₦airaland Forum

Hmmm

Police helicopter shot by bandits in Kaduna
February 5, 2020
police helicopter
FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInWhatsAppEmail


By Nicholas Kalu, Abuja


A police helicopter which was providing aerial and intelligence cover was shot at by bandits, while Special Operatives of Operation Puff Adder of the Nigeria Police backed by the Special Forces of the Police Airwing, was raining operational camps of terrorists and bandits in Kaduna on Wednesday.

They shot at the helicopter bandits with sophisticated anti-aircraft rifles and General purpose machine guns (GPMG).



Tragedy was however averted as the pilot and copilot, managed to land the aircraft at the Air Force base in Kaduna.

The security agents were raiding the largest operational camps of the Ansaru Terror Group (also housing other bandits and kidnappers) located in Kuduru Forest, Birnin Gwari, Kaduna State.

According to statement by Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Frank Mba, on Wednesday evening, the daring offensive operation successfully neutralized over 250 high-profile members of the Ansaru Terror Group.

“The operation which commenced in the early hours of today, 5th February, 2020, was carried out by a combined team of operatives of Operation Puff Adder made up of the Police Mobile Force (PMF), Counter Terrorism Unit (CTU), Special Forces, Intelligence Response Team (IRT), Special Tactical Squad (STS) and Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). The operation was necessitated by actionable intelligence linking terror and criminal elements in the super camp to series of terror-related violence, kidnappings, gun-running, cattle rustling and other heinous crimes across the country.

”Unfortunately, during the operation, a Police Bell helicopter, which provided aerial and intelligence cover for the ground troops came under attack from the bandits using sophisticated anti-aircraft rifles and GPMG. Commendably, the pilot and the co-pilot who demonstrated uncommon courage and expertise, successfully landed the aircraft at the Air Force Base, Kaduna without further incident.



“They were thereafter evacuated for medical treatment. Both officers who sustained non-life threatening injuries are currently receiving treatment and are in stable condition.

The Police helicopter has since been flown out of the Kaduna Air Force Base by Police Pilots en-route to Abuja.

”Meanwhile, the Inspector General of Police assures citizens of safety and sustained intelligence-led operations against bandits across the length and breadth of the nation. He has equally applauded the unparalleled bravery, commitment and dedication of the Police operatives currently conducting the special mission,” the statement read.

Ameboperoo:
Which bag is 100kg? What we know here is jumbo 6 or jibril6 (the type used for packaging charcoal) and a bigger one L8.

jumbo is always bigger than jibrin and if you full it well,it will give you 100kg even on scale.

dankol:
Please i would like to transport bags of corn and soyabeans from somewhere in Niger state. What is the likely cost of transportation to akwa ibom. thanks

no direct truck unless if you are buying plenty

potosky:
what about guinea corn?

8k

xreal:
Are those yams for sale?

How are they measured and how much?

they are all for sale.they are selling them per 100 pieces,small 20k,medium 30k,big 40k all in 100 pieces.

We also have ungrinded one @ 11k per 100kg

Its always available any quantity you want

Masterpatrick4:
Pls how much is bag of the melon now
I mean seize by size
I need one ,I also need 2to 3kg of unpeeled one for planting

contact me

kerriman:
Good morning Pls how much is bag now, long can l store it? Where can l store it around the market and how long will it cost me to store them for that period and when can l sell and how will l sell each bag then?

peeled 45k,unpeeled one 13k,you can store it in a room or shop.selling period is may/June.finally,only God know how much you can sell bag then because its a market,the price can go up and can come down.

Hezbola:
Can I get a bag in Calabar.?

I have another customer that demand beans from calabar,iam still searching for market that has calabar truck.I will update you later.

saaron:
The case of northern Nigeria is almost like Aparthied. A case of minorities (fulani) ruling the majority (hausa).
The fulanis used and are still using religion (islam) to subdue hausas and keep them under control.
Whether hausa's have been completely conquered by fulanis will be answered by future historians.
However, the hausa's can still regain their honor back and return the rule of their land back to majority if they disloge the fulani caliphate/emirate ''Emirs'' and replace them with ''Sarki'' the original term for King in hausa land before the arrival of usman danfodio.
Whether hausas will have the balls to overlook religion and get their lands back is another topic.

your aims is to divide us like you are in the south and it will never happen

saaron:
The case of northern Nigeria is almost like Aparthied. A case of minorities (fulani) ruling the majority (hausa).
The fulanis used and are still using religion (islam) to subdue hausas and keep them under control.
Whether hausa's have been completely conquered by fulanis will be answered by future historians.
However, the hausa's can still regain their honor back and return the rule of their land back to majority if they disloge the fulani caliphate/emirate ''Emirs'' and replace them with ''Sarki'' the original term for King in hausa land before the arrival of usman danfodio.
Whether hausas will have the balls to overlook religion and get their lands back is another topic.

it will never happen because its not even part of our dream,we never complaint even for onces.

Tomide007:
The funniest thing is that no Hausa man has ever been Nigerian president ....they're either Fulani , or from those small tribes in the north like IBB or Gowon... I think its lack of education that's suppressing them...An average Hausa man is nice but you see those once who's name start with F..nah wa..

what's is the funniest in it after all we see ourselves as one and we don't bother at all.why taking panadol for another man's headache?. Abacha is not a Fulani man, babangida is not Fulani man,likewise abdulsalam

babasolution:
but why is it that the fulani are mostly the ones in power in the north?

they are in power since before amalgamation of Nigeria,they got their power during uthman Dan fodio jihad.almost all the Hausa emirs are Fulani.during jihad if they overthrow the community leader,they will replaced him the most knowledge Fulani man.

We hausas,we see ourselves with Fulani as the same,we mostly don't care about what Fulani has become in Hausa.In a nutshell,we see ourselves as brothers just as the way Yoruba Muslims and Christians are.let me tell you one thing that you don't know,in the north we value religion more than anything. Onces you are muslem then we see yourself the same.in the north we have a lot of tribe not only Hausa Fulani almost about 100 tribe but we mostly spoke Hausa as our general language.Also, among this 100tribe onces you are muslem then we see ourselves one!

oglalasioux:
Not even one picture, OP. You lack home training.

lolz

Prof. Aminu Mohammed Dorayi: Abusite Who Drove a Car from London to Kano in 24 days. 1
Alumni Biography National Profile Tribute
Prof. Aminu Mohammed Dorayi: Abusite Who Drove a Car from London to Kano in 24 days.
January 20, 2020 Chila Andrew Aondofa 139 Views 0 Comments ABU ZARIA 9 min read
Share via



Professor Aminu Mohammed Dorayi is a renowned educationist, an elder statesman, distinguished Abusite and respected professor of Chemistry. He is a former president of the ABU Students Union Government (SUG) for 1966/1967 and the man who set up the Sharada Industrial Estate in Kano and organize the first trade fair in Nigeria.

He is also a Record-breaker who broke a world record by driving his Peugeot 504 from London to Kano, a distance of about 4,000miles, in 24 days.

Birth and growing up
Professor Aminu Mohammed Dorayi was born in Kano on November 16, 1942. His father was an educated and trained medical personnel, who interacted with doctors and nurses of British origin. His father, along with the British Medical personnel, set up the then Kano City Hospital. His father was influenced by his colleagues and he made sure that all his children were educated, which was not the norm.

So, Aminu and his siblings grew up as educated children and subsequently, educated elites. According to him, Movement from primary to secondary school was easier because the students were fewer and the vacancies were available.

Professor Aminu Mohammed Dorayi grew up in Dorayi Quarters kano, which was behind the hospital and initially started as staff quarters for nurses. It was alongside Zango, which was a craftsman and artisans (in metals and woodworks) quarters. Further down was Zage Quarters, which was famous for dye pits. The young Aminu Mohammed grew up going to school and interacting with children from these quarters, which according to him, gave him “dual experience and value”.



He said, growing up for him was a mixture of education in the elitists’ scene as well as mixing with the children of artisans and traders. Like every Muslim parent of that period, his parents ensured that he and his siblings attended Qur’anic school. After the western school in the afternoon they will proceed to the Qur’anic school.

Lessons from the children of artisans
According to Professor Aminu Mohammed Dorayi, the primary lesson from the children of the artisans was the DIY (Do It Yourself); talking about repairs in the house, whether electrical, metallic and so on. The western concept of DIY entails that whatever goes wrong in the house, they try to fix it. The young Aminu Mohammed had a small workshop with tools. He could repair cabinets, metal doors, etc.

Education
Professor Aminu Mohammed Dorayi started his education at Kano City Primary School. He said, At that time, there were only four or five primary schools in Kano city; one at emir’s palace; one at the Alhassan Dantata area; there was one in Shahuci (near the hospital), where I went to; there was one at Gidan Makama and another one in Tudun Wada. There were few people going to school, and so the schools were also few.

Education was structured at that time, you would do primary school in two stages. He did classes one to four in a separate Primary School and classes five to seven in Kano City Primary School

After primary school, considering the fact that he was a prize winner in Mathematics in elementary school, understand the English language and was technically and mathematically inclined, he was selected to go to Government Technical College, (later named Government College) Kaduna. There, the young Aminu Mohammed Dorayi met other children from other parts of Northern Nigeria and white British teachers for the first time. A strange but interesting experience different from his primary school was taught by Nigerians, Kano people.



Aminu was a skillful footballer in primary school, so when he got into secondary school, the space was wide open. He was selected into the school team while in Form Two. He was small but very skillful that by the time he got into Form Four in 1960, he was good enough to be selected to play for Nigeria. He played on the Nigerian Independence Day on October 1, 1960. Nigeria’s secondary school children’s team “The Junior Academic School” versus the Ghanaian team in front of the great Kwame Nkrumah, Tafawa Balewa, Gamal Abdel Nasser. Ghana won 2-1.

He was so skillful with the ball that the games master, who was British, wanted to get him to join Ipswich Town, a football team in England to play professional football. But was discourage by his Chemistry master, also British, who told him, “I will advise you not to go because when you play football, by the time you are 30, your career is over, even if you have no problem. You are a good science student, you can get a degree in Chemistry and you can work till when you are 60.”

After his Cambridge School Certificate in Kaduna, Aminu Mohammed Dorayi was given a space in the Provincial Secondary School, Kano to study for the advanced level. He studied Physics, Chemistry and Pure Mathematics for two years. That meant that if he succeeded and proceeded to the university, he had the option of reading Physics, Chemistry or Mathematics. In 1965 he was admitted to the Ahmadu Bello University to read Chemistry.

It was a professor of Mathematics and first Head of Department of Mathematics, ABU Zaria Professor D.J. Hofsommer a Dutch who headed the Department from 1962 to 1967 who went scouting for students to come and study the subject. As a prize winner of Mathematics at A’ level, he fitted well to be selected.

So, right on the spot, he was given admission to come to ABU to read Mathematics. Even before his final examination. But the structure of degree programs in the ABU at that time was that during your first year, you must do three subjects. He offered Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics.



And during your second year, you would offer two subjects, so he chose to study Physics and Chemistry. And in his third year, he chose a combination of Physics and Chemistry but did his project in Chemistry, which gave him a degree in Chemistry. However, he was strictly a physical-chemist to the point that even his Ph.D. was in Empirical chemistry

He went on to acquire a Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry from the University of Oregon, the USA at the age of 30.

Involvement in Student Politics
Professor Aminu Mohammed Dorayi was an active student politician in his school days. At Provincial Secondary School, Kano, he was the president of the Sixth Form Students Association. When he came to the ABU, he was elected President of the faculty of science students and later into the student’s parliament which paved way for him to become president of the Students Union Government for 1966/1967. Even while he was in the USA doing his master’s and Ph.D. in Chemistry, he was the president of the Nigerian Students’ Association. He was also the president of the African Students’ Association.

Career
After his Ph.D. at the age of 30 in the US, he was offered a job by the University of Oregon and others. He was also offered a job at the Ahmadu Bello University to teach Chemistry, Physics, and Mathematics. He declined the offers in the universities in the US and I came back to ABU to work.

When he returned to ABU to teach Chemistry, Physics, and Mathematics, the vice-chancellor, professor Ishaya Audu, invited him to join the Faculty of Education and produce science teachers. Ishaya Audu’s dream was that the teachers that would be produced would go to secondary schools to produce more science students for the ABU that will come and study sciences, Medicine, Engineering, Agriculture, etc. An offer that Professor Aminu Mohammed Dorayi gladly accepted.



Aminu went back for further studies in England at the University of Reading, where he obtained an advanced diploma in Science Education. He became certified in the UK, which meant that he could teach anywhere in the world and returned to Nigeria to start his task of producing science teachers

His record-breaking trip
Prof is Adventurous. No wonder his autobiography is titled, The Adventurous Chemist. While in the Uk, inspired by the Marcopolos, the Mungo Parks, and fascinated by the stories of adventures, Professor Aminu Mohammed Dorayi made a record-breaking trip by driving his Peugeot 504 from London to Kano, a distance of about 4,000miles in 24 days.

Talking recently about the trip, he said, “England is an Island. So when you reach Southampton you have to take a boat, you and your car, to Calais, France. I started driving through Paris and so on through Madrid, Gibraltar, and when you reach Gibraltar, you reach the Mediterranean Sea where you also take a ferry to Algeria. From there you enter the road all through, though there is no road, so to speak, across the desert because you are guided by your compass, your map.”

….There was a place I passed in Algeria, and the day I arrived, it was raining heavily. Little children of 13 years and below were running helter-skelter and crying. When I asked the elders why, they said those children had never seen rain before. No rain for 14 years, so they thought the heaven was falling. They had to be counseled by their elders. That’s something I clearly remember.”

Setting up the popular Sharada Industrial Estate in Kano.
Sharada Industrial Estate in Kano set up by Professor Aminu Mohammed Dorayi
There were interesting things from that period. For example, Nigeria had never held a trade fair. When he became a commissioner of trade, with his international exposure, he decided to start a trade fair in Nigeria. He held the first Nigerian trade fair in Kano.

This was before the Federal Government started. He organized the first trade fair in Kano, which was very successful. It was held in 1977 at the Race Course because there was no site. He was called to Lagos to lend a hand to start a trade fair. With his guidance, they did the first Nigerian (Federal Government) trade fair in Lagos.

Family
Professor Aminu Mohammed Dorayi ascribed his good health to his very strong and united family. He has one wife. Among his children is a pharmacist; medical doctor; lawyer working in the Presidency; accountant, who died in a motor accident; chemical engineer; pilot, a computer scientist and Business Manager. They all studied in Nigeria for their first degree and went abroad for higher degrees.

Professor Aminu Mohammed Dorayi’s Lifestyle
Prof is very principle and regards himself as a dictator because he will never let his children do what is wrong. He has never lobbied for admission to the university or anything for his children. He said he would rather pay lesson teachers to train them rather than beg for somebody who did not score well to be taken, it’s not possible.

He still wakes up by 3 am every day, including Saturdays and Sundays. He doesn’t answer calls from 6:30 pm. On his phone, there are only about 40 numbers.

valentineuwakwe:
N.a. today we go know if Nigeria go burn or not..I trust my northern guys and riots. .they will not concur to any rubbish unlike their counterparts in Imo state that went cold after election results were rub From them!

pls speak for yourself,only educated illiterate will do riot because of election result.the riot that will mostly affect the masses because soldier and police may start shooting any how and finally, all the leaders are the same.its only their parties that's different.

Atlanticfire:
Thanks for the clarification.

Do you have an idea where someone can get melon shelling machine to buy?

yes,you can get it from Niger state. But I don't know the amount, till a ask. But locally made or foreign made.

Atlanticfire:
Why is shariff84 and lykolysis67 prices so different?

you know Niger state is too big and our source are different. My bag is 100kg bag and it contains 65 mudus.we have another bag that we used to put groundnut,we called it mai L,it usually contain 100 mudus and it will be like that 75k but its only his unpeeled that's expensive

Psalmy2cute:
So yesterday on my way to my farm.. I got robbed off my phone in a public transport vehicle,...

This have caused me a lot of inconvenience within just 24hours, contacts lost... works Im supposed too do on my farm had to be suspended...

I had to quickly block my bank account ..

Luckily for me I was able to track the cell phone via Samsung registerd acct.. and the thief is currently somewhere in Sango ota with my Samsung galaxy device..

So this morning I quickly went to the station to involve the police.. since I've called the number several times pleaded with the unfortunate person who happened to have the cell phone via sms... all my efforts seems abortive..

So now the police are calling it a phone theft case




I was asked to pay 20k for them to help me track the phone and the tracking proces was also explained to me.. I purchased the phone may 2018, price 270k

My question is has anyone been able to successfully recover his or her lost phone with the help of the police??
Is it worth the effort??

just pay police the money,they will get the phone for you. They used to charge us 10k in the north but they will ultimately get ur phone back even though its take time small.

potosky:
Pls bag of rice price update

paddy rice 11k, long grain local rice 25k all in 100kg bag

I will snap different types of yam flour tomorrow from our market

Iam opportune to live in a state where yam flour(elubo) is produced in large quality. You can get full 100kg bag @17k.Transportation to south west is 1k per bag and 1k5 to the east.

jimmy74:
Can someone in the house tell me how much a bag of Egusi cost at the moment. Thanks in advance.

unpeel 13k,peeled 45k.location: Niger State.

dorispray:
is this still the same current price for the following type of beans??

Oloyin
Drum
Olo.


OR kindly update me with the current price

Regards.

yes sir,its the same for all type now.

Still available

czarr:
okpa.... have you eaten okpa before? A South East delicasy

yes you are right my brother