₦airaland Forum

Despite its flaws, the GEJ administration is pretty much the very best we've had till date as it achieved a whole lot more than previous admibustratiins and military regimes, from improved infrastructure, improved power supply, agriculture, education, health care, etc. Even in security with its issues, GEJ ended on a very high note.

Henry24o:
...... It sure sounds like a funny sight!!


Are you Tim from Beegs Blog?


I'm surprised the Army went for the Tavor-21 for it's Airborne units, i thought they would have stuck with the Beryl.

The army airborne adopted the Tavor? Well, it's compact & a decent rifle, but the Beryl would've made far more sense due to the fact thst its being used by Army special forces (airborne is special ops capable) & it shares a considerable number of features with the basic AK-47/Type 56 currently in use by regular army units.

Henry24o:
It's heavy, it's long and carries only 20 rounds. However Air Force personnel simply love them because of it's Range, Accuracy and Stopping power.


They call the Tavor "Travor", ground-nut rounds. I don't think they like the Tavor a lot. It's unfortunate.


I completely agree. DICON should come up with a lighter version, using composites, with add-on picatinny.

Lol "groundnut rounds". 'cant say i'm suprised. The military & police force are far more conversant with the 7.62 compared to 5.56 rounds. I dont there are any Tavor rifles that chambers the former.

Henry24o:
Nigerian Company Delivers more Armoured Vehicles to Police.


Compared to older models this new model looks higher, and provides more ground clearance.

It gets better and better

Henry24o:
As for the Air Force, the guys prefer the FN FAL to the Tavor-21.

These are first hand testimonies.


The Beryl Wz 2004 in 7.62mm configuration should replace all service rifles in the Army. While specialised units continue with the 5.45mm. These peanut rounds as they call it, don't cut it in widespread military use.

Thats interesting. The FAL is pretty heavy and long. The Tavor suits Special Ops units especially for CQBs. Again i suggest the former be converted to Designated Marksman Rifle OR DICON should come up with a lighter carbine version of the FAL using composite materials and probably shorten the barrel.

playtheblues:
So if you had the opportunity to attend Universities abroad you would have declined the offer?


Remind me of Zhara Buhari's school please.

University of Surrey, United Kingdom

achodave:
If the government wants to stop Nigerian students from going abroad to study,they should scrap JAMB and create better admission opportunities and processes here,why cause JAMB is more of a business than an admission body,if they want the ones overseas to come back and school here in Nigeria,then they should order Universities to startup functional transfer programs so the ones overseas can easily continue from whatever level they stopped over there.

Saying they should stop wasting there time crying and come back to Nigeria just like that is not fair,especially to the average families who are doing there best to train there ward abroad so he or she studies the discipline he wants probably because here in Nigeria they either deny your admission or change your course.So let's be open minded before we start abusing them.

JAMB is not the problem. Educational standard is.

lawydewy:
Mr David Mark! you are too greedy!

Minister during IBB.

Former Governor of Niger state.

4-5 terms senator.

2 terms Senate president.

Military colonel(rtd)

Are you human being at all?


Are you ingreat?

Thats called being ambitious, focused, and goal oriented with one's life. You should learn a thing or two from Mark.

espn:
stop twisting facts.. show us a post where they claimed to have put the TSA on hold because of its immediate implication on the economy..Please provide a link to ur claim

You dont need a post for that. The facts are on ground.

Did GEJ come up with the TSA? YES

Was it implemented by GEJ? NO

knightsTempler:
BMB making sense since the time of Lord Lugard.


When you insult Goodluck Jonathan and call him AN INEFFECTUAL BUFFOON on the Economist, of course Buhari will appoint you. This administration is all about expertise on GEJ bashing. The president and Lai Mohammed are seriously battling for the most efective official. Bashing Goodluck is the only rubric for measurement and grading who is doing well in APC.

So all APC bloggers, what insultive name can you come up with for Goodluck Jonathan? Oh you do not want appointment like Tolu? Now get creative and insult GEJ. I want you all to get you "small CHANGE" too. at all at all na weeensh.

So who goes next?

- Ofugara

Hehehehehehehehehehehehe!!! Aisha Rice Eaters Association (AREA )members, over to una oh.

francizy:
The same governors that pushed for all our savings to be shared are now ministers (after using the money to sponsor Buhari's election) while one of them is running Imo state aground. If you want the reserves, go and take it from Buhari.

THANK YOU!! Same ex governors even took tge GEJ adminiatration to court. Now they all suffer from selective amnesia.

wirinet:
Which on the rise? The economy started its decline one year before Buhari took over. Nigeria's economy rises and falls with the price of crude.

What bloody decline? The economy kept growing at a rate of 6-7% under the GEJ watch. Even at the last days of his administration, Nigeria still maintained that growth and was projected to be one of the largest economies in the world.

Bubu on the other hand SQUANDERED that success. 2-3 months into the PMB admin, and No thanks to his lack of economic policies to guide the nation and gross incompetence, our growth rate dropped to 4%, job growth was slashed, freaking Ethiopia overtook us as choice destination for FDI, we're no longer among the top 5 fastest growing economies in Africa, the Naira's value took a nose dive, no team to drive the president's no existing economic policies. 9 months down the line, the country's in recession. Thousands of jobs have been lost with 2 million being threatened. There's massive capital flight as investors run away. The business environment is so harsh now that small business's are parking up. And there's the.budget fiasco. All these while Bubu and co are busy blaming GEJ, who btw is busy trying to.enjoy his retirement in peace.

davidif:
For leaving a sinking ship.

The PDP left an economy still on the rise. Your Daura Bubu and the APC wrecked it totally. Go blame the later.

Karanka:
Oh so it has come to this point,right?
To convene an emergency economic meeting to reason how to save this nation?
Of what good will that be when the head has no idea whatsoever on how to tackle even the smallest challenge this nation is facing?
Mr Soyinka,you were among the people that ridiculed the previous government and helped foist Buhari on Nigerians,now will be the right time to perform that magic you guys promised Nigerians.

I concure.

Rikidony:
THIS IS WHAT PDP HAS BROUGHT ON US, WE MUST STAND TOGETHER AND REDEEMED OUR COUNTRY FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL.

Suuuure...blame PDP for your party's gross incompetence.

HopeAlive14:
I hope the President is not sacking to save face.

The painful thing are the innocent workers who will fall victim in this exercise.

this whole budget mess clearly insicated that team PMB are either way more corrupt OR they're GROSSLY incompetent. it may even be both Overall, the mass sacking is all about saving face and passing the blame.

Last i checked, the presidency and other ministries ought to have gone through the final draft before submition. Besides it's not like released funds wouldve passed through the Budget Office. In my opinion there's no "budget mafia", just a case of these ministers & cronies padding the budget. The Budget Office, though equally guilty, have simply been made the scapegoat in the pathetic case.

[quote author=Demdem post=42993064][/quote]Oi turd-brain, you still havent listed those 9 LGA. 'seems i touched a raw nerve there though, punk. Btw if You think you can wiggle your way with insults, well think again a$$wipe . And your talk of not recovering from GEJ's defeat......stale dude. GEJ left on a high note and has moved on, so have we. 'problem is that jive-a$$ morons and airheads like you replaced him with a totally USELESS and GROSSLY INCOMPETENT leader. For someone who served as General, Dullapo's handling of the war on terror has been terrible as the attacks spiked under the useless slowpoke's watch. Then again its no suprise.

Oh yeah, the troops stopped running. Problem with your baseless claim is that they stopped running BEFORE the Daura President's administration. Dullapo still executes the war using the same tactical plans generated and weapons purchased by GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN. Nothing, and i mean ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ELSE, have been added. Yet you're still here yarning pure OKPAKS. Boy you must be "technically" high on the stupids. Anofia

Now go cry to your mommy. Mumu.

[quote author=Demdem post=42975293][/quote]Oh my . it's always fun see you m@stubating zombies bleat. No wonder it's so easy for you clowns to be fed horsecrap by this administrtation, cos you're all full of shyte. please LIST THOSE NINE LGAs here and let me shame you once and for all for your blatant lies. Jesu! We're talking about the 6 weeks offensive that pushed Boko Haram to launch strikes in both niger and Northern Cameroun, all in a bid to set up new bases in these territories.

Btw what's the correlation between buhari's stark incompetence and biafra? Oh, if you think i'm some biafran sympathizer or something, sorry oh.

Finally, it is true that the soldiers have stopped running....well, most times. In the past they were equipped with soft skinned vehicles armed with simple GPMGs, based in remote outposts with little combat air support and no resupply via air; reinforcement came only via road (6+ hrs via dirt roads and tracks....i should know, i worked in same restive region for quite a while). And they had to face a numerically superior enemy armed with heavier weapons (vehicle mounted HMGs, RPGs with thermobaric war heads, etc) gotten from liberated Libyan civil war stockpiles that trickled in, and later captured Nigerian army weapons. Yeah, there were a lot of embarrassing setbacks. Then it all changed, thanks to better combat vehicles (MRAPs, IFVs, APCs, LCAVs, Main Battle Tanks) with far better fire power, better communication gears from field gears like the Harris VHF radios to far bigger systems like the Police's dedicated Land Mobile System (the FIRST in our history). then there are the better body armour/tactical vests along with camel systems produced LOCALLY (Dicon+Marom Dolphin), introduction of far better fire arms from IMI (Tavor TAR21, TAVOR CTAR21, Galil ACE), Fabric Nationale (FN FS2000s, FN P90s), Poland (Beryl Assault rifles), Russia (Pecheneg LMGs), heavy machine guns from China. Then there's the improved tactical airlifts allowing the airforce transport hundreds of soldiers, police officers, air men, intelligence field officers into the conflict zones thanks to our resuscitated C-130s and G-333s, plus the addition of more attack helicopters, combat aircrafts, unmanned combat aerial vehicles (CH-3As) that now provide better combat air support. In addition to these are the new ISR birds from those ATR-48 Maritime surveillance birds to those new Beechcraft Aircrafts and additional drones like those made in Nigeria AMEBO 1 and 2 series UAVs (yeah, i did not include the GULMA series) for intelligence gathering and battle damage assesment. Or did I mention the revival of air assault operations (insertion of air borne and special Ops teams behind enemy lines) thanks the arrival of our repaired Super Pumas helos, the purchase of Gazzelle Scout helicopters for the newly formed army aviation corps? How about the rekitting and re training of existing Special Forces units (e.g. Navy Special Boat Service, etc) and formation of new Special Ops teams (Army 72nd Strike Force, army 101st Battalion, Air force QRF)? Finally there's the much needed tactical training from Pakistan's SSG, India, Isreal, Russia (Spetznas), and the South Africans. It is thanks to ALL THESE that the security services healed themselves, boosted moral, regained their pride, and kicked Boko Haram bum while idiots like Buhari began to scream that the military's attack was an attack on the North. ALL THESE happened thanks to ONE MAN: GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN.

Buhari the dullard on the other hand is yet to contribute anything MEANINGFUL in this fight (he's just busy padding the budget). Apart from the scrap MRAPs donated by the American military, please list ONE weapon system purchased by the Buhari (Dullapo) administration..........what? Nothing? 'thought so.


But hey keep w@nking to that bullcrap that the war has been "technically won" while innocent Nigerians keep getting blown up or slaughtered with communities razed by Boko Haram. it aint often we get so see such blatant stupidity even when reality's right in front of you zombies. While you're at it, continue to motivate the president to open a 2nd insurgency front in the oil rich ND region (apparently you've forgotten about the last ND insurgency). Additional stupidity.

Demdem:
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[s]Arrant Nonsense. By the time Jonah-daft was leaving, at least Evil boko was still in charge of 9 LGA. Besides why did the fool had to wake up only when the elections was about to happen? does it mean if there was no election for yrs to come, he wouldnt have woken up. sorry, ur line of story is stale. Baba has brought far more to the table than u can ever think. he came on board and got to work immediately.[/s]]

CORRECTION: under GEJ's watch, Boko Haram retreated to their last stronghold and were nearly made extinct thanks to the successful combined arms offensive by the military. It is thanks to GEJ that the military, intelligence services,police, and paramilitary agengies can boast if far better weapons, combat platforms, and better tactical training. Overall, captured territories were liberated and IDPs safely returned to their homes were they were able to particupate in last elections. THAT is what GEJ brought to the table.

For one who served in the military, the Daura President has been a total dissapointment. No additional weapons have been bought, the once successful offensive faltered switvhing from offensive to defensive no thanks to the confused state of this administration in moving the so called "command centre", inability to select new theatre commanders, and delay in selecting service chiefs. Boko Haram on the other hand have switched from switched from a defensive posture to the offensive attacking same areas liberated under GEJ's watch. Oh, did i mention the grumblings in both officer corps and rank-and-file cadre of all securoty services thanks to non-payment/delays in the salaries and allowances? excellent moral "booster". All these while Buhari via his propaganda minister Liar Mohammed were busy yapping about "technically winning" the last December. Let's face it, Baba Brainless has NOT brought JACKSHYTE to the table in this war.

Demdem:
Buhari while responding to whether it was fair to say a group which killed over 65 persons in a single attack
had been technically defeated, said, “Well, that’s your own description of it. My own description is that they can no longer mobilise enough forces to attack police and army barracks and destroy aircraft like they used to do. They can no longer do that.”

http://dailypost.ng/2016/02/06/buhari-claims-boko-haram-technically-defeated/

Use ur brain. this is so and cant be disputed.

Funny thing is that the destruction of Boko Haram as a cohesive conventional force that could attack barracks was achieved by GEJ's 6 months offensive, long before the Buhari administration. So you guys dont bring anything new to the table. Whats quite certain is that Buhari is yet to defeat Boko Haram as a TERROR GROUP that attacks soft targets (population centres), something thats pretty much the main objective of every terror group.

Brothers in arms.

mynd1:
PMB need to probe those supreme court judges asap.

Go and probe them yourself na.

opyzy:
nice one, but must he announce everything on twitter?

He's basically trying to make a good point and putting his money were his mouth is. BUY NAIJA TO AID THE NAIRA.

dunkem21:
..After the wailing, play Ben Bruce ..

.. Ben bruce ..Ben bruce

Ben Bruce..Ben Bruce

Tochaigh:
That is not issue. He was voted in by both young and old women and men. The problem should be the age of those he appoints. Please think with your brain, albeit a tiny greyed out brain.



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Social media has the largest concentration of youths. With a single 'free' tweet, you can reach millions of Nigerian youths. What's wrong in a senator discussing government policies with his fellow countrymen? Because it is about your 'god', buhari?!

How many Senate sittings do you watch? Plus that is not the crux of the matter, the point is, is there anything specifically wrong with him posting about government policies on his Twitter handle?! Yes or no

Abeg help me ask these w@nking w@nkers/m@stubating zombies/members of the Aisha Rice Eaters Association (AREA).

Iroh88:
Probably a leftover Goat from the regime of the Ineffectual Buffoon. Had Baba fired her reshaping things, these Ipod miscreants getting excited over the Ipod Goat's oversight since it portrays Baba's regime in bad light would have been the same Ekpas shouting "marginalisation".

Baba is just wasting his time thinking these people would work for his success.

Most disturbing part is that Ipod Wailing Ekpas have decided to go get news from "APC's propaganda media" to the forum.

Shameless e-O'Rubebes.

Yup, blame GEJ's administratuon for APC's incompetence. Liar Mohammed will be soooo proud of you.

shamecurls:
#PDPhouseOfHunger

Pathetic comeback

AfroKnight:
Most PDP youth warriors are fueled by tribal hate. That's why they are easily frustrated.


2019 is still far. Change your primitive tactics and provide us with a worthy opposition.

Oh i think the PDP's doing just fine exposing the incompetence of this adminisrstion. Come 2019, the PDP may not win the presidency immediately, but with your party's current disastrous performance, i forsee the PDP slowly regain its no. 1 position as either ruling party or a more powerful opppsition force.

StOla:
Why am I not surprised to see Snailspeed and TippyTop on this kind of thread? I've always known they were paid PDP goons.

They have come to see how bad the backlash is for their party.

These are the kind of souless vagabonds who come up with the propaganda that Dasuki embezzlement is a hoax.

Once they see any news on EFCC executing its statutory responsibility of fighting financial crimes, they begin to lament that the president should stop fighting corruption.

They are also the ones who are never happy with any investigative report by Sahara Reporters.

Why would a citizen celebrate a president who fostered corruption and mass embezzlement, but oppose the president who has shown a dedication to fighting corruption?

What "backlash"? Worse than the 9 months of gross display of incompetence and daftness by your party led govt? Worse than Twitter Orubebe, #BudgetofCorruption, and co? All i saw are just a bunch of recycled Aisha Rice Eaters Association (AREA) members in a pathetic bid to make a comeback and divert the nation's attention from the stupidity of this govt. Sorry it didnt work.

tartar9:
where is he claiming he cured polio in Nigeria

'was about to ask the exact same thing.

GEJ, GEJ, GEJ. TEAM GEJ ALL THE WAY!!!