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thank God the mythical and once thought of invisible sect have been cut down to what they are RAGTAG GROUP OF HUNGRY BOYS.

Shame on jonaTAN and all the top military commanders who allowed these boys to waste over a 13,000 souls and displace million of innocent citizens for their POLITICAL EXIGENCY AND CRIMINAL CORRUPTION IN THE SPENDING OF DEFENCE BUDGET.

Abidjan (AFP) - Boko Haram are no longer in a position to seize a single town in Niger, a Niger government minister said on Saturday, following a regional effort to boost the fight against the Islamist group.


Chadian soldiers kill 207 Boko Haram fighters in Nigeria: army Reuters

Thousands of troops from Niger and Chad, which had gathered in southeastern Niger, launched a major ground and air offensive against the Islamist group last Sunday and succeeded in retaking the northeastern Nigerian town of Damasak.

"The situation is totally under control. There is no longer any chance that Boko Haram will take a city... The risks of attacks occurring are very much reduced by the elimination of all the potential actors," Mohamed Bazoum, Niger's Minister of State at the Presidency, said during a visit to Ivory Coast.

"It's a feeling of total calmness that prevails with the idea that Boko Haram is rather a thing of the past," he said.

He said the situation was a far cry from the "real, totally irrational panic" that had gripped Niger after the first attack by the Nigeria-based Boko Haram on its neighbour in early February.

More than 13,000 people have been killed and some 1.5 million made homeless in the Boko Haram conflict since 2009, while recent cross-border attacks launched from Boko Haram strongholds in Nigeria on neighbouring countries have increased security fears.

A regional coalition has claimed a series of successes in rebel-held territory in recent weeks, as part of an operation to clear and control northeast Nigeria in time for Nigeria's general elections set for March 28.

There has not been a Boko Haram attack reported in Niger for nearly two weeks.

Regional forces have been particularly active in the Gamboru area of Nigeria on the border with Cameroon. The borders of Nigeria, Chad, Niger and Cameroon converge in the region around Lake Chad.


- ' Thing of the past' -


Last week's joint Niger-Chad offensive that retook Damasak came the day after the leader of Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, pledged allegiance to the Islamic State (IS).

In doing so, the Nigerian militants joined extremists from Libya to Pakistan who have previously done the same, as IS looks to expand its reach.

In recent weeks, previously poorly produced Boko Haram videos have taken on the look and feel of more polished IS propaganda and been posted directly online, guaranteeing a wider audience.

Boko Haram had held Damasak, near the Niger border, since November 2014, part of a swathe of territory it had seized in Nigeria's northeast.

According to a Chadian security source, some 200 Boko Haram fighters were left dead in the offensive, while 10 Chadian soldiers were killed and 20 wounded.

On March 6, the African Union endorsed the creation of an additional regional force of up to 10,000 men to join the fight against Boko Haram.

The regional coalition already operating -- including troops from Cameroon, Niger and Chad -- has given renewed vigour to the previously lacklustre counter-insurgency.


http://news.yahoo.com/boko-haram-no-longer-town-niger-minister-150105671.html

This is a governor who gave each delegate 1million naira under oath to vote udom emmanuel his choice as PDP candidate.

They have money for politics but none for teachers and public servants. The richest state in 9ja owing kudos then to governors amaechi and governor fashola for their steadfastness and pro civil servants efforts

there will be a cash award for the right translation.

Can someone help me with what the picture and the words on it translates to?

I hope the deal goes through for him, the Premiership will help his growth and career.

Tottenham are closing in on the signing of Fenerbahce star Emmanuel Emenike after lodging a £7.8million offer for his services.

Emenike has been watched intensively by Tottenham scouts in recent weeks, and his agent confirmed Spurs’ interest yesterday, an offer has gone in.

Erdem Konyar told reporters: ‘Tottenham have really only one striker right now so it is not a surprise that they are interested.’

It’s now reported that the bid of £7.8million was lodged shortly after those words, and Spurs are now hopeful of doing business, with Fenerbahce believed to be open to selling.

Chelsea failed with a £16million offer for the Nigeria star in the summer.

http://metro.co.uk/2015/01/08/tottenham-close-on-emmanuel-emenike-with-7-8m-transfer-bid-5014565/

Ngwakwe:
When will you learn, I saw a new thread marked as spam by AntispamBot and suspected that the programmed Bot that hid the thread may have also banned you.

I could've easily allow it until you report but since it's not in my character to sheer away from such responsibility notwithstanding who is involved.

What is there that you can't understand? Is Ngwakwe the antispambot?

If the antispambot errorneously ban me and i call it silly, how does that relate to you taking offence? Is your name "silly administrative error" i was bringing it to your notice when you mentioned the observation that my main momiker was unjustifiably banned too by the admin error you quoted. If you saw this one then you ought to see the other one too and if you didnt i brought it to your notice.

It is not the first time and i dont complain anyway until the ban expires but you observed this and revert the ban on your own.

Ngwakwe:
You lack courtesy hence I'm no longer interested in your case.

Bye

You mean i should prostrate to you online after you admittedly made a goof, sorry to disappoint you, not everyone is cut out for a.sslicking.

I dont know what case you have if you like ban it till the day of resurrection.

when a President who is privy to information and classified information openly exhibited dumbness and ignorance of all that transpired few years before he took power then it shows how stupid and daft the one we call PRESIDENT is.

Defence purchase and ammunitions are never remove from the log of manufacturers, it is outright silly of GEJ to say what he said yesterday in Lagos. It smacks of one who is uninformed or maybe and most likely LYING and PLAYING to the GALLERY to earn immediate applause believing all Nigerians are as stupid as him and his mumuish set of supporters.

Buhari engaged Maistastine Cult group in his regime, Did the Military use Bows and Arrows then or did they use catapault ni?

Who gave this guy PhD?

Ngwakwe:
Allow Buhari, Babangida, Abdusalami and OBJ to defend themselves on this matter or consult Nigerian Military for record of deliveries.

What do you expect in the news when we always have yearly Defence Budgets? It's either they sign fictitious contracts as a cover or they resupply the arsenals in their stores as new consignment to cover for the amount budgeted.

Signing a contract is not same as delivering the contract.

Moreover, the testimony from Sen. Saleh corroborates with President Jonathan's assertion




www.freedomafric.com/politics/babangida-regime-disarmed-nigeria-military-after-okah-coup-safeguard-regime-sen-saleh-t1609.html

How does your post about a senator saying his own assumption counter the exposee I put up.

Is the Senator the Army Chief or Chief of Defence Staff to know what transpired in the military then?

Anyway, Buhari left Government years before the Orkar Coup and I don't know how Orkar's coup concerns or relate to the speech of GEJ who said "the MAN never bought a SINGLE RIFLE"

Ngwakwe:
I was resolving administrative error by anti-spambot that hid this thread and erroneously banned the author.

Can your administrative error unban my pendy79 moniker too since it was same silly administrative error that banned it.

Posted on April 26, 2010


Following the initial high attained during the Nigerian Civil War, the Nigerian Armed Forces switched gear in its quest to acquire military hardware in the year 1975 which ended on a high note with the delivery in December 1975 of a squadron of MiG-21MF jet fighters for which orders had been placed by the ousted Federal Military Government of General Yakubu Gowon around 1973


Following the initial high attained during the Nigerian Civil War, the Nigerian Armed Forces switched gear in its quest to acquire military hardware in the year 1975 which ended on a high note with the delivery in December 1975 of a squadron of MiG-21MF jet fighters for which orders had been placed by the ousted Federal Military Government of General Yakubu Gowon around 1973.

Ever since, the Nigerian Armed Forces have scarcely looked back as they press on in the quest to acquire modern military hardware for the nation. Between 1976 and 1979, the military government of General Olusegun Obasanjo acquired the first-ever armoured tanks fielded by the Nigerian Army. This coincided with the movement of the 3 Armoured Division and its relocation from Port Harcourt to Jos in 1976. The 1 Infantry Division had earlier in 1972 also relocated from Enugu to Kaduna. The military regime of Obasanjo also acquired Soviet 122mm artillery guns and penned deals for a MEKO 360 frigate which was delivered in the 1980s under the Shagari regime’s watch, Hippo-class Landing Ships (Tank) and British Vosper Thornycroft corvettes.

As far as military hardware acquisition goes, the Shagari regime which held office between October 1979 and December 1983 holds the record. The Shagari regime splashed out 6 billion pounds sterling on military hardware between 1980 and 1982. This was expended on the acquisition of everything from French Combattante III and German Lurssen missile-armed Fast Attack Craft, Italian-made G222 military airlift planes and a squadron of Aermacchi MB-339 advanced trainer/light attack jets, Oto-Melara 105mm artillery guns and Palmaria 155mm self-propelled artillery systems.

From France, the Shagari regime penned deals and/or took delivery of Roland Surface to Air missile systems and Aerospatiale (now Eurocopter) Puma helicopters. Also delivered were American-made C130-H30 Hercules (the stretch variant, that is) and anti-aircraft artillery guns. Contracts were signed and deliveries made of Swedish-made Bofors FH-77A 155mm artillery guns, Austrian-made Steyr 4K-7FA armoured personnel carriers, Swiss-made MOWAG Piranha armoured personnel carriers, British-made Vickers Mk.3 Eagle main battle tanks and Alvis Scorpion light tanks, squadrons of Franco-German Alpha jets and Franco-British Jaguar jets, German-made Fox armoured cars, Dornier Do-228 utility aircraft and Soviet-built MiG-21 jets, 122mm artillery guns and BM-21 122mm rocket artillery.

Deliveries on some the procurement deals penned by the inimitable President Shehu Shagari, a quiet and modest man, continued well into regime of General Ibrahim Babangida. Some of his successors penned new deals for repeat business on deliveries of Scorpion and Eagle tanks and self-propelled artillery, continuing into this decade.

The shortlived regime of General Buhari signed deals for additional deliveries of Scorpion light tanks and Vickers Eagle battle tanks and penned a deal for the delivery of Brazilian-made Engesa Cascavel heavy armoured fighting vehicles in an oil-for-arms barter trade deal. The Buhari regime was soon swept aside by General Babangida.

The Federal Military Government of Nigeria under General Babangida signed deals for further deliveries of Palmaria self-propelled artillery, Alpha jets and Dornier Do-228 utility planes. It additionally signed fresh deals for the delivery of two squadrons(24 units) of L39 Albatross advanced trainer-light attack jets from Czechoslovakia, Romanian-made APR-21 122mm rocket artillery, Italian-built mine countermeasure vessels, British and French coastal patrol craft, Panhard Sagaie armoured fighting vehicles and VBL scout cars.

The Abacha regime came and went while the Abdulsalaam Abubakar regime had little time to leave its footprints.

In 1999, General Obasanjo again took the elm as democratically elected President and returned to meet an arsenal which had been blighted by sanctions and embargoes. He did very well in the event, acquiring fifteen Chengdu F7 jet fighter-bombers from China, Agusta AW 139 and A109 Power utility helicopters, Russian-built Mi-34, Mi-17, Mi-24V and Mi-35P choppers and gunships, T72 tanks, MT-LB armoured combat support vehicles, Ukrainian-made BTR-3 armoured personnel carriers, BTR-60 and BTR-70 armoured personnel carriers, Mowag Grizzly armoured personnel carriers, Turkish-built Otokar Cobra infantry fighting vehicles, French-made AMX battle tanks,Sea Eagle Offshore Patrol Craft, many dozens of gunboats and utility landing craft, logistics ships, Unmanned Surface Vehicles, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and a comprehensive coastal radar systems.

The Obasanjo government also signed deals for additional deliveries of Panhard VBL scout cars, Oto-Melara 105mm artillery, Palmaria 155mm self-propelled artillery systems, T55 and Vickers Eagle battle tanks and Alvis Scorpion light tanks.

The Obasanjo regime was succeeded by the government of President Umaru Yar’Adua in 2007 and since then, it has paced orders for or taken delivery of a squadron of twelve Agusta A109LUH choppers, another squadron of twelve Eurocopter AS-550 Fennec attack helicopters, ATR-42MP Surveyor radar planes, five Eurocopter dual-purpose Puma radar helicopters, Shaldag Mk.II Fast Patrol Interceptor Craft, gunboats and combat catamarans and British-built Offshore Patrol Vessels.


https://beegeagle./2010/04/26/nigerian-armed-forces-the-post-1975-trend-of-military-hardware-acquisitions/

nedu2000:
doyin okupe's stance is understandable,he is benefiting from the govt. It is those that have gained nothing from this govt yet based on tribal & religious sentiments support them are the ones that deserve to be blasted

Youre so right, he is just protecting his garri.

Our Nation will go back to the time it was working and the wind of change is blowing across the federation.

Just ignore their stupidity and the foolishness of the stupid mod who pushed the thread to FrontPage.

I read the article and I ponder where the title of that thread came from in it.
Don't be puzzled by their desperation to sell their bad market.

mekaboy:
I use to think Gej was the most clueless, till i met the man who promised to single handedly stablize global oil price if he becomes president .

Then i said to myself, the clueless at hand is better than the 100 times more clueless man out there waiting to be president at 72.

You're ad clueless as the one you defend. If you think Oil pricing is mere economics of demand and supply then.go back to primary school.

Why were other OPEC members ganging up against Saudi Arabia in their last meeting in Vienna to cut down it supply to the market and ensure the price of crude goes up? Is that economics too?

If saudi says allowing the price to fall will make shale oil producers go out of the market cos of their production.cost, Is that economics too?

Go get some education before coming online, Oil pricing is driven majorly by sentiments and political consideration than economics. Fact..

Sai Buhari 2015, the leader who is articulate, resourceful.and sound.

Some governor's who can't pay civil servants are donating N50million of their states monies for a party anf they are doing it glaringly with an aura of no one can stop us.

2015 will do some peopke.like magic.

Dangote knows this ship is a sinking one, it will.take an earthquake that will kill all buhari's supporters in the North and south west before this clueless thief return to Aso rock

mekaboy:
So u believe buhari will stablize global oil price.

What has the write up you quoted got to do with somebody stabilizing oil prices? Is comprehension an issue for you?

17billion nsira ATM didn't do the magic, na 750million decoder deal that will do it.

For a newspaper that is celebrating the figure head Bayelsa State governor on its front page, one can know where this useless and junk journalism.is coming from.
Jumping from one story to the other, from chidi lyord to decoder.

How does that equates to mimiko, Idris wada and all PDP Governors donating 50million naira each to the killer gang kitty yet they can't afford salary of their civil servants.

To the mod banning my moniker pendy79, keep doing it, I enjoy the fact you're getting jittery by the contribution of the progressives on this forum, just bear with me till February 2015, I will gladly leave your forum for you when the change we yearn for in Nigeria is enthroned.

If the change Buhari represented then in 2011 was allowed to manifest, by now we could have been taking stocks and be asserting if he had performed creditably to warrant entrusting his party with a second term or not in 2015.

If the vices he campaigned Against in 2011 still lives and has even grown into a hydra headed monster 4 years after then we have no complain because he had warned us. The past is past.

The future beckons, 2015 is a time to make amend, correct the mistake of 2011 and move the ship of this nation forward.

The ball is in your court Nigerians.

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Politics / Re: Ekiti People Are Regretting Electing Fayose – Speaker by castancassy2(m): 7:10am On Nov 22
Am tired of dis Apc. any state dey ar active there is always problem. for example Rivers,Osun,Edo, Borno etc. Apc is still a child to PDP. Ekiti are regretting having apc in their state and it is time to correct dat. so apc get ready to park and leave nigeria.
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Politics / Re: NASS Showdown: Police, DSS Order Tambuwal’s Arrest by castancassy2(m): 6:37am On Nov 22
i wish this story was true cos tambuwal is a traitor and should be treated like one. but the story is false so op pls stop using nonsence blog again.
Apc if u like protest from now till febuary, it wont change anytin caus my president cant shake.
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Politics / Re: 130 Reps Sign Impeachment Notebook Over Police Interference by castancassy2(m): 9:33am On Nov 21
i dey laugh in 3D style. how can 130 at of 360 impeach a president. Dat wil show u dat dis APC'S hav no sence. even all d reps cannot impeach d president without d senate. when i was watching dis law breakers yesterday, i noticed something between d PDP law makers and apc law breakers. d PDP law makers were sitted like gentle men why apc law breakers were jumping fence, fighting in d chamber and sweating even smelling. i perceived d occur of d apcs. hope u all ar seeing maturity in PDP. Apc hav d say why PDP hav their way.
long live PDP
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[quote/]Above is the previous postings of the boy who has just decamped to the PDP.

They lie, have identity problems, and don't even know what they want and where they want to be.

Go through his post on NL and see his childish posts and today he is leaving APC that he was never suppirting

Caseless:
is udoedeghe still in the race? 'cos i cud remember he was a force in d election he contested. I'd go for him(udoedeghe) or Umana.

Won't know except I confirm from friends still in eket if he's running. I heard there is a clamour for power shift to the oron people though I don't know if there is momentum behind them cos I heard the udom is still ibibio.

The oron people are marginalised in the state and they are always edge out and consumed by the majority tribes. If it is zoned then he may not be contesting.

Pains of a divorce.. Na transfer aggression but if he wins the seat, I'm sure stella the lover of BMWs would send her people for reconciliation .

Game on. Good the battle for the APC ticket is a 2way battle.

The PDP candidates are over 20 all jostling for one ticket.

Na shooting and kidnapping things be that.

I don't gerrit , is obasanjo contesting any new post or all of this is just about a whining and crying presidency that is not ready to accept any criticism.

Obiagelli:
Very true, i remember Udoedeghe was arrested by the police, like i said earlier i don't know how apc lost but i am sure it was intimidation, cultist were kings then. I hope it turns out differently this time. I hope Ewang and Udoedeghe join forces for the greater good.

There is also umana umana and nsima ekere and others aggrieved people who felt cheated during the last delegates election.

The feeling of marginalisation by the Oro Nation is also a factor against the PDP with the likes of Larry Esin and robinson uwak leading the charge from the oron end. Udom emmanuel is an ordained candidate of akpabio and he akpabio forgot he was a candidate of the people then against Attah's decision to handover to his son in law, he is now threading same path .

It is a pity politicians never learn from history .

Obiagelli:
I had high hopes on Udoedeghe in 2011, i honestly don't know what went wrong, the APC needs to deploy enough monitors in states like benue, kogi, taraba and Akwa Ibom, those states were massively rigged in 2011.

I was on the ground in Akwa ibom in 2011 in eket then and I witnessed firsthand how the vote was massively rigged with the connivance of youth corpers and security agencies.

The mob action at uyo state secretariat also played to the advantage of akpabio who used that to police the state and prevent opposition from moving around and they were hounded on framed up charges. Udoedeghe was fighting for his freedom from the police and DSS and so was out of the state. The PDP had a field day rigging as much as they could.