₦airaland Forum

StaffofOrayan:
Obviously

Like your lekki masaka

StaffofOrayan:
There is nothing like "International Institute for Investigative Journalism"

So sun newspaper invented them?

Guestlander:
Ok, let us assume CNN was wrong, what is the explanation from our own government? We didn't elect the CNN to govern us, did we?

Oga CNN lied, and are still lying,your government said it will wait for the panel of enquiry which has included lekki incident as part of investigation, CNN was prejudicing the panel by rushing it's poor patch patch work.

Guestlander:
What fake institute of international journalism? You have to fear anyone who says you shouldn't believe what you saw with your own eyes and what you heard with your own ears.
The Army told different stories within a very short period of time. We were not there, we were there but shot in the air, no, we shot blanks, we had blanks and live ammunition.
This was a disgraceful performance from the Nigerian army and the CNN had nothing to do with it.

Why are they trying desperately to scapegoat the CNN, will that shed more light on what went on at the Lekki toll gate?

The same CNN that went from 38 dead to 1 dead? Make unah dey lie small small.

HandmadeD:
All because of China

Not Buhari again?

Sad, but Buhari did not visit there, how did that happen?

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Mikehot:
Fg in panick mood, they now buying foreign journalist to counter CNN since local can't do the job

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E pepper am wella come enter am like pepper wey enter suya.

If the story does not suit your wickedness, it is paid for by FG.

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Gondonu:
I guess the Nigerian army massacres @ Odi, Zaki Biam and Zaria are also hatchet job?

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Odi occured at a time there was no Social Media like today, yet we have pictures of the dead, their relatives never hid and claim to be threatened by anyone and successfully sued government and won the case. But we have lekki "massacre" that all those who were purported to have been "massacred" rising from the dead and debunking their massacre. Please have some shame when peddling a story, your lekki story left from 78 dead to 38 dead( by CNN) to 1 dead (by the same CNN). i

cpu2006:
okaies. what about sea border

sea border was never closed!

The report by Cable News Network (CNN) on the shooting at the Lekki toll gate in Lagos was a “poor” hatchet job targeted at the Nigerian Army, the International Institute for Investigative Journalism (IIIJ) has said.

In an electronic statement signed by special rapporteur, Francois Deburoiche, on Wednesday, the IIIJ said it came to this conclusion following a careful investigation on the events that led to the escalation of violence at the toll gate.

After forensic analysis of CNN’s report, the International Institute for Investigative Journalism noted that there were some missing details in the American television channel’s piece.

According to the institute, the report was carried out in poor taste, lacking professionalism and objectivity.

It added that the claim of use of live bullets and testimonies of victims were all tales.

The institute, however, advised the television channel to retract and admit error in the documentary.


Read the full statement below:

[b]The International Institute for Investigative Journalism is issuing this press statement with the best of intents after a careful investigation on the events that led to the escalation of violence at the Lekki Tollgate in Lagos Nigeria during the EndSARS protest.

A team of investigative journalists with extensive experience in conflict situation interrogated the various claims made by the American Cable News Network in its report on the Lekki Shootings and came up with a comprehensive analysis that found gaps that were not filled in the CNN documentation of the events at the Lekki Tollgate in Lagos Nigeria.

Our statement:

The CNN documentary on the EndSARS protest in Nigeria was released to the general public with lots of inaccuracies. These accuracies were detected after an extensive forensic investigation by the International Institute for Investigative Journalism.

It is thus our opinion that the report was carried out in the poor taste, lacking in professionalism and objectivity. This is a great betrayal on journalism by the CNN, which indeed violated the known tenets of journalism.

The videos and images used in the CNN report were not subjected to adequate scrutiny. Consequently, it lacked credibility for use by an organization of repute such as the CNN. This fact was also buttressed by the fact that the CNN report was very hasty in its conclusion by indicting the Nigerian Army of culpability in the events at the Lekki Tollgate.

Our position remains that the CNN erred substantially in its report that was highly misleading to the general public in Nigeria and other parts of the world. The documentary also failed woefully to highlight the events that led to the reign of violence in parts of Lagos state but instead rehashed the issues under different subheadings with minimal evidence that indicts the Nigerian Army of wrongdoing at the Lekki Tollgate.

The International Institute for Investigative Journalism concludes that the CNN documentary was prejudiced in its analysis as well as presentation which fall nothing short of a poor hatchet job with the undeniable intent to discredit the Nigerian Army operation at the Lekki Tollgate in Lagos Nigeria.

The analysis by CNN in the documentary was hasty in its categorization with regards to the use of live bullets by soldiers at the Lekki Tollgate. The report attempted to portray the use of excessive force by soldiers, while the accompanying videos and images did not depict such.

The credibility of those interviewed in the documentary was also suspect with the choice of words and the facial and body expressions of the victims as well as their relatives. Thus much was revealed by forensic analysis as the emotions portrayed didn’t match their words.

Conclusion:

The International Institute for Investigative Journalism is of the considered opinion that the CNN carried out a hatchet job that is targeted at the Nigerian Army institution. We as a result of this classify the CNN documentary as highly misleading and with the capacity to cause disquiet in Nigeria.

The CNN must retract and admit error in submission in its documentary on the Lekki Tollgate shootings.

The International Institute for Investigative Journalism faults the CNN documentary in all ramifications.[/b]

https://www.sunnewsonline.com/lekki-shooting-cnn-carried-out-a-hatchet-job-on-the-army-international-journalists/


lalasticala
mynd44

AwkaFinest:
They had recession, but we are having recessions.


The diffraction is clear.

They are still in recession uncle!

RIP to the 10 confirmed people of northern origin murdered by ipob!

omenka:
One took my money. Wrote all the terms of agreement on his own, TO HIS OWN CONVENIENCE, we both signed.

Just 600k. Was meant to repay in four months, sadly, this is TWO YEARS since then, yet dude's owing 400k!! He has bought two cars since then, right under my nose!!

Friends take undue advantage of my meekness, that's the truth. If I use police arrest am now, dem go say I wicked. It is just frustrating.

The other one, a lady, just 180k. This is over 9months, yet not even a penny has she returned. Promised at the point of requesting for it she'd return it in three months.

Got 12 solid debtors. And I must COLLECT starting next week. Let heavens fall.

I wish you best of luck, please you can hire some of our ipob miscreants, they maybe good for nothing, but I guess they will make good abgero.

omenka:
Have used vigilantes, yet they keep telling stories after stories of dead mothers, dead relatives, burials, wife's operation, etc. Always one pathetic story after another.

Seems confiscation of properties is now the only option left.

I remember one saying which goes like this " if I borrow money I get mad if I don't borrow you, you get mad, better you get mad than I get mad!"

Truly, on top your money someone will gossip your matter and paint you in bad light. Sadly most debtors put paying back the money owed last on their list of expenses.

Abeg dey watch Judge Judy, you will come to see how amazing people are in this world.

Golan007:
From your living room abi?


Chest DJ.

They think they will be a repeat of the rubbish they did, this time around they will be dealt with severely.

We stand with you 100%

omenka:
For me, I'm simply gonna go round and try to collect all the monies owed me by debtors before the crunch tightens even harder.

I no fit shout.

Lol lending money to people in Nigeria is very stressful.

That FG is still able to pay salary in this covid 19 catastrophe is nothing short of a miracle, hopefully, we will make it through this with all the intervention to support SMEs and other projects going on.

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E peppermint am.

Mhurfhy:
Why is Nigeria not included?

Use your hands and write it.

If the world were to play a game, and the convener of the game says “raise up your hand if your country has been in a recession in 2020,” more than half of the hands in the world will be up.

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The other half with their hands down will be led by China — a country with nearly 20 percent of the world’s population. Of the top 10 most populous countries, only Bangladesh and China are likely to avoid a recession in 2020.

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation captured it well when it said in its 2020 Goalkeepers report that “the COVID-19 financial loss is twice as great as the ‘Great Recession’ of 2008. The last time these many countries were in recession at once was in 1870, literally two lifetimes ago”.

When this report was released in September, 2020, Nigeria was yet to officially enter into a recession, but the signs were there, and very clear that the rest of the world already projected one. On Saturday, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) officially announced the GDP numbers.

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The question then is what countries have slid into recessions in 2020, and what countries are strong — or protected — enough to stave off a recession.

According to S&P, of the 34 economies in the world with a GDP of more than $200 billion, only three of them did not report a recession — China, Chile, and Sweden. Chile and Sweden were on the brink of recession, but China has been growing — despite the pandemic.

Chile has a history of staving off recessions; it was one of the countries that beat the 2008 global economic crisis, expanding by over 3 percent. But the country’s central bank has said it will go into a recession in 2020.

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Many other countries are said to be experiencing a recession — but cannot have not yet called one because the data has not been completely collated.

TheCable brings you a list of countries in recession:

United States
Japan
United Kingdom
India
Brazil
Russia
South Africa
Austria
Germany
Switzerland
Belgium
Canada
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Mexico
Netherlands
Norway
Romania
Spain
Nigeria
Peru
Turkey
Israel
Poland
Czech Republic
Thailand
Singapore
Malaysia
South Korea
Australia
Portugal
France
Indonesia
Hong Kong

https://www.thecable.ng/us-uk-canada-south-africa-here-are-40-countries-experiencing-a-recession-in-2020/amp


lalasticala mynd44, so that people are better educated

Officialgarri:
Exactly what I was about to type.

Someone made a point that looks valid, if you feel he's wrong, then simply prove him wrong with facts.
It's simple


How you want a project of 2 lanes to have same contract completion period as 3 lanes. Just counter it and let's share in your vast knowledge....

Nairaland is no longer a platform for sharing valid opinion, it about restating lies fueled by ethno-religious bigotry.

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Racoon:
So the Nwakaego name remains the gimmick they meant it to serve? The fanatic brunt of the religion is just being borne by the unfortunate gullible poor adherents while it is jolly jolly for the elites.

A leopard can never change its skin. What a family.From father, mother, son and of course other unknown family members.The trait run in their blood.

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E pepper am die , poor sourherners are left on Nairaland to hawk tribalism and religious fanaticism, while the rich ones bear JP and frolick with their rich buddies from the north.

why are you grunting over this?

LG autonomy, we don't want - Govs

State Assembly autonomy- 6 is greater than 14 Obaseki,.

Autonomy of judiciary - Chief supreme court justice Wike : it is illegal

. Increase teacher salary and retirement age - Wike it will cause anarchy

Increase workers salary - we cannot pay: Governors.


At this rate, it should be evident that checking the excess of state governors is critical to good governance and democracy

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ruffDiamond:
shut it, abok1 you mean political terrorist? the herdsmen roaming about freely maiming and killing at will are good citizens abi?grap a mirror, look at it very well, you'll see of the most dangerous terrorist in the world starring right back at you! #onesouthernnigeriaiddagoal

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Tribal bigots don't impress me

Ipob are a sick depraved group of terrorists. They seek to provoke inter ethnic conflict in Nigeria by attacking people of other ethnic nationalities to attract repraisals.

Ipob are like your envious village People who cannot bring you down by witchcraft but will create problems in their miserable dwelling that may consume you miles away.

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stag:
Arabic is not the language of any tribe in Nigeria.

Whatever was written in Arabic should be written in plain Hausa, even Fulfude.

Why write a language on a Nigerian legal tender that is not spoken by any tribe in Nigeria??

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Ignorance is a disease, any Arabian who reads the Arabic on the Naira won't understand what it means because it is a localised form of arabic called ajami. Before the English people came, the Hausas had derived the ajami for writing in Hausa language. Anyway you can spend 5s,10s and 20s if the ajami script written affects your mental condition.

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Racoon:
A government that romanced BH terrorists & bandit is fighting peaceful people demanding for good governance? Common! Useless tyrannical government with stupid people.

Until the government explain it role and the rationale of using thugs, miscreants, hooligans and the now confirmed "hoodlums in soldier uniforms" to assault peaceful protesters as seen in Abuja & Lagos, then they should expect more.

They can stifle opposition to oppressive governance and expect no resistance.Even Babangida, Abacha were never able to stifle dissenting voices in the time past.

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Only lies and wailing in and out, while scammerrushdie made good of the crumbs he acquired from the government some of them got off with nothing, and are plaguing nairaland with their unfortunate tears.

5 years after the great locust of our time was chased out of power, tears and prayer for destruction are the only contribution you see some taboos offer on Nairaland.

IPOB induced destructive bad luck envelop trump and America

Ipob is equivalent to bad luck and deaths.

he should come to Aba Rwandan and be their president.