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DubaiLandLord:
SSS charges Nnamdi Kanu for calling Buhari ‘an idiot’, says London within Nigerian court jurisdiction.

https://gazettengr.com/sss-charges-nnamdi-kanu-for-calling-buhari-an-idiot-says-london-within-nigerian-court-jurisdiction/

What sort of joke is this GEJ wife was called a shepopotamus, GEJ was called a drunkard. The APC said they will install a parallel Government, but see the clueless organisation charging person for calling the vegetable and idiot

London within Nigeria court jurisdiction indeed

They are deliberately creating an escape route for Kanu based on pressure and possibility of negotiations from Igbo groups and may be the international community
Only naive kids on Nairaland don't see this.
The charges that should make him go for a life sentence have been reworded in a more benign manner.

The Kanu guy himself knows they could have killed him anywhere between his country of arrest and Nigeria nobody would have known so all these infantile chest beaten by teenagers on Nairaland is rather irritating

Ole remains a bad coach. He needed to tweak the squad defensively after the third goal but he did nothing. Could have ended badly.

Of course there was no masacre at Lekki toll gate. Maybe two or three people died and the murderers will go free under the loud voices and stampede of the mob.

PrinceOfLagos:
Why is the government scared of the people

Government is scared for the people. You guys will destroy yourselves and lose unnecessary lives thinking you are hurting Tinubu.
You can't see beyond this guy

Karlovych:
May fire and brimstone destroy the cocaine addict, may his rotten teeth continue to wither and may his tired and weak legs shrivel beyond recognition because of all the crimes he is committing in Lagos state. The innocent souls his took in Lekki last year will continue to haunt him.

This is sick.

Bandits are NOT terrorists but YES we can use Super Tucanoes against them.
Brazil used Super Tucanoes against drug lords and their operations.

This news report is just flying unnecessary kites.

DubaiLandLord:
More facts have emerged on why the Armed Forces have yet to deploy their full arsenal against bandits who have dominated the North-West and parts of the North-Central geopolitical zones.

The PUNCH reliably learnt on Monday that the Armed Forces told the National Assembly, through its committees, that the agreement signed with the Government of the United States was that the A-29 Super Tucano fighter jets procured from the country would be deployed against terrorists and insurgents, and not bandits.

Several sources in the National Assembly, who are in the know of the development, said the complaints by the service chiefs led to the recent demand by the Senate and the House of Representatives that bandits should be designated as terrorists.

The PUNCH had reported that the Federal Government in February 2018 placed an order for 12 A-29 Super Tucano aircraft at a cost of $496m.

The Nigerian Air Force had on July 22, 2021, taken delivery of the first batch of six aircraft from the United States. The second batch of the planes arrived in Nigeria in September.

A total of 64 pilots and maintainers from the Nigerian Air Force were trained to the US standards with the US Air Force’s 81st Fighter Squadron at Moody Air Base in Georgia, United States.

The training also emphasised the Law of Armed Conflict and civilian casualty mitigation, which are fundamental principles of the Nigerian military’s professional education and training.

Speaking to one of our correspondents on the telephone on Monday, a top source in one of the security committees in the National Assembly said the Armed Forces, especially the Nigerian Air Force, had not been able to decimate the bandits due to the conditions attached to deployment of the fighter jets.

The lawmaker said, “Let me tell you the truth. We once asked the Armed Forces why they had not deployed the Tucano in the fight the bandits and one of the service chiefs (name withheld) told us that their hands are tied due to the human rights regulations regarding to the aircraft. He told us that the equipment is meant for the war against terrorists and insurgents and since these are bandits, they cannot be deployed.


Bandits not different from B’Haram, Buhari should implement N’Assembly resolutions – Lawmaker

“He actually told us that once the bandits have been designated as terrorists, they would be wiped out. Don’t forget that the bandits today are not different from Boko Haram, looking at their activities and the gravity of attacks by them. Now that both chambers of the National Assembly have called for the declaration, we urge the President to implement our resolutions.”

Another reliable source in the security committees, who was asked to confirm the information from the first source, said it was true. “We have done what we ought to do, so the ball is no longer in our court,” he stated.

The House of Representatives had on September 30, 2021, asked the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to designate bandits and their sponsors as terrorists.

The Senate had made the demand the previous day.

Chairman of the House Committee on Defence, Babajimi Benson, who moved a motion of urgent public importance, urged the chamber to back the Senate.

The motion was titled, ‘Declaration of Bandits and their Sponsors as Terrorists.’

Moving the motion, Benson said, “The Senate, on Wednesday, September 29, 2021, adopted a motion asking President Muhammadu Buhari to declare bandits ravaging the northern part of the country terrorists and wage a total war on them. They also asked that the president declare all known leaders of bandits wanted and arrest them wherever they were found for speedy prosecution. Such declaration to be done through a Proscription Order can be done pursuant to Section 2 of the Terrorism Prevention Act, 2011 (As Amended).

“I will like to echo the same sentiment and ask honourable colleagues to join the Senate in urging Mr President to declare bandits and their sponsors as terrorists. This will underline the determination of government to combat the wave of criminality and murders conducted by bandits all over the country.”

He noted that declaring bandits as terrorists could be done through a proscription order.

Benson listed more benefits of declaring the bandits terrorists, noting that such an order will officially bring the activities of bandits and their sponsors within the purview of the Terrorism Prevention Act, while any persons associated with such groups can then be legally prosecuted and sentenced to penalties specified in the Act.

He said, “Declaration of all bandits as terrorist may also encourage other countries to do same and help create a global consensus around dealing with transnational factors that feeds the domestic activities of such proscribed organisations and individuals.”

Chairman of the House Committee on Army, Abdulrazak Namdas, in an interview with one of our correspondents on Monday, stated that the bandits had ticked all the boxes on the indices of terrorism. He, however, denied knowledge of any complaints relating to deployment of the Tucano jets.

Namdas said, “Now that the government has started getting the Tucanos and we have another batch coming, and the morale of the troops at the moment is high; though we had one or two casualties but this is part of a war and there is nowhere in the world that when there is a war, you expect no casualties – it should only be seriously minimised; when you strengthen the security forces and we agree that these bandits are terrorists, then it would give us the opportunity to deal with them, with all the full force.”

Also speaking The PUNCH, Benson said the resolutions by the Senate and the House should have been transmitted to Buhari for consideration and sanction.

He said, “The truth of the matter is that I don’t know if it has been transmitted but I am sure that when the two sides of the National Assembly pass a resolution, it should be given a thorough consideration. And I doubt if the bureaucracy people (National Assembly management) have transmitted it, to reach the attention of Mr President.”

The US had said the A-29 Super Tucano fighter jets would assist Nigeria’s anti-terrorism fight, especially in the north-eastern part of the West African country.

The US Department of Defence leaders had attended the induction ceremony of the Super Tucano jets on August 31.

An inquiry sent to the United States Embassy in Nigeria on whether the Super Tucano should be used only in fighting terrorists had yet to be responded to on Tuesday.

However, in an earlier chat with The PUNCH, acting Public Affairs Counselor, Jeanne Clark, explained that the use of the weapons would be subject to the Leahy vetting, a law which is an American rights law that prohibit the US government from providing military assistance to foreign security force units that violate human rights with impunity.

Clark stated Nigeria is a strategic partner of the US. She added that the US would ensure monitoring to ensure that the weapons are used for their intended purpose.

She said, “We have direct and open communication with the Government of Nigeria regarding our expectation that all security forces be held accountable for protecting civilians and respecting human rights. All Nigerian military personnel trained by the United States are subject to Leahy vetting.

“All potential US defence sales are carefully assessed under the US government’s Conventional Arms Transfer Policy to examine issues, including human rights, regional security, and non-proliferation concerns, to determine whether a sale is in the best foreign policy and national security interests of the United States.

“Review and monitoring are integral components of the process for any US-origin defence articles delivered to any recipient nation. This helps ensure that those articles are used by the intended recipient in the manner intended and consistent with the provisions of the agreement for the foreign military sale.”

When contacted on Tuesday to confirm transmission of the resolution to Buhari, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (House of Reps), Mr Umar el-Yakub, noted that the Clerk to the National Assembly transmits resolutions by the lawmakers directly to the President.

El-Yakub also noted that the liaison officers only convey communications from the President to the National Assembly and are only copied documents transmitted by the parliament on special occasions.

When contacted, the Director of Information, National Assembly’s management, Mr Rawlings Agada, advised The PUNCH correspondent to cross check with him on Wednesday as he did not have any information on the issue yet.


He said, “I don’t have any information yet on what you are asking me but you can crosscheck again tomorrow so that I can make some enquiries for you.”

A Spokesman for the President, Garba Shehu, told The PUNCH to direct inquiries to the Ministry of Defence when he was asked if the refusal of the President to designate bandits as terrorists was preventing the full deployment of the Super Tucano weapons in the North-West.

“Please contact the ministry of defence. They will be the best to answer this. Thank you,” Shehu stated.

In his reaction, the Special Assistant to the Minister of Defence on Media and Publicity, Mohammed Abdulkadri, directed one of our correspondents to the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor.

Also, calls put across to the Spokesman for the Nigerian Air Force, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, didn’t connect while a response to a text message sent to him was being awaited as of the time of filing this report.

https://punchng.com/dhq-seeks-nod-to-crush-bandits-with-tucano-jets-laments-us-condition/

JOSCOFELIX:
a guy familar with procuement say nigeria order mi 28 not intel

Wow. I hope only the NE version. *middle finger* to the US and their cobras

Ignorance and lack of understanding.

Most sex tapes though not recommended practice are done by mutual consent between two people who probably live apart and think they need a visual memory of intimacy to invigorate the relationship across the separation by distance.

It does not have to make sense. It is sex. It is primordial.

Some lovers use the tapes to blackmail their celebrity exes yes.
However that does not always mean that the original suggestion to make the tape did not originate from the female side.
Always keep an open mind and don't fall into stereotyping people and behaviors

SuperSixSeven:
Things do not work like that, combat aircraft only have about 10-20(max) minutes over the target area if not refueled mid-air.

Not entirely true for Super Tucano. For aircraft stationed in Maiduguri, with weapons, I personally estimate they have 45mins to 50mins in the general area of the battle . Maybe 30mins over the specific targets.
When carrying only ISR gear, I expect even more on-station time.

Nigeria also bought the A29s in a large number to ensure that even when drop tanks are carried, enough ordnance can be carried by enough planes to achieve any set of objectives.

Fahdiga:
See name. No be only Tapgun na Pumpgun. Nigerians are earnestly yearning for the return of the PDP. A party with ideology and not a criminal organization like APC

PDP ideology is loot-ism.

paramakina202:
The state of Israel can fit into Nigeria 100 times yet Israel is more powerful than Nigeria 100 times.
It is not by size my friend.

The Governor made the statement in the context of the security work load facing the state compared with others. Why let your tribal inferiority complex distort it?

Faithful007:
Wow. So uninformed.

WSJ, USA today and Times are the most widely read newspapers in the USA. and someone here thinks they would want to tarnish their image by publishing a fabricated story about Nigeria of all places. Something that is not even directly connected to US business affairs. I hope they draw Washington's attention on this mess.

This is stupid. So because they are widely read, they are credible. Timid mind. If Trump comes to office again and calls them mainstream media fake news peddlers you will agree.
You are not in possession of mental equipment to doubt a story about government buying off one AA gun. Why?. Is it because you are black and you think you are inferior?

Hoverbird:
It was first posted by an international media outlet..
The story is true forget what propagandist say here. Buhari was supposed to travel to daura for the APC state Congress but for reasons not meant for public consumption he wasn't present.



https://www.wsj.com/articles/nigerias-gangs-raised-millions-by-kidnapping-children-now-the-government-cant-stop-them-11634400009

The story is true because it came from a "foreign source" ?. Take it from me thar you have insulted yourself here.

bizzibodi:
Nothing like fool proof protection in a 30 yrs old presidential plane you think it is airforce 1.

Yes. Aircraft manufacturers have made a lot of money selling active protection systems for Heads of State aircrafts. The world over. It is not only US President's plane that is Airforce 1.

DubaiLandLord:
What kind of Anti Aircraft Gun is in the possession of the Bandits that can threaten GMB aircraft?

I find it so hard to believe this news.

Except they have a SAM, no anti aircraft gun can take down any of the presidential jets cause of how high they do fly.

Wrong!!!
Presidential jets and choppers have almost fool proof protection from SAMs. There are impressive technologies against these sophisticated weapons built into the aircraft.

There is very little or NO from manual 23mm ordnance fired from weapons taken off MRAPS, IFVs or gun trucks.

kabe1:
That's very expensive.

The amount spent on guided munitions is no child's play. Fighting a war is expensive.

Nobody lays guided bombs for fun. The mission is planned and the cost justified by the importance of the objective

kabe1:
The guided paveway bomb used by the RAF costs 30k pounds.




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdM9WQFSqf0

Nigeria has Paveway II

What a joke.

If this had been made in the SE, would we have been able to rest on social media? All sorts of ethno superiority bullshit about "technology prowess" owned by just one tribe in the "entire country".
Nairaland is surely for the half educated sometimes

Tony Blair is the most wicked man on earth

Wike was never in the creeks. The time in question Wike was at the, Law School in VI

Praxis758:
Meanwhile, the mambila hydro plans is still uder day-dreaming since 1969.

This is because Dr Clueless Jonathan signed a stupid agreement that benefitted his masters and the thing was delayed by the courts

Why do our SE brothers and sisters tell lies so much? Is it a culture thing or emotions are just easier to express when you tell lies.
Zamfara is being bombed every week. The NA is hunting and killing bandits like Bush meat.

Stop LYING. It will not make us feel pity for you and your stupid mission of destroying your land.

GUNITGuy:
What of Pat Utomi, Ngozi Iweala,
Let's give the ibos a chance too
Am not into but I believe atleast they have been part of this entity called Nigeria

Ngozi Iwealla yes but just because she has fought and taken risks for Nigeria before. Pat Utomi maybe.

You see paper credentials are nothing. The guy who ruined Afghanistan had a PhD in how not to ruin a country. He still did the opposite of what he had written award winning academic papers about

perambulator:
My conclusion is the future of Nigeria is predictably bad. We will continue going backwards because a bad system cannot produce good as a whole even if it can produce individual good.

The truth about Nigeria is that we have been gradually drifting backwards since the white man left....painful but true. We have not shown oiin 60 years of independence that we are capable of managing our affairs for the good of all. It doesnt matter who becomes president, it doesnt matter how good the person is or what miracle he can perform, nothing good will ultimately come of it because even if he manages progress you can be sure it wont be sustained.

You tell me what have we built in Nigeria that hasnt crumpled within a generation In nigeria?

Whole sale capitalism is Nigeria's bane. It commoditized everything and ruined excellence for excellence sake.

Why do you want an economist (international Civil servant) for the job of President?
Do you understand the job at all?

Why do you want an economist (international Civil servant) for the job of President?
Do you understand the job at all?

philiancoop:
You mean say you just siddon dey wait since?
Forget say na Nigeria dey do you o. You don check Togo?
Guy... Start something

In what country does it happen that you graduate and jobs are waiting. If you don't know that there is no such country except N. Korea and may be China then you don't even deserve the 2.1

McSaviour:
I don’t know why I born in to this evil country!

What is evil about the country?. Did they promise job at graduation? What have you done for anyone else yourself in your life?
In any case, you guys seem to love this capitalist system we are running and you look down on social intervention by govt like N-Power and Trader Moni.

Please look for money to start a business

Xbee007:
The fact that they were able to gain entrance into the base is truly embarrassing. Will Nigeria Army ever learn from mistakes?!

Again you are making much of the name "Base". May be it connotes maximum security, fortified city to you but the truth is there is no money and there has been no time to make such fortifications. Maybe some of them are poorly located and not making the right use of natural defensive landscapes and the Army should look into that.

Agreed there should be spotters and snipers watching and a protocol to follow to approach a 'base'.

Penguin2:
Buhari keeps appointing Northerners into every Oil Sector Parastatals.

Oil that is in the South o!

Meanwhile zombies are here more interested in drawing Igbo territories into Ijaw map than demanding what is due to them.

Oil is in the North too. Oil is everywhere. You need to take your brain off oil and tribal considerations.
Why do appointments you suspect are based on tribalism hurting you so much if you are not a tribalist yourself?

Erdogan is a drama king and would be Islamic champion. His country's economy is however in good shape and might be useful to us.