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Activity77:
Wow..am highly elated with this pix,spyder880 u ve made ma day,AIIA is definitely growing from strenght to strenght and by God's willing turkish airline will make anoda history here...

Kudos GEJ

I am really praying that as the airport continues to grow and the state government will resist the urge to allow further encroachment on the land around the airport. The entire area reserved for airport expansion should be guarded jealously from land developers who would want to build tall hotels and residential homes in the area. Then when the airport grow and gets busy,and thus requires a second runway, there would be no space left for expansion.

Right now, the airport still has land for expansion close to Ekulu river for a second runway when the need arises. I hope they keep it that way.

papaejima1:
Three soldiers and 123 Boko Haram militants were killed when the militant Islamist group attacked a Chadian army contingent in northern Cameroon, Chad's military said Friday. Twelve other soldiers were wounded in the attacks.

Chad sent a convoy of troops and military vehicles into neighbouring Cameroon on January 17 to deal with the growing threat Boko Haram poses to the region. The Islamists launched the attacks Thursday and Friday near the border town of Fotokol, according to a televised military statement.

"The enemy was repelled by our defensive forces," the general staff's statement said, adding that the troops had "routed" the Islamists in the second attack.

The soldiers were killed by improvised explosive devices, the statement said.

Boko Haram frequently stages attacks on Fotokol from their base in the Nigerian town of Gamboru, which is just 500 metres (550 yards) away.

Chad has called on countries in the region to form a broad coalition in the fight against the Islamist group. The country has already deployed its army along the border as well as sending the additional contingent into Cameroon.

The African Union called Friday for a regional five-nation force of 7,500 troops to defeat the "horrendous" rise of Boko Haram.


"Terrorism, in particular the brutality of Boko Haram against our people, [is] a threat to our collective safety, security and development. This has now spread to the region beyond Nigeria and requires a collective, effective and decisive response," AU commission chair Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said in a speech opening the summit.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon told African leaders that Boko Haram was "a clear danger to national, regional and international peace and security".

The group's uprising has become a regional crisis, with the four directly affected countries – Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria – agreeing, along with Benin, to boost cooperation to contain the threat and to form a Multinational Joint Task Force.

More than 13,000 people have been killed and more than one million made homeless by Boko Haram violence since it launched a violent insurgency in earnest in 2009.

https://scd.france24.com/en/files/imagecache/france24_ct_api_bigger_169/article/image/Chad-Army-ALI-KAYA.jpg

(FRANCE 24 with AFP)

http://www.france24.com/en/20150131-boko-haram-attacks-chadian-troops-cameroon/

I am so proud and grateful to Chad for stepping up to tackle the Boko Haram threat.

Nigerian army had largely refused to engage Boko Haram out of the fact that some officers were making money through this insurgency as alleged by some junior officers, and the fact that so many moles exist in the Nigerian army.

Chad has neither of those problems and therefore, Boko Haram have finally met a disciplined enemy.

Zonacom:
Namibia poor? Don't say that again o. If not because of the black man's corruption mentality, Namibia should be among the most comfortable countries to live in worldwide. Their income per capita is high even morethan some European countries. Though the wealth of the country is controlled by a greedy few while majority live in poverty. The population of the country is very small, even smaller than Anambra state but they have a lot of wealth from natural resources like Diamond or so.

You are right, Namibia's population is small.
But Namibia is still not a rich country. Its budget is scarcely above the budget of Nigerian richest states. Yet, non of those states have a real city close to windhoek.Lagos is what it is because it had been the Federal Capital of Nigeria.

Yet, Namibia also has an armed forces, Police and embassies around the world which it supports. While non of these Nigerian states need to worry about that.

Endougs:
At the Lagos rally today .. Tinubu said "CERTIFICATE or NO CERTIFICATE, Buhari is a GENERAL"..

Now they admit he has no certificate..?

Of course Tinubu is lying.
What about this certificates?

The same people have been killing Nigerians as terrorists or Janjaweeed party leaders.

I hope the next governor immediately revokes this blatant abuse of office.

Medley:
Politics as we all know is all about saving the best for last. I think one of the major points that has been used by the major ruling party to try to obliterate or malign the chances of GMB is to either spuriously paint the idea that he is not qualified based on the minimum qualification for education.

These are the reasons why i think he may be saving the result to be released when the election is closest.

1. The election clearly puts that the candidate are to be cleared by their party and that sole responsibility is theirs and not of INEC, this provides an opportunity for them to create a situation that will catch the attention of the populace.

2. The party knows the blow of not having this minimum requirements and yet decided to field GMB.

3. The plan that GMB will not affix his certificate with the originally submitted form was part of APCs game plan from outset.

4. GMB could have applied for his results directly from cambridge but he decided to apply to his school in katsina. So that the questions about his results will keep coming up from the opposition. Is it that no one head of the party know about this means of soliciting for original result.

5. The constitution did not state that the candidate must submit a WASSCE or WAEC result but that the minimum requirement is a WASSCE certificate, GMB has higher result but he decided to go for the minimum requirement that will be seen has a pre-requisite he should have atleast possessed.

6.This will give the impression to a larger part of the country's population that atleast have a WASSCE certificate, that he should release the result and when the result is released he will have a large part of this population that are yet undecided on who to vote follow him.

7. The party leaders know that even though the case will be taken to courts, but once he becomes the president the judgement might be pinned on some form of impunity for perjury. Or atleast they are ready for whatever the court case will be

8. Many Nigerians at this election that will be tightly contended are confused and undecided on who to vote,when the Certificate is released by the party close to the election(they are saving the best for last),they will surely win a lot of sympathy vote for the general,for what he was put through on the certificate issue.

Disclaimer: this will not be the case if the result is truly not available with Cambridge.

Now to you all, can this be the pan of the APC party leaders. Lets do politics!

Mogidi:
Thats why you gave us Buhari, hoping he dies in a few months abi?

Buhari would be an Epic disaster if it ever happens.

All Buhari knows is violence and killing

spyder880:
Any hope for government owned companies, in view of the level of unemployment in this country.

It is heart breaking to see AVOP in that state. All the companies jointly owned by the old Anambra state have been allowed to rot. From NigerCem, Niger steel , AVOP or ANAMMCO.

I think these factories should be completely sold to private investors so that they can be useful to the unemployed youths and continue to add to the economy of the state and the country.

cjrane:
I am highly excited that Governor Obiano finally wants to implement world class hospital systems in Nigeria.

I had always wondered why we could comfortably afford to spend N2-5 billion naira to build roads which often breakdown in a few years but we cannot afford to spend the same amount to build world class hospital edifices which lasts for hundreds of years and help save countless millions of lives!

I thank Obiano for the courage to change things and bring world best standards to Anambra. I wish he would build one of these types of general hospitals abroad,which actually serve towns smaller than the population of Ihiala!

Like the man who dared to build the 1st Palms shopping Mall in Lagos,which inspired and triggered a new era of building modern shopping malls in Nigeria, I hope Gov. Obiano's bold effort would inspire and trigger a new era of building world standard hospitals in Nigeria.

Building modern hospital structures is one thing i pray takes root in Nigeria.
Dr.Nnamdi Azikiwe, Dr.Michael Opara all built bungalow hospitals in those days because there was scarcely any money and many many projects had to be built in the newly independent country. Currently, my heart bleeds each time i see politicians in this present day, building mushroom structures as hospitals or universities simply because in 1960, the first buildings were bungalow structures.


Even "poor" African countries such as Namibia with tiny national budget comparable to an average Nigerian state budget, now build modern hospitals or university buildings such as the example in the picture.

Charlesdonald:
Overview of caol camp

Bro, we understand and appreciate your desire to help enrich the forum.
Unfortunately, your camera or the video you pulled these pics from?

Please, these are enough.Thanks a lot for your effort

spyder880:
Along Bisalla road. .....

Don't really know why we should continue to honor the names of military junta officials that named major streets in Enugu after themselves....and did not even build anything in Enugu as military administrators. Worst of all, they are also coupists!

Why should any road in Enugu be referred to as "Bisalla" road, while we don't even have Sullivan Chime Road or Boulevard or Chief Jim Ifeanyichukwu Nwobodo Boulevard? Inspite of all the hardwork Sullivan Chime put into developing Enugu into a Five star destination, in spite of his meager funds?

spyder880:
Many old houses are being renovated. ......

Oga Spyder,
How many are these buildings in Brick estate?

For security reasons,
i hope the state government will reallocate these building to those that will complete them or bulldoze them and reallocate the land.

These buildings are definitely being used by armed robbers and kidnappers from the looks of it. They have been abandoned for a long time and sit next to the homes of great Igbo people at Independence L/O. It's just the perfect place for criminals to use as hideout.

spyder880:
More pictures coming later. ....

Oga,
Keep them coming!
You are giving us a great weekend!
I just discovered similar pictures are populating Enugu thread on skyscrapercity.com

Chai, ndi anya ufu no go sleep tonite

spyder880:
I have never posted pictures from these parts of Enugu before......

Simply giving these houses solid Aluminium roofing/ glass windows and planting flowers/trees around them, will make them hot cakes!
I see they are already doing that with many of them.

Such buildings should not be left as uncompleted, if not dare devil armed robbers and kidnappers will use them as hideout to torment residents of Independence L/O.

spyder880:
Inside Independence layout Enugu. .....

Even Oil producing states don't look this way!!!
Chai, ala Enugu bu so nma!

[size=28pt]Bar. Sullivan Chime!!![/size]
We are eternally grateful!

spyder880:
If you go a little further down this road, you will get into the express road to PH. But we are going to the left of this picture, to a new place called the Bricks layout, and the Housing estates behind it.

Wow! Wow! Wow!!!
Please keep it coming!

Oga Spyder,
Are you sure you are not posting pictures of Paris here?
Is this Enugu for real??

spyder880:
Abeg, who is behind these funny statues in Enugu roundabouts

I like the concept behind the statue. "Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil"

Enugu is truly Ala bekee ooo!

Joel3:
[s]Hard truth

the igbo people are the only ethnic group that is benefiting the most from the so called one nigeria.

All over the country are dominated by the igbo even in the north. The business and trade field are igbo occupant.

While other ethnics groups are looking for none existing jobs from the government, but the igbos are busy dominating every regions with their trade.

For edo for example.

The cloths, electronic, cd, motor part, music industry and all other trades are all igbos dominate.

And I believe its also in every nook and cranny of the country.

In other word. In the east you hardly find other tribe doing business there.


Those who are Clamoring for bIafra should rethink of the igbo investment. They are the ones to lose.

resist every temptations of civil war. don't allow the ijaw draw you into civil war.

Thanks[/s]

Crap!
Tell your childish lies and "advise" to the birds.What are you really afraid of? Are you afraid of losing the oil money?
If Igbos were benefiting from Nigeria, you animals would have disintegrated it a very long time ago.

See the list below of states milking Nigeria's wealth through the federation account allocation, NONE is an Igbo state!
This is precisely the reason why the animals still tolerate so called "One Nigeria". If you weren't cheating everyone, you'd broken this zoo a long time ago.The same indigenes of those states own 99% of oil wells allocated to "Nigerians"


If Ijaws secede from Nigeria because of injustice against them, Nobody should use any part of Igboland to approach Ijawland or you would have provoked us by invading our territory. You know what that means.

spyder880:
This is where I was talking about last time, the concrete interlocked road median in Enugu.

Can they cover those sections of the median with concrete, where heavy pedestrian traffic have prevented flowers from growing in the median?
Places such as a few sections of Ogui road, Presidential road and Zik avenue towards Gariki and road in front of Ogbete and Old park? That will greatly improve Enugu to look like a truly world class city.

NAIJASOM:
Shacman trucks off ANAMMCO plant tomorrow
January 14, 2015 | Filed under: Executive Motoring | Author: MIKE OCHONMA

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A new chapter in the annals of Nigeria’s automotive history will be opened tomorrow when Transit Support Services Limited (TSSL), a subsidiary of ABC Transport plc, in partnership with Anambra Motor Manufacturing Company Limited (ANAMMCO), officially roll out Shacman trucks from the (ANAMMCO) plant in Emene Industrial Layout, Enugu.

Resuscitation of ANAMMCO factory by Transit Support Services Limited is in response to the new national automotive policy, and the need to grow domestic automobile capacity and generate employment opportunities in Nigeria.

The groundbreaking event which is expected to attract a large number of high profile government functionaries, industrialists and technocrats will have Olusegun Aganga, Nigeria’s industry, trade and investment minister, as the special guest of honour.

Shacman is a brand of the Shaanxi Automobile Group Co. Ltd. China, which has over 45 years of manufacturing experience and remains one of the leading automobile manufacturers in China.

The truck makers produced the first heavy duty military off-road truck in 1968 and have since inception manufactured over 600,000 vehicles of different varieties, making great contribution to China national defence construction, developing the national economy and adding value to the entire Chinese society.

Over four decades, Shacman has evolved into one of China’s domestic large-scale automobile enterprise group with over 33,000 employees and is ranked 24 among Chinese top 500 mechanical enterprises.

Shacman also engages mainly in development, manufacture and sales of off-road vehicles, heavy-duty trucks, medium-duty, large and medium-sized coaches, medium and light-duty trucks, minivan, new energy vehicles, heavy-duty axles, light axles, Cummins engines and automobile components, etc.
The company also manufactures brands like Shacman, Eurostar, Huashan, Fujia and etc., and has also won series of awards in China.

On the other hand, TSSL, established in 2007 in Nigeria, has been behind the success of notable transport operators in the whole of Africa sub-region and is continuously researching for best solutions to enhance cost efficient services in transport and logistics operations.

Company sources say TSSL management is dedicated to providing the latest materials, services and technology to the automobile industry through its associates worldwide. TSSL selects and offers to its numerous customers, the latest solution for efficient fleet operation in the area of safe haulage handling and also provides tyre sales and services to the Industry.

While Sullivan Chime, the executive governor of Enugu State, will play chief host, other dignitaries expected at the event include the Aminu Jalal, director general, National Automotive Council (NAC); and Wang Gang, managing director, Shacman Group, Shaanxi, China.

Others include Frank Jacobs, president, Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) as the chairman of the occasion and G. U. Okeke, chairman of ANAMMCO.



MIKE OCHONMA

http://businessdayonline.com/2015/01/shacman-trucks-off-anammco-plant-tomorrow/#.VLaVoCvF_gc

Could anyone confirm that the ANAMMCO has actually started rolling out the Shacman trucks from it's truck assembly line?

cjrane:
Thanks Bro,
As a matter of fact, one of the issues with Nigerians and tourism development is our mentality that tourism is based on some "Natural wonder" which people will have to cross continents to see. It's all about creating fun things to see or do when some visits your city. For instance many African capital cities located in arid deserts may create water parks where tourists can have fun at the back of a hotel !
That is also a tourist attraction in the city! it doesn't always have to be a natural park or some natural wonder as we tend to think.

@ the bolded,
The waterparks idea at the back of a major hotel isn't bad at all. You must have seen lots in the USA during summer.
Infact, today is MLK birthday and we might visit an indoor park if it's not too cold.

Nigeria has such excellent tropical weather that water parks will be great tourist attractions to cool off the heat! It is shameful that ONLY ONE water park exist in Nigeria at Tinapa!!!

I wish they will expand the pool area at Hotel Presidential to install a waterpark there.
It will not only help to make the hotel to become a tourism hot-spot, it will instantly put Enugu on the tourism map of Nigeria.

A mini inexpensive water park such as in the picture below, if built around the pool area of Hotel Presidential will do wonders for Enugu.
Who says you need a beach to become a tourist haven?

spyder880:
In the interim, government should just go there, evacuate the street, seize the umbrellas and make the road passable.

Gbam!

spyder880:
Someone should demolish the Abakpa market, then build a high rise shopping plaza of groceries there with good parking and employ all these sellers. Abakpa is large enough to buy up everything in the plaza.

Building a two or three storey open air shopping complex is one solution. It has worked in places like Warri to decongest Effrun road. But where will they park the cars? Using the street as parking lots is one of the biggest problems we have, because people just build big public buildings and have no plans to provide parking space for the customers.

My fear is that GEJ may not get the type of block votes he got in 2011 from the SE.
Many Igbos are indeed disillusioned with GEJ agenda now.

Although even many more Igbos hate APC for sidelining the Igbo race and saying publicly that Igbo does not matter in their calculations.If APC had not behaved so wickedly to push Igbos away from the party, Buhari can be sure of at least 40% of SE votes.

But, will you out of frustration of GEJ vote for a party who has publicly declared you an enemy and sworn to enslave you in your own land?
Ultimately, we shall see where this all goes.

We must ensure a free and fair elections happen so that the peoples votes will matter.

spyder880:
Abakpa Nike Enugu, you would think there is a mass rally here

Street markets are a problem. I wonder how that can be solved without making people jobless.

spyder880:
I will go and see the national museum in Enugu for shots on what little they have over there next week.

Oga Spyder,
That would be very kind of you to get us some of the pics there. Truly, our people don't know how to market our treasures. African culture is something many scholars around the world actually want to learn. Unfortunately, there isn't any real cultural museums in Africa meticulously documenting our culture. A few centers exist in Kenya and Tanzania and they have continued to pull tourists to them.However, those countries have the development of their safaris as a priority.

Since we do not have safaris or game reserves to pull tourists like the Kenyans and Tanzanians, Our cultural heritage should be developed and packaged in modern museums like our movies. In the past, Nigerian movies tried to copy American action movies and we failed woefully. Today, producers have learnt to tell our own authentic cultural stories set in villages and towns, and it has made Nollywood a sensation across the world.
Prof. Chinua Achebe had always said that if he had based thing fall apart on some European culture, it would have been a woeful flop. But since he based it on his own Igbo culture which he was very familiar with, even schools in far away Korea and Japan caught on to the story because it was authentic and not a copycat novel imitating Europeans and their culture.
I think CJ is right. They made provision for a museum around the conference zone. See the satellite imagery of the uncompleted complex. They should complete that complex and begin stocking the museum with artefacts of cultural significance and watch it blossom beyond everyone's imagination.

moderatorr1:
During his end of the year cross over night service, Father Mbaka of Enugu State, a catholic priest started voicing support for Buhari. His audience were shocked and fell entirely silent even during the time he called for responses. The priests themselves, standing on the stage with him all folded their hands in awe as the man of God dabbled into politics.

This is a video of Buhari with a spear encouraging his followers to kill people during election. After he lost that election, youth corpers where mobbed. Then he stayed for 2 days before coming to bbc under pressure to ask his people to stop the violence.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePJSywwVWZM&feature=youtu.be

He said people should vote Buhari because Jonathan could not stop 'simple insurgency'. In reality, insurgency is not simple, no country has been able to stop insurgency once it has started. Kenya, Libya, Israel, Pakistan, Afghanistan, USA (with all their technology and sophistication), Nigeria.
Terrorism by groups of individuals who use Islam as a motivation or a mask are unstoppable: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_terrorism

1. He said people should vote Buhari because we have not seen more bloodshed in the history of the nation since Boko Haram started. Statistically, boko haram has killed about 10,000 people, Biafran war was started due to a reverse on the aburi accord, it killed 2 million people, mostly civilians. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigerian_Civil_War

2. He said Boko Haram started due to unemployment caused by Goodluck's administration. Well, Boko haram started in 2009 and Goodluck started ruling in 2009 as acting. So when did the unemployment start?
Actually boko haram said their aim is to implement total sharia in Nigeria. And that they are against democracy or anything from the west.

3. He said Buhari built the enugu-onitsha express way. Heheheheee! Lies! http://www.dawodu.com/buhari.htm

4. He said there is no light in Enugu, actually, its the opposite, there is almost 24 hours power supply. https://www.nairaland.com/2072516/225-hours-power-supply-ten

5. He said Buhari didn't encourage violence, lies, see the video above.

6. Then He said Buhari didn't say he will make the country ungovernable, he pointed that ciroma was the one who said it. cool .. but Buhari actually said "if i don't win in 2015, the dogs and the baboons will soak in blood"
And refused to join the team to negotiate with boko haram.

7. Fr. Mbaka said Buhari said he will islamise nigeria but didnt mean it since he didnt do it the first time he ruled.
Lol.
In 2001, Buhari said in a meeting "God willingly we will continue to push for total implementation of sharia in the country. Those who are not part of us should learn about it" .

And...Fr. Mbaka said the holy spirit told him so.

Hmmm, i'm a catholic but Nwa Mbaka is on his own in this one. I wonder how much they paid him.

#teamGEJ2019 fee dee feeeee!
Of a truth, this will be a heated election.
i'm viewing in 3D. Grabs pop corn

Because of my love for Jesus, i will not publicly chastise Fr. Mbaka.
All i can say is "Please get the facts before you speak."

[size=17pt]Every mission embarked by these choppers must be TOP SECRET!

To make sure moles cannot give it's movements to Boko Haram to tip them off of it's impending attack.
I hope it has very weapons system and target acquisition. God willing,it has good missile system too.


Boko haram Ntoor![/size]

laykorn:
www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammadu_Buhari
Ayamlaykorn

[size=26pt]As if we don't know even Shekau can edit wikipedia.!

Abokii show your WAEC result. Shikena! [/size]

xwolverine:
FRESHLY DELIVERED Mi-35P ATTACK HELICOPTERS OF THE NIGERIAN AIR FORCE…REPORTEDLY MODERNISED BY A SOUTH AFRICAN FIRM


source: https://beegeagle./2015/01/02/freshly-delivered-mi-35p-attack-helicopters-of-the-nigerian-air-force-reportedly-modernised-by-a-south-african-firm/

Kai,
Those birds are sweet.

We need an experienced tactician to command this helicopter force. Someone that knows how best to inflict maximum damage on Boko Haram equipment and firepower using these birds in close support with military intelligence.
I hope they have night fighting capability with infra-red. So that they are used mainly at night to hit the Boko boys, their tanks and armored vehicles with surprise attacks.