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Politics › Re: Fubara Biggest Loser In Rivers Crisis — Wike by peleson1: 9:38pm On Aug 02
ibroyal:
It serves Fubara right.
He came in and canceled all employment initiatives, then expected things to go smoothly? He claimed the Rivers youths were behind him, but it was just a few touts he was bankrolling.

The employment of 10,000 youths would have affected over 50,000 people directly our parents, children, and spouses who would have benefited from those salaries. We are still feeling the pain of that decision.He should go to hell abeg
This is false

Obio akpo rumupirikum youths you meant ?
TV/Movies › Re: BBNaija 2026 (Season 11) Live Update Thread by peleson1: 8:51pm On Aug 02
lebete3000:
Did you voted him in the app?
What the fvck?

Easy with the tiann
Politics › Re: Sharing of rice, a product of a wicked & irresponsible elite - Priest (vid) by peleson1: 9:12pm On Aug 01
Lithiumite:
All the monies the church has been siphoning to the vatican how much has it helped the masses it is being taken from.

How many free health care centers even for tbeir members......free schools,missionary schools and church higher institutions are amongst the most expensive in this country......Ancilla hospital owned by the Catholic church is nowhere for the poor to seek health care,this one is here running his mouth like tap water,but if it were to be obi you will start lieing to your parishioners and you will be shining teeth and be praying for him lieing to those same parishioners how obi is devine because he is Catholic... ..its obvious the Catholic church is ready to go head on to turn 2027 into a religious war,yesterdayit was onaiyekan now this one........support your obi in peace but never get into what you shouldn't get into.
Early schools were built by churches and many hospitals and schools are run by churches .
Catholic Church has and sponsors most of world organisations you know and do not know
Music/Radio › Re: Michael Oluwole: Sinach Wins ₦5 Billion ‘way Maker’ Copyright Battle by peleson1: 1:32pm On Aug 01
People from that side keep destroying this country by trying to own other people originality . Always stolen identity
Food › Re: Cheapest Sources Of Protein In Nigeria: How To Eat Well Without Breaking Bank by peleson1: 6:38pm On Jul 31
mecuries:
Beans?.... Beans is more of a carbohydrate than protein. I hope you know we were taught mostly rubbish in primary school/ jss
Pure starch

Maybe black beans, kidney beans and fio fio is more proteinous
Investment › Re: Nigerian Treasury Bills See High Demand As Rates Fall by peleson1: 9:51am On Jul 31
NaijaHelper1:
The amount you're considering is lower than 50 million which is the lowest amount you need to buy directly from the FG. Even that window has closed too. Your other option is to buy from the banks in what is called the secondary market. So the banks because they have alot of money, buy from the primary market, then sell to people who can't meet that threshold of 50m through the secondary market.
The tenure (that's the time your principal remains with them) varies and is set by the banks. As of last week, UBA was offering 16.59% for 365 days. It changes everyday and is published daily so you'll need to get into the Bank to find out the day's rate. Assuming you want to purchase with that amount for the 365 days, you get N1,161,300. Paid upfront then your principal will be returned when the tenure expires. So that's for you to decide if it's enough.
That is how it works
Investment › Re: Nigerian Treasury Bills See High Demand As Rates Fall by peleson1: 9:38am On Jul 31
NaijaHelper1:
A friend just locked in 200 million face value on a one year tenure at 16.59% from UBA. That's a cool 32 million quid received immediately and which he didn't need to put in extra work for and with zero risk. It's a no brainer. Banks too are making it easy because their fixed deposit rate is coming in at 14%. No reasonable person will give the bank money for fixed deposit at 14% when the Baba being FG is giving you 16.59%>. What's more? If you're buying from the TB primary market, that's even more, coming in at 17.59%. and it's paid upfront not like Fixed deposit that pays upon maturity. CBN is beating banks at their own game now.
Money market is a go go
Foreign Affairs › Re: Tel Aviv Says US Bombers Launched Strikes On Iran From Israeli Bases by peleson1: 8:54am On Jul 31
BornofGod108:
Tel Aviv says US Bombers Launched Strikes on Iran From Israeli Bases

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz says American warplanes used Israeli bases during their attacks on Iran, reiterating that his country was prepared to retaliate if targeted, AFP reports.

“The fact is that, at the moment — and this could change within an hour — the Iranians are firing at everything in the region except one country: the State of Israel,” Katz tells Israel’s right-wing Channel 14.

“They know that American aircraft are taking off from here to carry out strikes,” he adds.

“This does not mean we know what will happen tomorrow; it means we know what our response will be. I announced it, the prime minister announced it, and we made it absolutely clear: if Israel comes under fire, we will strike back with full force,” Katz says.

For more updates, follow our live blog: https://www.dawn.com/live/iran-israel-war

Nlfpmod mynd44 Dominique
😂 😂
Israel wants Iran to try and revenge them only this one last time


Iran pls bomb the US base na
Pets › Re: Woman Left Speechless After Talking Bird Tries To Communicate With Her Dog (vid) by peleson1: 9:52pm On Jul 25
shadrach77:
There is a bit of exaggeration in the story. The dog was not trying to reply
The dog did
Was trying to reply too
Sports › Re: FIFA Releases 2026 World Cup Best XI. (Pictures) by peleson1: 8:44am On Jul 23
9jagist01:
Source

Positions

GK
Vozinha
AEL Limassol
LB
Marc Cucurella
Chelsea
CB
Dayot Upamecano
Bayern Munich
CB
Lisandro Martínez
Manchester United
Thank God that we have Oliseh there repin nigeria 😆
Politics › Re: US-Based Lobbyist Sends Records On Tinubu’s US Forfeiture Case To Trump, Congres by peleson1: 10:33am On Jul 22
garykoeman:
Enough of these fake fairy tales.

Nigerians knows the real durg traffickers.
Pls what do you mean?

This report is coming from a credible source .
Atiku is the one pushing it .

I really do not understand your comment
Politics › Re: I Did Not Kill Him, He Died On Top Of Me Says Mistress Of Late Abacha by peleson1: 6:35pm On Jul 21
Diamond098454:
Wow............54
He's still a youth then.......
You that is hummm

Let me just chill
Politics › Re: I Did Not Kill Him, He Died On Top Of Me Says Mistress Of Late Abacha by peleson1: 2:42pm On Jul 21
Diamond098454:
Hahaha🤣🤣🤣🤣 hahaha
Hmmmm this country hahaha hahaha Nawa ooooo

Old men ridding young girls should be very careful

Senator Ned and CO
Abscha wasn't old ,he was 54 then
Politics › Re: The Official Peugeot 504 Of Olusegun Obasanjo In 1979 As Head Of State (Photo) by peleson1: 8:23pm On Jul 20
flejnr:
That was like having an s550 Mercedes in the 70’s , could remember down to 1999 some governors had it as their official car.
Those days my dad had special wagon 504;,
Driving us to Church.

80s mehn
Sports › Re: Argentina Players Fight Spain Players Following World Cup Loss (Pics) by peleson1: 3:26am On Jul 20
Argentina are rascals ..

England getting ready to go to WAR with them 😂
Politics › Re: Who Do You Think Is The Best Nigerian President (photo) by peleson1: 7:22pm On Jul 18
No3
Gej remains the best .

Gej was truthful,frank and a perfect gentleman and a Democrat.
Talking to Nigerians every month end , visiting places of concern .
Our economy was booming on the right trajectory.

The world experienced two consecutive economic meltdown but Nigeria under gej and okonjo as finance minister did not feel it or understood what it was but aoc came ,the world started prospering but nigeria became a he poverty head quarters of the world. Because everyone holding political position got busy stealing .
Imagine emiefeke ,over 1000 properties he forfeited as a criminal , look at other officials,look at makami forfeiting 48 houses , nearly every one of them.

Now look at what we are seeing , ghost agencies and ministries ,
All political position are for sale . Just imagine only less than 30 % of budgets are being released

Notional budget now being worked and tailored into government officials pockets .


Crazy and unthinkable things happening .


Tinubu should just sack lots of these criminals , he should be satisfied with what he has acquired , let him focus and deliver good governance to Nigerians and make life very easy for people.
Nigeria mne are suffering and he does not see them ,he is totally cut off .
To busy for the very masses you occupy their positiond ...


He should work and reduce the pressure of US DOLLARS to naira
At least nair to dollar should be like 350 naira .


If not for Dangote refinery, naira to dollar would have been like 8000 naira .


Reduce dollar price to 350 naira abeg or even lesser
Education › Re: The Most Expensive School In Lagos by peleson1: 9:14am On Jul 18
Horus:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9rr3fgdMfU

The Most Expensive School In Lagos
30m a year is very expensive
Family › Re: Wife Abandoned Husband After Cashing Out 35M by peleson1: 10:12pm On Jul 17
timay1:
Yea. He had a good case when the woman went all selfish and didn't include the husband with her plans.

But the foolish man threw all that away the moment he demanded that she transfer the whole money to his care, and threatened her with infidelity and divorce. That was a major and unnecessary escalation. What a useless man.
Exactly

I wonder why people here couldn't read before judging
Noth of them are just somehow people sef.

35m is not too big a money but big enough to get you standing on good grounds if properly managed .
Buying land is ok but it means tying down the money .
If buying land and car is only what she knows what to do with 35m then she is just a passive thinker
Politics › Re: Peter Is Biafra Sympathizer - Arewa Youth Consultative Forum President by peleson1: 9:52pm On Jul 17
[quote author=adamusuleiman3 post=140018955] know better
And what does he mean by "YOU PEOPLE"?
A Fulani man from outside Nigeria trying to tell us real owners of the soil how to interact .

If we vote Peter Obi as president, it is our choice, the igbos are our brothers too.

If Tinubu wins ,it's also ok he is son of the soil so if you think tribal division and politics will work for you , whosai e no go work
Non-sense
Crime › Re: Orire Kidnapping: FG Arraigns Three Suspects In Court by peleson1: 5:04pm On Jul 17
Leonardobiageli:
https://guardian.ng/news/fg-arraigns-three-suspects-over-kidnapping-of-oyo-pupils-teachers/
And they are all looking like normal people o
Who come barb them better hair cut like that ?

And these guys are all over the Sahara down to Middle East for al qaeda and isis terrorists training

Nawao


God help us
Jobs/Vacancies › Re: President Tinubu's Engineering Mentorship Programme by peleson1: 9:38am On Jul 17
JobsLever:
President Tinubu's Engineering Mentorship Programme also known as President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's Initiative On Skilled Artisans For Capacity Building And On-Site, is a key intervention of the Federal Ministry of Works, in line with the Renewed Hope Agenda aimed at strengthening national technical capacity, empowering Nigerian youths, and supporting the delivery of critical infrastructure projects nationwide.



President Tinubu's Engineering Mentorship Programme Objective



The following are the objectives of President Tinubu's Engineering Mentorship Programme:



1. To equip young artisans with hands-on experience in modern construction methods

2. To develop a sustainable local talent pipeline for the infrastructure growth and development of Nigeria

3. To reduce youth unemployment through structured, short-term engagement

4. To strengthen project delivery by integrating trained local support personnel



Benefits of President Tinubu's Engineering Mentorship Programme

The following are the benefits of President Tinubu's Engineering Mentorship Programme:



1. Monthly stipends



2. Field mentorship under registered engineers and certified supervisors



3. Hands-on training at Federal construction project sites



4. Provision of basic safety gear (PPE)



5. Certification upon successful completion of the programme



6. Priority consideration for future government or contractor engagements



Requirements for President Tinubu's Engineering Mentorship Programme

Candidates applying for President Tinubu's Engineering Mentorship Programme must:



1. Be a Nigerian citizens aged 18 to 45 years



2. Have recognized vocational training, trade test certificates, or verifiable practical experience



3. Be unemployed at the time of application



4. Be physically and mentally fit for construction-related field work



5. Be willing to undergo additional training, safety certification, and supervised project attachment



How To Apply for President Tinubu's Engineering Mentorship Programme



To apply for President Tinubu's Engineering Mentorship Programme interested, eligible and qualified candidates should submit the following through the Ministry's official email: registryfmw@fmw.gov.ng using the Job Title either Graduate Mechanical Engineer (President Tinubu's Engineering Mentorship Programme), Graduate Electrical Engineer (President Tinubu's Engineering Mentorship Programme) or Graduate Civil Engineer (President Tinubu's Engineering Mentorship Programme) as the subject of the email depending on the position applied for.



Application Documents

The Application should contain:



1. CV (or competency summary)

2. Trade test certificate or proof of experience

3. Passport photograph

4. Valid means of identification

5. LGA of Origin certificate

And

Click here https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd51astfwhkZRwb8ie_GRfefJioSkczQ-cc_w2-fjztUJkXuA/viewform to apply online

Only shortlisted candidates will be invited for verification and orientation.

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Better late than never but why wait till now
Celebrities › Re: Goodluck Jonathan’s Son Ariwera Graduates From Manchester Metropolitan Universit by peleson1: 1:56pm On Jul 16
Lucky boy.

Young boy of yesterday

He is now a grown man


How time flies
Politics › Re: Court Orders Final Forfeiture Of Malami's 48 Properties by peleson1: 10:09am On Jul 16
chatinent:
Can we now proceed to execution after the forfeiture? Because it's always initial gragra on the news then a duplex in kuje prison with soft landing and waybilled escorts and wardens as security details.

If a common thief can be burned alive for stealing 5-Alive, Malami who's stolen billions should be executed by a firing squad.
Firing squad is even very merciful compared to 5 - alive their who is burnt alive . Burning alive is better for a sabotaging thief like this man and his likes
Sports › Re: FIFA World Cup: England Vs Argentina, Who Do You Want To Win? by peleson1: 6:09pm On Jul 15
Legitiscool:
There is a guy that said he saw vision abi predicted Spain vs Argentina on YouTube before world cup even start

Na Messi he say carry am sef


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWTa6sWCrpg?si=Of5g7Lfc2xWjWrfG
I here by cancel it.

We now support England with the host of heaven .


How can I support people who don't value Africans .
People who murdered all Africans in their country
Sports › Re: Nwabali Vs Okoye: Who Would You Prefer As Super Eagles First Choice Keeper by peleson1: 3:27pm On Jul 15
robosky02:
Nwabali vs Okoye: Who would you prefer as super Eagles first choice keeper

Withe return of Stanley nwabali to his former club Chippa United the debate as to who became super Eagles first choice keeper has once again been rekindled.
Who would you prefer to be the number one choice keeper for the super eagles.

Maduka Okoye is generally considered the better overall goalkeeper due to his technical skills and regular playing time in Europe, while Stanley Nwabali is favored for his physical strength and tournament heroics.

Okoye starts at a top European club, making him excellent with his feet and playing out from the back. Nwabali is stronger at commanding his box and saving penalties


.The debate between Nwabali and Okoye comes down to how their strengths fit the team's style.

Maduka OkoyeClub:
Plays in the Italian Serie A (Udinese).Strengths: Great passing, ball control, and positioning.
Weakness: Has struggled with consistency in past major international tournaments.

Stanley NwabaliClub:
Plays in the South African Premier Division (Chippa United).Strengths: Incredible penalty-saving, physical dominance, and shot-stopping.
Weakness: Less comfortable playing short passes under pressure from the back.

Fans usually prefer Okoye when playing a modern, possession-based style against tough opponents.
Most fans prefer Nwabali for high-stakes African tournaments because of his proven ability to save penalties and handle physical, traditional African football.

With the return of Stanley nwabali to his former club Chippa United which would give him game time and the AFCON around.
Who will you vote as Nigerias number one and why.
Nigeria Should go and get Alsmpuso the youth goal keeper that kept for Nigeria sometime ago
That guy would have been better than nyeama and Peter rufai Jaja put together

Because he is from benin republic they ignored him

They should go get him so we rest
Politics › Re: PFIPC Scandal Widens As Atiku Queries ₦6.44bn World Cup Budget by peleson1: 3:12pm On Jul 15
All parties involved should be distanced from government till investigation, persecution and death by hanging is executed .

This includes everyone, the president also if involved .

The corruption in this administration is just too much and unheard of and unthinkable .

Yahoo boys in helms of affairs

Shame
Crime › Re: Nigerian Army Arrests Moroccan Terrorist In Borno (Photos) by peleson1: 1:06pm On Jul 15
naptu2:
This is my post from November 14, 2025.

WHO? WHAT? WHEN? WHY? and HOW?

People have always been asking who, what, why, when and how. It has puzzled me because I can easily see the answers.

In fact, I consider people that ask these questions to be unserious people. They don't really want to know the answers, they just want to attack people that they hate.

People ask who funds the terrorists in the north? How do they get such sophisticated weapons? Why can't the Nigerian Armed Forces, which easily defeated Maitatsine, Liberian, Sierra Leonean and Biafran rebels and which has consistently been praised during UN operations, easily defeat the terrorists in the north? What exactly do the terrorists in the north want? Etc.

You see, the sponsors of the insurrection in Nigeria have always been known. They've been known from the beginning.

However, I realise that I have not written about them since 2016, so here is a summary.

1) Al-Qaeda:

Osama Bin-Ladin came from a wealthy Saudi family. His father owned a large construction company and had close ties to the Saudi Royal Family.

Osama attended many schools in the 1970s, but he left school in 1979 to go and fight against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. He was one of the Muslim fighters that came from all over the world to fight against the Soviets. They received a lot of support from the CIA and that supported was routed through the Pakistani intelligence services.

Bin Ladin had a lot of money, so he created his own group that fought against the Soviets.

In 1990 when Iraq invaded Kuwait, Bin Ladin offered to use his fighters to defend Saudi Arabia, but the Saudis turned to the US coalition instead.

Osama Bin Ladin was very angry that there were US troops in Saudi Arabia. He felt that it was a desecration of the Holy Land. The United States military set up barracks in Saudi Arabia (to fight the Iraqis) and Osama felt that they were living in sin in the Holy Land. He therefore dedicated his fighters/organisation to fighting against the US and expelling them from Saudi Arabia.

Al-Qaeda bombed the World Trade Center in New York in 1993. This was the incident that brought Al-Qaeda to public attention. They parked a bomb-laden Toyota mini-bus in the underground parking lot of the World Trade Center and set off the bombs.

I have told you that I woke up one day in 1998 to hear the crazy news that American embassies in Africa had been bombed. Al-Qaeda set off massive bombs in the US Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.

In response the Clinton Administration bombed targets in Sudan and Afghanistan and gave Sudan a deadline to expel Osama Bin Ladin (it was later discovered that Sudan had already expelled him and the target that was bombed in Sudan was a civilian factory and had nothing to do with Al-Qaeda. The owner of the factory sued the US Government and won).

In 2000 Al-Qaeda put bombs on a speed boat and used it to ram an American warship, the USS Cole, in a port in Yemen.

Of course everybody knows about the September 11th, 2001 attacks.

In 2003 Osama Bin Ladin made a broadcast in which he said that Muslims were being killed in certain countries and he called on Muslims to rise up against the governments of those countries. Nigeria was one of the countries that he listed (I have posted his 2003 message on Nairaland in the post, but I'm too lazy to go and look for it). Everybody thought that he was mad (he obviously was mad).

In 2009 Al-Jazeera broadcast videos of the killing of Boko Haram suspects in Nigeria. Osama Bin Ladin made another broadcast calling on Muslims in Nigeria to rise up against their government.

It looked like Boko Haram was finished after the Nigerian Government cracked down on them in 2009, but Al-Qaeda offered them money, weapons and training. Shekau, the new leader of Boko Haram, pledged allegiance to Al-Qaeda and the terror group began an even worse series of attacks in 2010/2011.

2) ISIS:

Sadam Hussein was a member of the Bath Party, a socialist party that was popular in Iraq and Syria. Remember that I told you that the left does not emphasise religion? Well, religion was not important to Saddam Hussein. In fact, there was a funny and embarrassing incident that occurred when Saddam had to pray in public. He did not know the prayers (remember, Muslims are supposed to pray 5 times a day).

That's why you know that US officials were talking nonsense when they claimed that Saddam had something to do with the 9/11 attacks. Osama Bin Ladin and his crew hated Saddam. Many Muslim extremists believed that Saddam was used by the US to attack Iran during the Iran-Iraq War and they hated Saddam.

But anyway, the US invaded Iraq in 2003 and this brought in many foreign Muslim fighters that came to fight the Americans.

Some Iraqi Muslims also became militant and took up arms to fight the Americans. One of them was Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. He formed the Islamic State (IS). The goal of the Islamic State was to form a worldwide Islamic Caliphate. The group believes that it represents all Muslims, but in actual fact most Muslims reject them.

It has many branches and it us most known by the acronym of one of its branches Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

There was a split in Boko Haram. The son of Mohammed Yusuf, Habib Yusuf (aka Abu Musab al-Barnawi), said that Abbakar Shekau had become too extreme. He said that Shekau was killing Muslims and kidnapping children and that this was wrong. He said that Boko Haram's actions were unislamic.

Abu Musab al-Barnawi created a new group and pledged allegiance to IS. His new group was called Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP). They get money, training, equipment and other forms of support from other Islamic State branches around the world.

I have been writing since 2011 that the terrorists in northern Nigeria are not trying to break away from Nigeria (as some thought back then), rather they are trying to take over the whole of West Africa (including southern Nigeria) in order to make it part of a global caliphate. Take note of the names of the organisations that I will mention in this post.

ISWAP fought against both Boko Haram and the Nigerian Army. Indeed, at the beginning, ISWAP almost destroyed Boko Haram.

ISWAP fighters cornered Abubakar Shekau (the leader of Boko Haram) and Shekau killed himself in order to evade capture. Many Boko Haram fighters switched allegiance to ISWAP.

The only thing that prevented Boko Haram from totally collapsing was the fact that it was receiving support from Al-Qaeda.

The other groups in this list are based in Africa.

3) AQIM:

This was one of those issues that I talked about quite often in the 1990s.

You see, the United States of America says that it is a great democracy and that it supports democracy all over the world, so why did this happen? (That's the question that I often asked people in the 1990s).

Africa was democratising in the 1990s. Many African countries that were either military dictatorships or civilian one-party states were embracing multi-party democracy. Algerian was one of such countries.

Like the others, Algeria had a major election in 1992. The Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) was poised to win the election and I remember clearly that the United States and the Algerian Government did everything to frustrate the FIS.

It didn't work and Algerians overwhelmingly voted for the FIS. Then, suddenly, there was a (US-backed) military coup. The new military leaders imprisoned President Chadli Bendjedid (a former military officer who had been president since 1979) and banned the FIS.

(Imagine that! The US that is a beacon of democracy now supporting a military coup).

Obviously the coup was staged to prevent the Islamic party from gaining power via the ballot box. As a result, many armed Islamic groups sprang up.

Algeria was a mess in the 1990s. There were constant bomb explosions, fighting, etc. It kind of seemed like it faded out in the early 2000s, but then it reappeared during the War on Terror.

Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) evolved from one of those groups that fought the Algerian Government in the 1990s.

The Maghreb is basically the north-west region of Africa. It includes Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Libya, Mauritania and Western Sahara (aka Sahrawi Republic). AQIM is mostly active in Algeria, Libya and Mauritania.

Remember what I said about a global caliphate? AQIM leads Al-Qaeda's attempt to conquer the whole of north-west Africa.

AQIM has focused on kidnapping for ransom as a means of raising funds and is estimated to have raised more than $50 million in the last decade. This organisation is one of the main sources of support for terrorist groups in Africa. They provide support to Boko Haram in Nigeria, Al-Shabab in Somalia and JNIM in Mali (in fact, JNIM is an offshoot of AQIM). They provide money, weapons and training to these groups.

Since 2011 there have often been reports of "white men" being seen assisting Boko Haram militants and bandits in northern Nigeria. I have a strong suspicion that these "white men" are AQIM militants.


4) Al-Shabaab

This section basically contains summaries of many of my old posts. You can search for the original posts if you want more information.

I told you that East Africa was one of the venues of the proxy wars between the East and West blocks (Soviet Union vs the United States). Somalia was ruled by a dictator called General Mohammed Siad Barre. Somalia and Barre were backed by the United States/CIA.

Ethiopia was ruled by a dictator called Colonel Mengistu Haile Mariam. Ethiopia and Mengistu were backed by the Soviet Union/KGB.

I've posted videos (on this thread) of Barre visiting Washington and meeting Reagan. I've also posted videos of Mengistu visiting Moscow and meeting with Brezhnev. I posted videos of Barre threatening Ethiopia, the Warsaw Pact and the Soviet Union and I posted videos of Mengistu threatening Somalia, the United States and NATO).

Somalia and Ethiopia had direct skirmishes, but most of the conflict was prosecuted using proxies. Somalia supported Ethiopian rebels and Ethiopia supported Somalian rebels.

The Cold War came to an end and the two superpowers stopped supporting their proxies. Siad Barre fled to Lagos when rebels were marching on his presidential palace and Mengistu fled to Zimbabwe when rebels were marching on his presidential palace.

The Ethiopians were able to manage the situation bettter than the Somalians..Eritrea peacefully broke away from Ethiopia after Mengistu fled. There have been a few wars between Ethiopia and Eritrea since 1991 and there have civil wars within Ethiopia, but the country has remained relatively stable.

Somalia has fared worse. There has been no country-wide stable government in Somalia since Barre fled in 1991.

As I told you, all the rebel groups that chased Barre away, started fighting against each other as soon as Barre left. Somalia became a country of warlords with each warlord controlling a section of the country.

I created several posts (and took over an entire thread) about the United Nations intervention in Somalia in the early and mid-1990s. This intervention ended in disaster when the UN and most especially the United States became embroiled in a war with one of the most powerful warlords Mohammed Farah Aideed. Firstly Pakistani troops were killed by Aideed's forces. US troops tried to capture Aideed, but this resulted in several US soldiers being killed and their bodies were dragged through the streets of Mogadishu.

This frightened the Clinton Administration which had promised (during the election campaign) that it would keep out of foreign wars. This was one of the reasons why they did not intervene in the genocide in Rwanda.

So Somalia became a lawless country and remained so throughout the 1990s, despite the efforts of the UN to restore order. Most of the UN backed governments had to operate from outside the country or from small parts of Mogadishu.

The Sharia courts in Somalia decided that the country was too unstable and unsafe. They formed an alliance, set up a military force and were able to take control of most of the country. This was in the early 2000s.


As I said earlier, there were several UN backed or internationally recognjsed governments of Somalia, but these governments either operated from outside Somalia or they only controlled small parts of Mogadishu.

Ethiopia (backed by the United States) decided to invade Somalia to install the Transition Federal Government all over the country.

The Ethiopians (supported by a small covert force of American soldiers) was able to overthrow the Islamic Courts Union and take over the country, but this immediately led to an insurgency. Jihadist groups began a massive terror campaign against the Ethiopians. The biggest of these groups was Al-Shabaab, which was created by some former fighters of the Islamic Courts Union and others.

Al-Shabaab was able to recapture much of the country from the Ethiopians and Americans. They inflicted severe losses of the Ethiopians through their bombing and terror campaign and the Ethiopians pulled out of Somalia in 2009. The Ethiopian presence in Somalia lasted from 2006 till 2009.

I have written that various international organisations and countries have tried to restore peace in Somalia. Well, it was time for the African Union to take up that role. The AU created the African Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), a peacekeeping force that was to go into Somalia, take over from the Ethiopians and help the government to restore peace. AMISOM soldiers came from East and Central African countries (like Uganda and Burundi) and Nigeria. Al Shabaab began targetting the African countries that contributed troops to AMISOM. There were bomb attacks in Kampala, Uganda and Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia. Al-Shabaab also began assisting Boko Haram in Nigeria.

Kenyan troops invaded Somalia in order to fight Al-Shabaab. They later integrated their troops into AMISOM. This led to one of the most infamous terrorist attacks in Africa. We monitores that terror attack live on Nairaland.

The Westgate Mall is one of the biggest shopping malls in Nairobi, Kenya. Al-Shabaab militants crossed into Kenya and attacked the mall. We could see videos and pictures that were taken by shoppers that were trapped inside the mall. The first people to respond to the attack were armed volunteers who lived in the neighbourhood.

People from all over Africa, especially Kenya, were on that Nairaland thread. Unfortunately the Somali super troll, Ayanle, was also on the thread

The issue with Ayanle (and his hundred accounts) was that he believed that Somalis were not black and that they were of a race that was superior to blacks (whom he called Bantus). So he would attack threads and completely derail them with his belief that Somalis were superior to blacks. He was a very virulent troll and nobody could stop him (he's probably the worst troll in Nairaland's history).

However, we stopped him on that day.

I was angry. People had just died, Kenyans on the thread werw worried and this Ayanle character was trolling them. I got the moderator to attack Ayanle. Ayanle went through many accounts (that's why you'll see many blank pages), but I was determined. After a while the moderator was also very determined and I didn't have to do anything again. For the first time in Nairaland's history, Ayanle was worn out. He stopped attacking the thread.

90 pages of live monitoring of the Westgate Mall attack by people from all over Africa.

Kenya Mall Under Attack From Islamic Terrorists (Pictures) 
https://www.nairaland.com/1448459/kenya-mall-under-attack-islamic


Al-Shabaab has received money, training and other forms of support from Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. Al-Shabaab has also provided training and other forms of support to Boko Haram. Boko Haram militants have been to Somalia to learn from and train with Al-Shabaab.

5) JNIM

I have told you about how the Malian jihadist group, Ansar Dine, took over large swathes of territory and this led to an international force being deployed to Mali to repel them. Boko Haram fighters were seen in Mali, fighting side by side with Ansar Dine militants. They kidnapped and ambassador in Mali and engaged in other terror attacks. They could be distinguished from other fighters because they spoke Hausa, rather than the local language.

You might also remember the 2016 attack on a hotel in Burkina Faso. An international conference was taking place there and rumours spread that Aliko Dangote was trapped in the hotel. However, Dangote denied that he was in the hotel and said that he could not travel to the conference. The attack was carried out by the Sahelian branch of AQIM.

Ansar Dine, the Sahelian branch of AQIM and other jihadist groups merged and created Jama'at Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM).

JNIM has become one of the most powerful terrorist groups in West Africa. They have imposed a blockade of Mali and people cannot get petrol because of them.

There was a report last week (I don't know if it is true) that elements of JNIM were in Nigeria.


6) Other sources.

I have told you a lot about these other sources.

I told you that one of the reasons why Boko Haram hates the Navy Base on Lake Chad is because it affects their revenue. Lake Chad is a huge source of fish and Boko Haram taxes the fisherfolk. You must pay Boko Haram before you can fish. However, the Nigerian Military disrupts this source of funds and Boko Haram does not like it.

I told you about the time that Boko Haram invaded the navy base. They captured some naval ratings and executed them while filming the execution (they released the video to journalists. The Army came a few days later and chased them away.

In fact, in the early days, Boko Haram also engaged in bank robberies in order to raise cash.

They've also made money from kidbapping people and they also toll roads (you have to pay them before you can pass). They also tax people in areas that they capture.


Propaganda and spin

So ignore the propaganda and spin, Boko Haram was not funded by Goodluck Jonathan, Muhammadu Buhari, Sultan of Sokoto, APC, PDP, northern elders, etc. In fact, Boko Haram, ISWAP and other terrorists in the north would kill these people if they catch them. These things that I wrote above are the real sources of funds and weapons of Boko Haram, ISWAP and other terrorists in Northern Nigeria.
Very comprehensive

This information is very expository.

The best thing to do in face of terror is to acknowledge it then tackle it heads-on


The US and Israel have been tackling terror since September 11th actively .

My best advice is
1. UN to create a worldwide anti-terror corp
2. Get countries to supply military personnels and equipments
3. Map out the sources of terror worldwide
4. Map out the sources of funding of terror worldwide
5. ATTACK THEM SIMULTANEOUSLY HEAD-ON NON STOP TILL THEM AND THEIR SOURCES AND THEIR GOVERNMENTS AND THEIR SYMPATHIZERS ARE ALL ELIMINATED COMPLETELY
Sports › Re: France Vs Spain: World Cup 2026 Semi-Finals (0 - 2) On 14th July 2026 by peleson1: 9:37pm On Jul 14
Northsouth:
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Na so una don dey shout France France all these while

Una never see anything

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E be like say Messi small to all of una

Person win 8 ballon d'or

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Sports › Re: France Vs Spain: World Cup 2026 Semi-Finals (0 - 2) On 14th July 2026 by peleson1: 9:18pm On Jul 14
DUNKA:
If you are supporting France don't read this

Spain has lost 0 times when scoring the first goal over their last 20 matches. They have shown incredible resilience and game control once they get ahead on the scoreboard.
​Out of those 20 fixtures, Spain managed to score the opening goal in 15 of them. Their record in those 15 games is an impressive 14 wins and just a single draw.
​The only match where they dropped points after breaking the deadlock was a 2-2 draw against Türkiye in November 2025 during the World Cup Qualifiers. In the remaining 5 matches out of the 20, they either drew 0-0 or had to come from behind.
It will be different in this case

France wins

Mbappe

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