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 Christianity Etc › Re: “Missionary” Is The Only Holy Sexual Position - Pastor Olugbenga Oladejo by rhames(m): 5:48pm On Feb 17, 2015 |
Aprime:O pari wa yi oooooo!!!!!!! |
| Investment › Re: FG To Sell Nigerian Communications Satellite –BPE by rhames(m): 5:46pm On Feb 17, 2015 |
babs01:Ching Chang Choo!!!! |
| Politics › Re: Soyinka: GMB Most Brutal Dictator After Abacha by rhames(m): 5:45pm On Feb 17, 2015 |
[quote author=nigerianvenom post=30803776][/quote]Is Prof now a PDP? |
| Politics › Re: I’ll Flee Nigeria If APC Wins —Bode George by rhames(m): 5:41pm On Feb 17, 2015 |
Bluetooth2:This one na atomic bomb!!! |
| Politics › Re: PDP Laments Obasanjo’s Exit, Says Ex-president Rejected Pleas by rhames(m): 5:38pm On Feb 17, 2015 |
saddened by his exit. This is the turn of the tide.  |
| Politics › Re: 30 Facts About Owners Of Nigeria’s Richest Oil Blocks In The Midst Of Poverty by rhames(m): 11:02pm On Feb 16, 2015 |
They can as well build modular refineries which can refine under 50,000 barrels per day. 1 Like 1 Share |
| Politics › Re: 30 Facts About Owners Of Nigeria’s Richest Oil Blocks In The Midst Of Poverty by rhames(m): 10:56pm On Feb 16, 2015 |
bushdoc9919:that's why Dangote will continue to be a model for Nigerian nay African businessmen and women for a long time to come. |
| Politics › Re: Obasanjo Tears PDP Membership Card In Pictures by rhames(m): 10:53pm On Feb 16, 2015 |
absoluteSuccess:o se baami 1 Like |
| Politics › Re: Why Obasanjo Attacks Jonathan – Fani-kayode by rhames(m): 7:37pm On Feb 16, 2015 |
CaptainAmerica1:FFK's ability to rabble rouse is landmark. If he is not blabbing about the women he cavorted with in his youth , he will be interested in the telling us about his achievements as aviation minister under the same OBJ. These are one of the people deceiving GEJ into making mistakes and I think its time he is dumped from government. Mark my words: this man will dump PDP even at the slightest provocation not out of disloyalty. |
| Romance › Re: 5 Ways To Spot A Chronic Womanizer by rhames(m): 7:29pm On Feb 16, 2015 |
samflexxy:[/b] It should have been Composed by An unrepentant womaniser |
| Politics › Re: 30 Facts About Owners Of Nigeria’s Richest Oil Blocks In The Midst Of Poverty by rhames(m): 7:07pm On Feb 16, 2015 |
Orikinla: An upon all these estimates, which of these companies owned by the Nigerian elites has built a refinery in the country? What a shame? 1 Like |
| Politics › Re: Obasanjo Tears PDP Membership Card In Pictures by rhames(m): 7:00pm On Feb 16, 2015 |
absoluteSuccess:In other words: egun agba ti o keyin agbo! |
| Politics › Re: Ogun PDP Expels Obasanjo by rhames(m): 6:52pm On Feb 16, 2015 |
hazyfm1: laaakuli!!!! |
| Politics › Re: Obasanjo Is An Embarrassment To The Military - Nigeria Defence HQ by rhames(m): 6:47pm On Feb 16, 2015 |
Omooba77: How much honour does the military has left since GEJ assumed power? The army of occupation who are the current spokesmen of the President have succeeded in subverting the Constitution of The Federal Republic to suit their master. I hope the powers given to these military people will not consume the man who gave them in the first place. Its too late for any damage control but not too late to clean the mess. Much as we hate OBJ for his stance on national issues, we always find out in the end that he tells the bitter truth. This is the most disappointing government ever in the history of our country. |
| Politics › Re: Obasanjo Will Not Be Missed In PDP, Says Anenih by rhames(m): 6:32pm On Feb 16, 2015 |
iwaeda:This is coming from a man who could not deliver his state to the PDP during the 2011 elections. What a shame. |
| Politics › Re: Fayose Attacks Obasanjo, Says Ex-president Is Nigeria’s Main Enemy by rhames(m): 8:15pm On Feb 15, 2015 |
This is what happens when an educated illiterate is in power. |
| Politics › Is Boko Haram A CIA Clandestine Operation To Balkanise Nigeria And Africa by rhames(op): 6:53pm On Feb 15, 2015 |
[b]http://www.globalresearch.ca/is-boko-haram-a-cia-covert-op-to-divide-and-conquer-africa/5431177 Boko Haram texte The objectives of the US military presence in Africa are well documented: counter Chinese influence and control strategic locations and natural resources including oil reserves. This was confirmed more than 8 years ago by the US State Department: In 2007, US State Department advisor Dr. J. Peter Pham commented on AFRICOM’s strategic objectives of “protecting access to hydrocarbons and other strategic resources which Africa has in abundance, a task which includes ensuring against the vulnerability of those natural riches and ensuring that no other interested third parties, such as China, India, Japan, or Russia, obtain monopolies or preferential treatment.” (Nile Bowie, CIA Covert Ops in Nigeria: Fertile Ground for US Sponsored Balkanization Global Research, 11 April 2012) At the beginning of February, AFRICOM’s “head General David Rodriguez called for a large-scale US-led ‘counterinsurgency’ campaign against groups in West Africa during remarks at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC: In similar remarks at a the US Army West Point academy last week, US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) chief General Joseph Votel said that US commando teams must prepare for new deployments against Boko Haram and the Islamic State. ” (Thomas Gaist, US AFRICOM Commander Calls for “Huge” Military Campaign in West Africa, World Socialist Web Site, February 02, 2015) Mark P. Fancher highlighted the hypocrisy and the “imperialist arrogance” of western countries, which “notwithstanding the universal condemnation of colonialism”, are evermore willing “to publicly declare (without apologies) their plans to expand and coordinate their military presence in Africa.” (Mark P. Fancher, Arrogant Western Military Coordination and the New/Old Threat to Africa, Black Agenda Report, 4 February 2015) Now more troops from Benin, Cameroon, Niger, Nigeria and Chad are being sent to fight against Boko Haram. This new war on yet another shadowy terrorist entity in Africa is reminiscent of the failed Kony 2012 propaganda campaign cloaked in humanitarian ideals. It is used as a smoke screen to avoid addressing the issue of the victims of the war on terror, the real causes of terrorism and to justify another military invasion. It is true that Boko Haram makes victims, however the goal of Western intervention in Africa is not to come to their rescue. The deadliest conflict in the world since the Second World War and still raging is happening in Congo and the Western elite and its media couldn’t care less. That alone shows that military interventions are not intended to save lives. To understand why the media focuses on Boko Haram, we need to know what it is and who is behind it. What is the underlying context, what interests are being served? Is Boko Haram another US clandestine operation? Boko Haram is based in northeast Nigeria, the most populated country and largest economy in Africa. Nigeria is the largest oil producer of the continent with 3.4% of the World’s reserves of crude oil. In May 2014, African Renaissance News published an in-depth report on Boko Haram, wondering whether it could be another CIA covert operation to take control of Nigeria: [T]he greatest prize for AFRICOM and its goal to plant a PAX AMERICANA in Africa would be when it succeeds in the most strategic African country, NIGERIA. This is where the raging issue of BOKO HARAM and the widely reported prediction by the United States Intelligence Council on the disintegration of Nigeria by 2015 comes into perspective...(Atheling P Reginald Mavengira, “Humanitarian Intervention” in Nigeria: Is the Boko Haram Insurgency Another CIA Covert Operation? Wikileaks, African Renaissance News, May 08, 2014) In the 70′s an 80′s Nigeria assisted several African countries “in clear opposition and defiance to the interests of the United States and its western allies which resulted in a setback for Western initiatives in Africa at the time.” (Ibid.) Nigeria exerted its influence in the region through the leadership of the Economic Community of West African States Monitoring Group (ECOMOG, right), an army consisting of soldiers from various African countries and set up by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and which intervened in the Liberian civil war in the 90′s. Liberia was founded in 1821 by the US and led by American-Liberians for over a century. The Western powers, first and foremost the US, are obviously not willing to let Africans have a multinational army in which they have no leading role. ACRI, which later became Africom, was formed in 2000 to contain Nigeria’s influence and counter ECOMOG, thus avoiding the emergence of an African military force led by Africans. According to Wikileaks reports mentioned in Mavengira’s article above, the US embassy in Nigeria serves as an “operating base for wide and far reaching acts of subversion against Nigeriawhich include but [are] not limited to eavesdropping on Nigerian government communication, financial espionage on leading Nigerians, support and funding of subversive groups and insurgents, sponsoring of divisive propaganda among the disparate groups of Nigeria and the use of visa blackmail to induce and coerce high ranking Nigerians into acting in favour of US interests.” (Mavengira, op., cit., emphasis added) Mavengira is part of the GREENWHITE Coalition, “a citizen’s volunteer watchdog made up of Nigerians of all ethnic groups and religious persuasions.” He writes that the ultimate goal of the American clandestine operations in his country is “to eliminate Nigeria as a potential strategic rival to the US in the African continent.” (Ibid.) An investigation into Boko Haram by the Greenwhite Coalition revealed that the “Boko Haram campaign is a covert operation organized by the American Central Intelligence Agency, CIA and coordinated by the American Embassy in Nigeria.” The U.S has used its embassy for covert operations before. The one in Benghazi was proven to be a base for a covert gun-running operation to arm the mercenaries fighting against Bashar Al-Assad in Syria. As for the embassy in Ukraine, a video from November 2013 emerged recently showing a Ukrainian parliamentarian exposing it as the central point of yet another clandestine operation designed to foment civil unrest and overthrow the democratically-elected government. The Greenwhite Coalition report on Boko Haram reveals a three stage plan of the National Intelligence Council of the United States to “Pakistanize” Nigeria, internationalize the crisis and divide the country under a UN mandate and occupying force. The plan “predicts” Nigeria’s disintegration for 2015. It is worth quoting at length: The whole [National Intelligence Council] report actually is a coded statement of intentions on how [by] using destabilization plots the US plans to eventually dismember Nigeria [...] Stage 1: Pakistanizing Nigeria With the scourge of Boko Haram as an existential reality, in the coming months the spate of bombings and attacks on public buildings are likely to escalate. The goal is to exacerbate tension and mutual suspicion among adherents of the two faiths in Nigeria and leading to sectarian violence [...] Stage 2: Internationalizing the Crisis [T]here will be calls from the United States, European Union and United Nations for a halt to the violence. [...] For effect, there will be carpet bombing coverage by the International media on the Nigerian crisis with so-called experts discussing all the ramifications who will strive to create the impression that only benevolent foreign intervention could resolve the crisis. Stage 3: The Great Carve out under UN Mandate There will be proposals first for an international peace keeping force to intervene and separate the warring groups and or for a UN mandate for various parts of Nigeria to come under mandated occupying powers. Of course behind the scenes the US and its allies would have secretly worked out which areas of Nigeria to occupy guided as it were by naked economic interests [...] (Ibid., emphasis added) In 2012, Nile Bowie wrote: The Nigerian Tribune has reported that Boko Haram receives funding from different groups from Saudi Arabia and the UK, specifically from the Al-Muntada Trust Fund, headquartered in the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia’s Islamic World Society [8]. During an interview conducted by Al-Jazeera with Abu Mousab Abdel Wadoud, the AQIM leader states that Algeria-based organizations have provided arms to Nigeria’s Boko Haram movement “to defend Muslims in Nigeria and stop the advance of a minority of Crusaders” [9]. It remains highly documented that members of Al-Qaeda (AQIM) and the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG) who fought among the Libyan rebels directly received arms [10] and logistical support [11] from NATO bloc countries during the Libyan conflict in 2011[...] Image: Abdelhakim Belhadj, rebel leader during the 2011 war in Libya and former commander of the Al-Qaeda-linked Libyan Islamic Fighting Group. As covertly supporting terrorist organizations to achieve foreign policy aims appears to be the commanding prerequisite of foreign policy operations under the Obama Administration, Boko Haram exists as a separate arm of the US destabilization apparatus, aimed at shattering Africa’s most populous nation and biggest potential market. (Nile Bowie, CIA Covert Ops in Nigeria: Fertile Ground for US Sponsored Balkanization Global Research, 11 April 2012) Reports also indicate that some Nigerian commanders may be involved in fuelling the insurgency. According to the report, a Nigerian soldier in Borno state confirmed that Boko Haram attacked Gamboru Ngala in their presence but their commander asked them not to repel the attack. The soldier told BBC Hausa Service that choppers hovered in the air while the attacks were ongoing. 300 people were killed, houses and a market burnt while soldiers watched and were ordered not to render assistance to those being attacked. The soldier said that the Boko Haram insurgency will end when superior officers in the army cease to fuel it. At the abductions of Chibok girls, one soldier in an interview told SaharaReporters, “...we were ordered to arrest vehicles carrying the girls but just as we started the mission, another order was issued that we should pull back. I can assure you, nobody gave us any directives to look for anybody.” Some soldiers suspect that their commanders reveal military operations to the Boko Haram sect. (Audu Liberty Oseni, Who is Protecting Boko Haram. Is the Nigerian Government involved in a Conspiracy?, africanexecutive.com, May 28, 2014) Could it be that these commanders have been coerced by elements in the U.S. embassy, as suggested by the aforementioned Greewhite Coalition investigation? Boko Haram: The next chapter in the fraudulent, costly, destructive and murderous war on terror? It has been clearly demonstrated that the so-called war on terror has increased terrorism. As Nick Turse explained: [Ten] years after Washington began pouring taxpayer dollars into counterterrorism and stability efforts across Africa and its forces first began operating from Camp Lemonnier [Djibouti], the continent has experienced profound changes, just not those the U.S. sought. The University of Birmingham’s Berny Sèbe ticks off post-revolutionary Libya, the collapse of Mali, the rise of Boko Haram in Nigeria, the coup in the Central African Republic, and violence in Africa’s Great Lakes region as evidence of increasing volatility. “The continent is certainly more unstable today than it was in the early 2000s, when the U.S. started to intervene more directly,” he told me. (Nick Turse, The Terror Diaspora: The U.S. Military and Obama’s Scramble for Africa, Tom Dispatch, June 18, 2013) What exactly does the U.S. seek in Africa? When it comes to overseas interventions, decades of history have shown that the stated intents of the U.S. Army are never its real intents. The real intent is never to save humans, but always to save profits and power. US-NATO interventions do not save. They kill. US-led interventions since the beginning of the century have killed hundreds of thousands, if not over a million innocent people. It’s hard to tell because NATO does not really want to know how many civilians it kills. As The Guardian noted in August 2011, except for a brief period, there was “no high-profile international project dedicated to recording deaths in the Libya conflict”. In February 2014, “at least 21,000 civilians [were] estimated to have died violent deaths as a result of the war” in Afghanistan according to Cost of War. As for Iraq, by May 2014 “at least 133,000 civilians [were] killed by direct violence since the invasion.” As for Libya, the mainstream media first lied about the fact that Gaddafi initiated the violence by attacking peaceful protesters, a false narrative intended to demonize Gaddafi and galvanize public opinion in favour of yet another military intervention. As the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs reported, “violence was actually initiated by the protesters.” It stated further: The government responded to the rebels militarily but never intentionally targeted civilians or resorted to “indiscriminate” force, as Western media claimed [...] The biggest misconception about NATO’s intervention is that it saved lives and benefited Libya and its neighbors. In reality, when NATO intervened in mid-March 2011, Qaddafi already had regained control of most of Libya, while the rebels were retreating rapidly toward Egypt. Thus, the conflict was about to end, barely six weeks after it started, at a toll of about 1,000 dead, including soldiers, rebels, and civilians caught in the crossfire. By intervening, NATO enabled the rebels to resume their attack, which prolonged the war for another seven months and caused at least 7,000 more deaths. (Alan Kuperman, Lessons from Libya: How Not to Intervene, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, September 2013) Despite these figures, the media will once again try to convince us that what the world needs most at the moment is to get rid of the terrorist group Boko Haram and that a military intervention is the only solution, even though the so-called war on terror has actually increased terrorism globally. As Washington’s Blog pointed out in 2013, “global terrorism had been falling from 1992 until 2004... but has been skyrocketing since 2004.” The Guardian reported back in November 2014: The Global Terrorism Index recorded almost 18,000 deaths last year, a jump of about 60% over the previous year. Four groups were responsible for most of them: Islamic State (Isis) in Iraq and Syria; Boko Haram in Nigeria; the Taliban in Afghanistan; and al-Qaida in various parts of the world. (Ewen MacAskill, Fivefold increase in terrorism fatalities since 9/11, says report, The Guardian, November, 18, 2014) What the Guardian fails to mention is that all these groups, including Boko Haram and the Islamic State, have been, in one way or another, armed, trained and financed by the US-NATO alliance and their allies in the Middle East. Thanks to the covert support of Western countries, arms dealers and bankers profiting from killing and destruction, the war on terror is alive and well. The West advocates for endless military interventions, pretending to ignore the real causes of terrorism and the reason why it expands, hiding its role in it and thereby clearly showing its real intent: fuelling terrorism to destabilize and destroy nations, thus justifying military invasion and achieving their conquest of the African continent’s richest lands under the pretext of saving the world from terror. Selected articles on Boko Haram Audu Liberty Oseni, Who is Protecting Boko Haram. Is the Nigerian Government involved in a Conspiracy?, africanexecutive.com, May 28, 2014 Kurt Nimmo, U.S. and France Target Boko Haram and Focus on Africa’s Strategic Minerals, Infowars, January 14, 2015 Emile Schepers, Boko Haram: An Extremism Firmly Rooted in Nigeria’s Colonial Past, Morning Star, May 17, 2014 Ajamu Baraka, The Destabilization of Africa and the Role of “Shadowy Islamists”. From Benghazi to Boko Haram, Black Agenda Report 14 May 2014 Glen Ford, Coming Soon: A U.S. Death Squad Program for West Africa Black Agenda Report, May 28, 2014 Adeyinka Makinde, Nigeria: Candidate for Political Destabilization and “Regime Change”?, adeyinkamakinde..co.uk, June 15, 2013 Kurt Nimmo, Is Boko Haram An “Intelligence Asset”? Terror Attack in Nigeria Opens Door to Africom, Infowars.com, May 10, 2014 Prof. Horace Campbell, Boko Haram: “Economic Fundamentalism” and Impoverishment Send Unemployed Youths Into Religious Militias, Pambazuka News 4 June 2014 Abayomi Azikiwe, The Militarization of the African Continent: AFRICOM Expands Operations in Cooperation With Europe, Global Research, April 22, 2014 [/b] Mods, I hope this makes front page. |
| Politics › Re: Obasanjo Plots To Head Interim National Govt - Presidency by rhames(m): 6:45pm On Feb 15, 2015 |
lets call a spade by its name. Irrespective of our hatred for OBJ, he is one man everybody admires for two good reasons. He is not a coward and he tells you the plain truth no matter whose ox is gored. |
| Politics › Re: Boko Haram Calls For Election Boycott, Jonathan Seeks US Help by rhames(m): 6:38pm On Feb 15, 2015 |
Sanchez01:Running back to the same US which could not defeat Alqaeda,ISIS and sunni radicals in the Middle East. What I believe is that some very few people in government and outside it are holding GEJ hostage in Aso Rock. |
| Jokes Etc › Re: After Kissing My Girl On Valentine's Day This Is What I Got This Morning .pic by rhames(m): 6:28pm On Feb 15, 2015 |
Adikam:Danger wahala dey |
| Politics › Re: John Campbell: "Jonathan Remains Likely Winner Of Elections" by rhames(m): 6:27pm On Feb 15, 2015 |
akpanoka:Here comes another doomsday prophet.Americans again. |
| Celebrities › Re: Ini Edo Shows Off Massive Weight Loss In New Photos by rhames(m): 7:20pm On Feb 14, 2015 |
kinisoo1:Nicon Cares |
| Sports › Re: Chified Shows Off Her Muscles by rhames(m): 7:16pm On Feb 14, 2015 |
great abbs girl keep it up. some guys are just jealous coz they are not this fit. 1 Like 1 Share |
| Business › Re: Business Ideas To Start With 50k by rhames(m): 7:14pm On Feb 14, 2015 |
some are 1. photography 2. football viewing centre if you have the space 3. snacks 4. household products or items sales 5. fruit packaging 6. newspapers vendors 7. phone importation business 8. be a consultant in your field and if you are considering internet .marketing which is more of a long term thing.choose amazon associates programmes kindle if you can write a good story. Currently compiling an eBook titled 50 Businesses You can start with N50,000 which will be ready by 1st week of March. These are some I will recommend. |
| Celebrities › Re: Halima Abubakar Claps Back At 'fans' Who Cussed Her Out For Wearing This Top by rhames(m): 10:14pm On Feb 13, 2015 |
Well guys. There is one thing with these stars we don't know. The reason most misbehave is because they are lonely and frustrated and have no one to confide in or a man to call their own despite the stupendous wealth at their disposal. Real men don't pay attention to them especially in our African setting. They are paying a big price for their stardom. The lucky few who are married do everything to keep their spouses. 1 Like 2 Shares |
| Politics › Re: Obanikoro Sues Sahara Reporters, Premium Times & Punch Newspapers by rhames(m): 8:08pm On Feb 11, 2015 |
Burger01:Indeed |
| Politics › Re: Obanikoro Sues Sahara Reporters, Premium Times & Punch Newspapers by rhames(m): 8:06pm On Feb 11, 2015 |
[quote author=itsdumebi post=30636470][/quote]This shows that if this man becomes the governor of Lagos State,the press will be muzzled. The Oba of Lagos told him this straight to his face sometime ago. 1 Like 1 Share |
| Business › Re: Poor Handling Of A Fraud Case By UBA Plc: An Open Letter Of Complaint by rhames(m): 8:00pm On Feb 11, 2015 |
realnaijaboy:N765.00 |
| Business › Re: Poor Handling Of A Fraud Case By UBA Plc: An Open Letter Of Complaint by rhames(m): 7:27pm On Feb 11, 2015 |
realnaijaboy:was too expensive for me. |
| Business › Re: Poor Handling Of A Fraud Case By UBA Plc: An Open Letter Of Complaint by rhames(m): 6:50pm On Feb 11, 2015 |
realnaijaboy: I was not the only one affected by the ranging problem in that branch. This happened in in 2009. The branch name is UBA Ali Akilu Road Kaduna. The cheque ranging problem was discovered on my business trip to Lagos where i tried withdrawing some money and was delayed for hours at their Oregun branch Lagos. The branch manager advised me to request for a new UBA checkbook instead of the one I was using which i did. |
| Business › Re: Poor Handling Of A Fraud Case By UBA Plc: An Open Letter Of Complaint by rhames(m): 6:26pm On Feb 11, 2015 |
realnaijaboy:With a UBA Cheque that was not ranged in their system. |
| Business › Re: Poor Handling Of A Fraud Case By UBA Plc: An Open Letter Of Complaint by rhames(m): 6:24pm On Feb 11, 2015 |
realnaijaboy:[b][/b]I have been using that same account before they acquired Continental Trust Bank where Ike Nwabuoku was MD then. However, i had no problem using it in Kaduna town for my transaction cos thats where i am based. But when the above incident happened in Lagos and i was made to wait for hours almost missing my flight back to Kaduna,. This happened in 2009. I came back to Kaduna and the Manager there advised that I request for a new cheque book. So its not a hollow story as you suggested. (Modify) (Quote) (Report) (Share) |
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