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Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Allthelight(m): 8:07pm On Nov 02, 2025
obedience4:
Intervention with sanction are fine by me, but unilateral military operations are a no. The best military intervention would be clearance and sales of sophisticated weaponry.. and maybe military training on counter terrorism techniques?
the U.S already hinted they don't trust the Nigerian government.

So I don't think they will sell anything
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Mikasaobi: 8:27pm On Nov 02, 2025
IMEI:
If the US comes, occupation will follow

The North has rare earth minerals Trump is desperate to get, do you think they'll not corner those resources to replenish the cost of the 'intervention'?

Nigeria will just be another DR Congo with constant conflicts. Anyway, how will the US even protect the Christians? Will they spread their forces all across the North?

Another point to look at is that the US for a long time has been trying to establish a base in Nigeria but we have been rebuffing them. With Niger Republic closing their base, they now want to establish a presence here through the backdoor

Maybe I'm being irrational, but when has US occupation ever led to good for a Country?

Nigerians will find out the hard way that the US isn't coming to protect Christians, but to secure its own distinct interests
Honestly I don’t think USA or any foreign country is coming. This is Trump being Trump, remember Greenland and Canada, we’re still waiting on Venezuela.

The USA and Canada have very large rare earth reserves. The main problem is the complicated and expensive refining process, no investor will invest that much in the north with all the insecurity.
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by IMEI: 8:34pm On Nov 02, 2025
Mikasaobi:
Honestly I don’t think USA or any foreign country is coming. This is Trump being Trump, remember Greenland and Canada, we’re still waiting on Venezuela.

The USA and Canada have very large rare earth reserves. The main problem is the complicated and expensive refining process, no investor will invest that much in the north with all the insecurity.
If it's a scare tactic, hopefully it makes the government situp
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by IMEI: 8:41pm On Nov 02, 2025
Cancri:
I love this, everybody should answer their fathers name, the Islam loving core North should have their sharia country while we at the lower North should have our country free of Islamic radical like you but unfortunately you are still a northerner like me.
The igbo should have their biafra while the Yorubas their oduduwa, everyone should develop their land, this Is long overdue
What gives you the idea I'm desperate for Nigeria's unity

I'm just amused at how you believe white people carving your country up is driven by your own interest
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by IMEI:
usmanpogo:
Education is meant to eradicate any form of illiteracy, the fact that you can scribble a few lines, I would assume you have attained some level of education however insignificant it appears in your crass mannerisms.

Firstly, the Fulbe people migrated to present day Northern Nigeria, just as some settled in Mali, Burkina, Chad, the Fulanis used to be under the rulership of the Hausas before Usman Dan Fodio declared jihad. No one's denying Shehu Usman is not from Sokoto. You can easily copy and paste any part of what I wrote on the internet, you'll find enough articles on it.

The Hausa-Fulani identity was championed after the successful overthrow of the Hausa kings and the establishment of the caliphate which Usman himself was the first Caliphate.
Other result of the jihad was the Subjugation of the Habes ( non Muslim ).

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In essence, while the jihad was primarily a religious movement, its outcome fundamentally reconfigured the ethnic and power landscape of the region, creating new ethnic hierarchies and contributing to the complex ethnic dynamics seen in modern-day Nigeria and beyond.
"

Any Yoruba or Ibo or Hausa ( even the ones in Ghana ) outside Nigeria will tell you their their origin story is linked to Ile-ife, the Igbos to Nri or Aguleri people and the Hausa to Daura.


If Shehu Usman Dan Fodio didn't conquer Hausa land, why was he the first Caliphate ?
Habe means an individual Hausa man, it doesn't mean non-muslim. The Hausa were already Muslim, the agitation of Usman Fodio was against the mixing of Islamic governance and traditional pagan practices by the leadership at the time

The Fulani are aware their traditional homeland is in the senegambia region, my question to you is how does that negate their Nigerianness? Is the Hausa in Ghana or Yoruba in Togo any less Ghanaian or Togolese? I don't even understand your point

Usman Fodio was the leader of a general uprising. It was an organic uprising he led with the support of fellow locals, who like him were fed up with the existing leadership. He became Caliph because he was able to unite the warring Hausa States into one structure, under a single leadership

The Hausa kingdoms had been at war for centuries, killing and enslaving one another and he was able to unite them under a central leadership. He didn't impose any foreign ideals because he was from the people

As for you saying the 'jihad' changed the power dynamics in the region, the Hausa apart from the previous rulers weren't in anyway relegated and the Fulani, apart from those who were part of the leaders of the uprising weren't in anyway upgraded

If you read about how leadership was granted initially, ethnicity had nothing to do with it. The most knowledgeable scholars were granted leadership through consensus, it was only made hereditary much later on and that was in keeping with the traditional means of power retention the Hausa were used to. The nobility and major title holders remained predominantly Hausa, there are Emirs who are descendants of Hausa rulers and have no links with Fulani and the fact that even those who are descended from Fulani are for all intents and purposes Hausa, puts paid to the claim of an ethnic hierarchy

If you knew a thing about Northern Nigeria, you'd realize that ethnicity isn't prioritised, religion is more prioritised in leadership. Kano is a good example, Shekarau's family is bura from Borno, Sabo bakin Zuwo was Nupe from Niger, Muhammad Abubakar of Bauchi was from Kogi but was Governor of Bauchi. There are tons of examples and if the power dynamics favour the Fulani, ethnic politics would be a thing

The Hausa-Fulani identity is more of an acknowledgement of the shared history of the two ethnic groups in Hausa land. Those two ethnic groups are most responsible for shaping the history of Hausa land. It's also to acknowledge the Hausanization of the Fulani who became Emirs, as it is today
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by FoolishBoy419: 9:17pm On Nov 02, 2025
Cancri:
US occupation has led to good for many countries, let me mention few, for example, japan, South Korea, Germany, etc
These are extremely poor examples. You should focus on their recent interventions.
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by nigeriansamurai(m): 9:30pm On Nov 02, 2025
23jerryking:
Oga be calming down first, are you sure about this? Can you really prove this with any reliable news outlet?
furkin hell, are you being serious?
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriteerNg: 9:32pm On Nov 02, 2025
⚡Respondents who think their culture is superior:

🇬🇷 Greece – 89%
🇷🇺 Russia – 69%
🇷🇴 Romania – 66%
🇷🇸 Serbia – 65%
🇵🇱 Poland – 55%
🇮🇹 Italy – 47%
🇬🇧 UK – 46%
🇩🇪 Germany – 45%
🇺🇦 Ukraine – 41%
🇫🇷 France – 36%
🇳🇱 Netherlands – 31%
🇸🇪 Sweden – 26%
🇧🇪 Belgium – 23%
🇪🇸 Spain – 20%

Source: Pew Research Center
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by IMEI:
obedience4:
What do you even mean by occupation this man??

First of all, even if the US were to intervene, which is not going to happen.. it will be a joint military operation with permission from the Nigerian government. Where does occupation come from??

Russia military are in three African countries today, i have never seen you being critical of such military deployment. Russia is coming to save Mali and Co. from terrorism While the US is coming to destroy Nigeria and steal her resources.

Is Russia not in charge of minerals resources in the countries she has deployed her military assets? Have you for any time been critical of Russia's control of those countries' resources??

The US occupied Japan after WW2. Look at how Japan developsed is one of the largest economies in the world same with South Korea, even the Philippines. These are countries doing well
The US is currently issuing threats and isn't implying partnership but imposition and from how they're going about this, if they do come in, it'd be through coerced consent rather than willing consent

The Russian military is in those countries at the instance of the leadership of those countries, Russia didn't impose itself on them

About Russia controlling the mineral resources, once again it all boils down to willing co-operation. If Nigeria invites the US and cuts a deal for it's resources, I'll be less critical. I won't like it but I'd be more understanding

Fair enough there are sparse examples of countries that have developed, against many that were setback. The main difference is that Nigeria has always been an ally of the US and it hasn't gotten us much, what would a military occupation of Nigeria fetch us? Especially if it's unwelcome? This is 2025 and not 1945 and honestly, America isn't a favorite of the majority of Northern people, but if the US enters in good faith (which I doubt they would), it'll be acceptable

At the end of the day I don't know if the US will have a presence in the Country, I'm just sounding a note of warning
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by IMEI: 9:45pm On Nov 02, 2025
nigeriansamurai:
furkin hell, are you being serious?
You go fear na 🤣
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Allthelight(m): 9:45pm On Nov 02, 2025
In a country where the major ethnic groups who claim to be one of the most educated groups in the world.. will now go to the u.s to beg.

A country without Hausa/Fulani, Yoruba and Igbo will be peaceful..

How the Yorubas called for a foreign military intervention during endsar tho
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by IMEI: 9:47pm On Nov 02, 2025
Allthelight:
In a country where the major ethnic groups who claim to be one of the most educated groups in the world.. will now go to the u.s to beg.
From all you've been saying you must be from a minority ethnic group
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Allthelight(m): 9:49pm On Nov 02, 2025
IMEI:
From all you've been saying you must be from a minority ethnic group
you do know the Yorubas called for a foreign military intervention during endsar right? Why is it wrong now ?
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by tonididdy(m): 9:50pm On Nov 02, 2025
Una mumu never do?

Natural earth material x100yards!
You don use your eye see or benefit from am?


If na the 1000yards natural earth buhaha nonsense go stop the killings of Christians in jos, plateau, kaduna etc, then let America come
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriteerNg: 9:52pm On Nov 02, 2025
⚡The Black Sea Fleet destroyed six unmanned boats in the northwestern part of the Black Sea, reports the Russian Ministry of Defense.

Other important statements from the department:

An attempt by Ukrainian formations to break through to the Oskol River south of the settlement of Kupyansk-Uzlovoy was stopped.
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriteerNg: 9:55pm On Nov 02, 2025
Wetin JD Vance and Charlie Kirk widow dey do??

😲

Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by IMEI:
Allthelight:
you do know the Yorubas called for a foreign military intervention during endsar right? Why is it wrong now ?
You should have asked me if I supported it

Nigerians need to get off this mentality that we're helpless and foreigners are our saviours. Things are bad definitely, but these foreign nations are predatory and as far as they're concerned, not you, but your land and resources are valuable to them
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by dvkot(m): 10:46pm On Nov 02, 2025
Alamkiir:
US ambassador Waltz invites Nicki Minaj to discuss ‘protection of persecuted Christians in Nigeria’ | TheCableLifestyle
you dey whine me?
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriteerNg: 10:49pm On Nov 02, 2025
⚡Joint statement from the 14 countries in Caracas against the growing US threat:

"We, parliamentarians from the nations of Cuba, Nicaragua, Colombia, Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Mexico, Brazil, Guatemala, Honduras and Uruguay gathered in the city of Caracas, Venezuela, for the purpose of defending peace, respect for sovereignty and international law in our region, in the face of the growing threats and aggression by the government of the United States of America."
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriteerNg: 10:49pm On Nov 02, 2025
⚡The U.S. is revamping its former Roosevelt Roads Naval Station in Puerto Rico, adding runway upgrades, aircraft facilities, and ammunition storage.

Recent F-35 deployments and nearby naval activity point to a growing military presence about 500 miles from Venezuela.

Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by dvkot(m): 10:55pm On Nov 02, 2025
Go on twitter and see how unpatriotic we are becoming...very good. Our leaders caused this now a genz generation of unpatriotic citizens is what this nation will have. A divided nation that can never form a united front again an invading army... I've said it before I will rather fight for Russia and fall as a mercenary than to fight for Nigeria and fall as an hero, at least in Russia I know exactly what I'm fighting for.
In Nigeria, I will fight for my faith first before the Nation.
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by nigeriansamurai(m): 11:06pm On Nov 02, 2025
IMEI:
You go fear na 🤣
Broo🤢🤢🤢
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Nobody: 5:21am On Nov 03, 2025
You no go do wetin? Sanction na your mate? 🤣🤣

Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Nobody: 5:29am On Nov 03, 2025
obedience4:
Intervention with sanction are fine by me, but unilateral military operations are a no. The best military intervention would be clearance and sales of sophisticated weaponry.. and maybe military training on counter terrorism techniques?
Won't work in Nigeria.
There are so many saboteurs in that army working for the interest of bandits and Terrorists more than the ones working for Nigeria. Those sophisticated weapons and advanced techniques may eventually end up for the benefits of the same terrorists they are supposed to fight.
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Nobody: 5:32am On Nov 03, 2025
sainttwist1:
i believe we need some level of foreign intervention to stop the killing of christians in the north.

Something like sanction on the sponsors of extremists and their family
Sanction is not enough.
Some people need to be taught a few lessons that they can't impose their own all over Nigerians.
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Nobody: 5:48am On Nov 03, 2025
obedience4:
The question is simple? What happens to the region without much natural resources?? Knowing fully well the Nigerian economy is built of oil

These system of government can not work in a multi ethnic country like Nigeria..go read about the Swiss style of government the citizens votes directly on important issue in the country. How will a region like the South south win a vote against the more populated North??

Also there's also the issue of religion!!
Many of the peoples touting for a regional system of government with a weak centre seem to forget that Nigeria once practiced it before and it was abandoned. Question is: why was it abandoned?

In a regional system of government, the major ethnic groups are the ones that get the upper hand and are the rulers leaving the smaller ones as subordinates. There normally shouldn't be a problem with such an arrangement but when you look closely, the bulk of Nigeria's wealth (oil) is coming from those smaller ones. The south South. Thus, the major financiers of the economy will become less recognized. This was one of the reasons why people like Isaac Adaka Boko were against Ojukwu. Thus, it will only work if the tribes in the south South are also recognised as a separate region or several separate regions with their own governments, a thing which is not practicable.

Secondly, the middle belt of the country consists of as many tribes as are many people's. Do they also get to have a separate region with their own government? During Nigeria's first regional government, there was no middle belt region, only a mid-west region and they were contented with it. As things stand today, the people of the middle belt will never agree to be ruled by the core north.

Lastly, the core north will disintegrate very fast. Those ones are not better than the people of Syria, Iraq and the likes where they will start a war over each other's faction of religion.
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriteerNg: 6:03am On Nov 03, 2025
⚡Trump:

Maduro’s days as President are numbered.
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriteerNg: 6:08am On Nov 03, 2025
⚡Trump:

Putin really wants to do business with the U.S. He wants to make a lot of money for Russia.

I think we will get that war done in a couple of months.

Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriteerNg: 6:09am On Nov 03, 2025
WriteerNg:
⚡Trump:

Putin really wants to do business with the U.S. He wants to make a lot of money for Russia.

I think we will get that war done in a couple of months.
Putin's spokesman.
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by OkpaNsukkaisBae(m): 6:39am On Nov 03, 2025
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