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Propa_____ and li___. Someone should please complete these words for me

$1.1 Billion? Whoa! That's much but then, I don't give A Housefly's prick bout it!

If they had lost it to me, Then that would have been a different case!

Lol!

Lalasticlala, Ogunlesi Sends his regards!

Signs are emerging that Boko Haram has been dealt a crippling blow, but Nigeria’s new government has yet to deal with the group’s changing tactics, and the millions internally displaced.

BY: TOLU OGUNLESI / OCTOBER 15, 2015

The Boko Haram that Nigeria’s President Mohammadu Buhari inherited when he took office in May was markedly different from the one that kicked off the year, five months earlier. In those early days of the year the group made a brutal statement, by overrunning a well-armed military base manned by Nigerian troops, on the banks of the Lake Chad, on the north-eastern fringes of Nigeria.

Emboldened by its successes in Nigeria, Boko Haram took the fight into neighbouring Chad and Niger. As fears heightened that the violence would make it impossible for Nigeria’s general elections to hold, the electoral Commission announced a postponement by six weeks, citing pressure from the military.

What followed was an unprecedented offensive against the terrorists, leading many to wonder why it had taken that long for the government to make the move. A combination of mercenaries from South Africa (armed with weapons from the old Soviet Union) and military support from Cameroonian, Chad and Nigerien forces, helped the Nigerians turn the tide against Boko Haram. Boko Haram did not feature to any significant degree in the voting that took place at the end of March and in early April.

In his inauguration speech Mr. Buhari reiterated his campaign pledge to defeat Boko Haram. It had been a key plank of his party’s messaging, and arguably the factor that contributed the most to his election. Mr. Buhari’s strategy so far has focused on building a regional anti-terrorism coalition. In June he approved the release of $21 million in take-off funding for a regional military force (comprising troops from Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Benin) commissioned by the African Union in January. The Force is expected to be deployed anytime from now, and will have a mandate to occupy the border regions where Boko Haram is now concentrating its onslaught. Mr. Buhari also took the widely expected move of replacing all the military chiefs and the National Security Adviser in August, and handing them a three-month deadline to “bring a desired end to these insurgencies.”

Signs have been emerging, in recent months, that Boko Haram has been dealt a crippling blow. First was the reopening, in July, of the airport in Maiduguri, Borno State, to commercial flights. Then, in September, army engineers began the reconstruction of the bridge linking Gamboru-Ngala community in Nigeria with Cameroon. Schools, closed since 2013, are starting to reopen.

The fight against Boko Haram has been helped by the fact that its unrelenting brutality – the abduction of more than 200 school-girls in April 2014 drew condemnation even from Al-Qaeda – has since robbed it of the communal sympathies that sustained it in its earliest years. Ideally this disillusion should be unqualifiedly good news for the military. But it is itself also struggling to deal with strident allegations of human rights abuses. As recently as June, Amnesty International released a report accusing the military of a “culture of impunity” and calling for senior officers (who are named in the report) to be “investigated in relation to war crimes and possible crimes against humanity.” President Buhari has acknowledged the allegations, and promised to investigate.

The biggest obstacle to the success of the November deadline is the fact that in recent months the battle against Boko Haram has gradually shifted from the open military confrontation that marked 2013 and 2014, back to its asymmetric beginnings. While it may have lost its capacity to intimidate the Nigerian military, Boko Haram has not lost any of its ability to pull off audacious isolated terrorist acts, using suicide bombers – many of whom happen to be pre-teen girls. On October 2 a string of coordinated bomb attacks hit Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, after a 15-month lull, killing 20 persons and injuring 21. (According to a count by the Council for Foreign Relations, more than a thousand persons have died in attacks by Boko Haram since President Buhari took over).

In this stealth war the only thing that can make a difference is the quality of the Nigerian government’s intelligence-gathering operation. Conventional military strategy might rout the terrorists from their forest and mountain hideouts, but will do little to stop bombs going off in markets and bus parks. A reorganisation of Nigeria’s intelligence infrastructure may also be due. On the sidelines of the 2014 Dakar Security Forum, Mohamed Kashkoush, a retired Egyptian army General with experience in counter-terrorism operations told me, "Good information makes you act in advance, not react. If you don't have good information you have nothing."

The other big challenge is the humanitarian one; dealing with the more than two million persons displaced by the crisis. The fact that most of these people are embedded in communities, and not in refugee camps, helps mask the scale of the problem. Nigerians are simultaneously fleeing into camps in Cameroon – on account of ongoing Boko Haram activity in the country’s fringes, along the border with Cameroon, as well as the Lake Chad which separates it from Chad – as well as being repatriated back home by Cameroonian authorities. The United Nations High Commission for Refugees has spoken of a “fluid military situation” in the border regions. The repatriations are coming amid fears that the refugee camps are being infiltrated by terrorists. It is not a misplaced sentiment — since July, Cameroon has witnessed a series of suicide bomb attacks in the region adjoining Boko Haram’s Nigerian heartland. (Across the border, one of the camps for repatriated persons was hit by a bomb blast in September; seven persons were reported killed and 20 injured).

The post-conflict rehabilitation and reconstruction effort will need to involve extensive levels of collaboration between civil society, philanthropic organisations, governments and local communities. The success of the proposed – but as yet vaguely defined – ‘Marshall Plan’ for the devastated region will to a large extent depend on the cabinet that Mr. Buhari eventually assembles: Ministers of Education and Health and Works to focus on rebuilding the schools and hospitals and transport infrastructure; and a Minister of Finance to prioritise government funding for job creation and poverty alleviation initiatives – at a time when fallen oil prices have left a huge hole in the national budget.

https://www.opencanada.org/features/why-president-buharis-biggest-challenge-yet-come/

Cc: tonyebarcanista, Firefire, Mizmycoli, Mogidi.

koboko69:
Stop fooling yourself. How many megawatss did Jonathan leave? And how many is generated now. Your lots tried to claim it was rain that brought about the enormous improvement like it was sunny all through Jonathan's tenure. If u are not too blind with hate....you will understand that routine maintenance is important inevitable so stop your folly and accept Jonathan was a failure.
Do u have a relative that works as a Morgue Attendant?

Yes! Buhari's Perfumer!

Only In Nigeria!

Like Under this government, We only benefit from the lies, deceit, Body Stench and propaganda!

We've been high on those lately!

Sokoto? PDP? Tell me something else!

Evidence Please!

Oh Yes!

“People who told you I said stealing is not corruption did not tell you I said stealing is good. That is why philosophers say that the primary reason people disagree is because people use one statement to explain two typical things or vice versa.

“I made that statement because I quoted the former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Mustapha, (when) I called a meeting then, with the anti-crime organisations and the judiciary.

“The CJN, Mustapha decided to take a look at the files that dealt with corruption and more than 80 per cent of them were just cases of stealing. But people use corruption to cover all. What I am saying is that let us go to the South-West and go to a typical community and they look at you and say this man is corrupt, people will be looking at you. But call that same man “ole”, that is thief, and see what will happen to him. Our people hate thieves more than corrupt people, yet most times, we use corruption to cover the lapses.

“A thief should be called a thief and treated as such. In my village, when an adult steals, they strip him unclad, humiliate him and his family, but if you say this man is corrupt, they won’t know what you are talking about. We are using corruption to cover it all up.

“So, let us communicate properly. It was not me that said it, I quoted Mustapha. He examined the corruption cases and he saw that they were just cases of stealing.

“We are identifying thieves; we can talk about what the agencies are doing. We have made more convictions in this period than before. But I always say that the answer is not convicting more people. We must make sure that they don’t steal. Do not put the money where they can steal it. That is what we are doing.”

Jonathan said something else but The Gullible Dullard's followers couldn't comprehend.


#LyingIsCorruption

bugzbunny:
Barcanista is an attention seeker
I urge all patriots including the Op to ignore his thread... D dude is confused.. Collectively we can make him irrelevant on Nairaland...

Then you have a ton of work to do in your hands!

What do we need their names for? We hired assassins?

Peter Odili huh?

That awkward moment when the 'body odour' turns To that perfume Morgue Attendants use on corpses!

Fati Bombom!

When God Stamps, You can Only watch!

Wike4Governor

coded01:
Journalist: You were beaten again! *Thinking* Isn't he tired?

Mourinho: My players were tired

Journalist: Do you blame it on Chelsea's worst start to the season? Considering your team is the defending champion!

Mourinho: I don't know but I blame Wenger for putting such a bad performance against Sheffield Wednesday a championship side...

Journalist: You didn't watch the game!

Mourinho: I could feel it...

Journalist: Is that why Chelsea lost?

Mourinho: I don't like your question, but the best team lost...

Journalist: Against a team that played the later stages of the night with only 10 players?

Mourinho: No! Didn't you see they were still 11 players...

Journalist: How?

Mourinho: The Referee...

Journalist: *Shakes his head* Do you feel the pressure at the moment?

Mourinho: What pressure? No! No one can sack me. I repeat no one.

Journalist: Why?

Mourinho: Because I am the special one...

For your information... Abramovich would hand him his sack letter after watching this interview...

Journalist: Do you blame Hazard for missing that penalty?

Mourinho: No I blame Mikel for allowing him to play that penalty...

Journalist: Why do you blame another player for his woes?

Mourinho: I think you don't know football...

Journalist: Is that why you snubbed last EPL's post-match interview?

Mourinho: *Angrily leaves*

Journalist: Thank you Jose

Mourinho: Don't thank me, thank Wenger...

Lol! Guy you hilarious but this interview, was it for real?

Show Us EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE of that Mr. Clark!

I thought they took loans in billions of dollars for that purpose?

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/187051-boko-haram-nigeria-borrows-2-1-bn-from-world-bank-to-rebuild-north-east.html

Oh Lawd! Ain't All these true? Only short sighted grannies can't see beyond the lies and Harry Potter-esque cloak this administration is hiding and operating under.

Jonathan is not new to all these! I mean the erstwhile opposition even delved into his sex life... Those guys are that low!!, EL-Rufai called him Boko Haram's financier, NL members brand him the "epitome of corruption"... But the Guy hasn't lost any weight over all these. His detractors keep shouting from every square inch of their mouths without getting any reaction from him.
His silence is so deafening, it somehow turns those words into delicacies for the people that spew em in the first place! He simply Frustrates Hell out of em!


I have never seen or heard about a human being like Jonathan! At least, not in this Generation. The man's up there with the likes of Dr. King, Ghandi E.T.C!

They are just like every Criminal who carries Military Spec. Weapons Illegally... why single them out?

Yet Another 'Tribal' thread!

It's very shameful to be a Nigerian At this moment. When countries are busy charting their future, Nigerian youth are all up online planning the next tribal rubbish to say.

Lil wonder Vice President Osinbajo said they scoured Nigeria from some smart youths but couldn't find any!

Such Shame!!!

If any lagos governor wants to be celebrated, He should inject a lot of money into those lagos ghettos. Transform those slumps... And then Lagos will indeed be the mega African city! Just saying...

Peterside seems to overestimate the quarters in his quiver!

Temporarily off course!

That's what you get when you change the campaign from #NeverAgain to #LafiyaDole

Where's the push ups master?

Tag along a credible source and watch this thread fly to front page!

I thought a rerun was ordered?

midolian:
Wike will never forget this October

I'm telling you... A very bad month to be a wailer!

Pidggin:
Bihari is a sexists, he is anti-women, I have said this over and over again.

APC= Party of sexists

Misogynistic Arses would be better!

Ok