, what’s left for the humans? Futurist Martin Ford has written a book called Rise Of The Robots: Technology And The Threat Of A Jobless Future. The title says it all — he argues that no job will be immune; that even the creative work of making art and music will soon be done by computers.

This has already happened — several computers at the University of Malaga in Spain composed a work called Transits — Into An Abyss, which was performed by the London Symphony Orchestra. Ford’s conclusion is drastic: in the future, if far fewer people are working, then every adult should be paid a minimum basic income or ‘Citizen’s Dividend’.

If technology continue growing at this pace, we might end up wrestling jobs with machines. How will Nigerians cope with this trend?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3234592/Will-ROBOT-steal-JOB-Believe-not-receptionist-robot-worrying-trend-change-lives.html

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angiography:

how can it be more official than checking it jamb website. It's on the official jamb website
i have been offered medicine baba

Congratulations!

eniolaamoda:



D guy tink say we b mumu for.here

Useless fellow

ti Iya nla ba gbeni shonle, kekere a ma trespass

eniolaamoda:



Is god dat will fire u idiot

lmao, are you Mr Vincent?

Lets hope it's true, paper works without implementations!

Modifying posts to hit at people who don't even have your time is a sign of stupidity. Only flibbertigibbets does that. Wont bring myself to your frivolous pit. Please stop quoting my user name, I don't have any qualms against anybody and that's the last thing on my mind. Please mind your business and paddle your boat to the promise land. Act like an adult for once ,if it's only once in your life span. Maturity they define not as your ability to understand complex things but rather your ability to let go the little things.

angiography:

it doesn't meet the requirement for nursing!...
oau doesn't offer science lab tech as a course

I didn't say it does, going through the brochure will only offer the chance of looking out for that course that it might meet. Cant remember being specific in my previous post sir!

Ogundan:
Hi I have a Sister who community opthalmic technology from College of health technology Ilese and she want to study nursing through DE can she be admitted? Urgent response please.

ilese? I think they offer HND there, why not go through the brochure and be the judge? If it's meets the requirements for her choice of course.

aleem50:
thanks brother, but you said you couldn't found yours when you checked. So, meaning they can misplace the credentials if care is not taken. But are you allowed to submit again?

I had to submit another one. The chances of misplacements are slim though. A

greatguru22:
I took a cursory look at some of ur posts especially d one from d newly registered member like angiogra etc

I was laughin wen reading it but can u say it in my presence? How i wish i had ample time to tackle all of u one by one.

Well well, i dont have much time to spend here cos i'm working on how to hold a seminar dis week..

Probably after d seminar i want to organise or when i have made cool money on fiverr.com, website hosting and other legistimate online business, thanks to d owner of naijaloaded, he is my boss, today even if i'm not a millionaire, money has become my slave..

So ladies and gentlemen i wil be right back to dis thread once i'm less busy but wil stil be updating some thread on nairaland.

Oh u mean wat about those i want to track down? Kk, there own issue is secondary let first d primary issue first.

Bye bye nd happy sunday to all.

you think you just pick money on fiverr? Better swallow your ego and come here to learn. Fiverr? Laughing out really loud. You will learn soon!

rkarang:


That's serious! Were you given any form to fill when you submitted? I mean a register?

This is how a professional secretary works: He/she records the receipt of a document in a specific register with the date of receipt... With that, one can always make reference to it.


It is well!

no be small thing, only transcript was recorded. DE form not always properly handled.

angiography:

exactly bro. The best graduating student in out set wasn't even admitted while a no of we 'ordinary' students were taken...it all goes down to finding favour in the sight of God and man...

such an heart breaking experience it was but with God all things are possible. Will be the happiest when I scale through the huddle.

Just as expected, well said . Above all there's a salient need for prayers. To be realistic, there are limited slots for DE. Quite a number of applicants with intimidating results. even your distinctions will shake when you see other certificates, some without grades and they are from reputable institutions . Pray for luck,grace and mercy. Don't be surprised, I submitted my document myself and I couldn't find it again when I went for follow up. Its a sign that powers are at play. Prayer and praises solves all. Success everyone!

On point, but it's not about going to church alone but going with a dedicated mind to receive from above. Most if my friends go there to charge o and meet ladies

Do It Today

Are your tasks overwhelming you?
Do you dread facing the day?
Where is your courage?
What do you fear?
Where is your confidence?
Have you not faced difficulty before?
Now is not the time to put your head down. It's not time to turn tail and run. It's not time to think "failure."

Don't dare give up. If you're knocked down, get up. The challenge is not over yet. Make yourself a "can do" person. Positive thinking can stretch your mind and your muscles. It can stretch your vision. It can enable you to see the impossible as possible. It can enable you to know the good from the bad. It can enable you to reach for the higher plain.

So, don't just sit there. Get up. Today is the first day of the rest of your life. Prepare for what God has in store for you. Know that He gives strength and guidance, when you lean on Him. Don't fear today. Give it your best. Tackle the tough jobs first. Do it today. You'll be amazed at what you can achieve, when you extend your capabilities and just keep on trying.

We all wish to have blissful future, but unfortunately, we do not plan or work towards what we wish. Your actions are the difference between your wish and reality. Don't give that task a lick and a promise, but work now to achieve it.

IF IT'S IMPORTANT, YOU WILL DO IT, IF ITS NOT, YOU FIND EXCUSES!

No chill here mehn! Great relaxation after a tough class.

Next please!

Lmao, abeg shoroniyen? I die ;DLmao, abeg shoroniyen? I die