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The only Nigerian being deceived is barcanista. After being persuaded to ditch his personal convictions and support the PDP before the elections based on promises of raw cash, the man has been on a vendetta.
After GEJ lost, they managed to hoodwink @barcanista by telling him to continue posting crap on NL and he'd be part of the 'new generation of PDP'

Abeg, sanusi convincingly refuted every single on of those allegations. In fact, he comprehensively proved that GEJ was cluelessly probing him for expenditures that the president himself signed off on.

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/156827-suspended-cbn-governor-lamido-sanusi-responds-to-allegations-of-financial-recklessness.html

There are a couple of half-wits demanding that Sanusi' tenure as CBN lead be audited too, forgetting that GEJ suspended him as a result of 'audit findings'

Of course the sycophants were too busy Grovellihg for crumbs under the table to see Sanusi's brilliant response to the audit questions, where he utterly destroyed all the allegations against him.

How can anyone forget sanusi's response? That was what ultimately convinced many Nigerians that GEJ was irredeemably clueless...nearly half of the things GEJ suspended him for were actions ratified and approved by GEJ himself, with his own signature. At that point it became obvious that our president was just signing things without reading.

The OP has never been to Port Harcourt, or does not know what the phrase 'architectural vistas' means.

Are we really praising Governors for building hotels in their States? Really?

Let me get this clear.

Your husband pushed you hard enough to cause you to have a head injury that required hospitalization, yet still ignored you, allowed you to travel unaccompanied even with an injured head and you're here worrying about your 'relationship with your Mother in Law'?

What about the more serious issue about your relationship with your Husband, that looks really dysfunctional?

orble:
We all know u are a foreigner and a hater of Nigeria and black race... this story come from foreign place like yourself with a negative news about Nigeria as ever.

Tell me, which country you poeple will be scared of in Africa if not Nigeria.

it is traditional for U to hate black men like your fathers did.

Nigerians are not interested in your opinion about them. let me announce to you that your Almighty race is going down.

LOL
Not only am I a Nigerian, but I'm Far more patriotic than the likes of you - sycophants that undermine their own country by burying their heads in the sand.

Don't be a lazy wastepipe. Take my post point for point and make an intelligent response if you dare.
I will not abide the cowardly practice of hiding your empty rhetoric behind generic insults.

princemillla:
All is well, ..... I love all the past leaders of this country. They always stand by the present leader.

You do realize they are paid to be there?

They receive relatively hefty allowances and pensions, and attending the council of state meetings is one of their remaining functions. Plus they get to be close to power.

PapiWata:
Put yourself in the shoes of President Jonathan for an instant. You find yourself Commander-in-Chief of a military force whose officer cadre is infiltrated by moles and double agents all working to actualize the political power monopoly claimed as a birthright by a shadowy petro-dollar funded cartel of northern Nigerians that have outlived the tenure of many an elected president. At the same time public threats to "make Nigerian ungovernable", issued by political opposition leaders, take the form of sustained and spreading guerilla warfare waged in Nigeria's north east, and costing more federal combatant lives with every day of battle.

Again, more epic bullcrap.
A strong leader would work to purge elements that were preventing his orders from being carried out. A strong leader would have identified the chief issues facing his army: poor morale, lack of weaponry, corruption and worked harder to fix them. It's not rocket science.

Are troops complaining that their salaries are being halved? Follow the chain of command, find out the officers responsible for salary disbursement and PUBLICLY court-martial them. Rinse and repeat, until salaries flow unimpeded

Troops complain about lack of weapons and ammunition? Review inventory, using trusted aides. Query quartermasters, demand weekly reports on fighting strength of frontline troops. Send trusted aides to inspect and review.

PapiWata:
At the same time public threats to "make Nigerian ungovernable", issued by political opposition leaders, take the form of sustained and spreading guerilla warfare waged in Nigeria's north east, and costing more federal combatant lives with every day of battle.

You mean the 'ungovernable' threat made by a card-carrying member of the PDP? Or the guerrila war that only seriously kicked off in 2013, after dilly-dallying from the President led to BH having enough time to arm and equip themselves, transforming from hiluxes and motorcycles to APCs and RPGs?

PapiWata:
Enter stage-right a mean old, cool-under-fire brush fighter, whose MULTIRACIAL operatives are selected from the battle-tested elite of the worlds armed forces, all backed by light armor and fleets of ex-Soviet MiL helicopters gunships, and one can see why Johnathan prudently signed on the dotted line to bring in seasoned mercenary pros trained to fight dirty, and close deals quickly in Africa and beyond.

If by 'quickly', you mean waiting nearly 3 years to crack down on Boko Haram?
Ask yourself why Chad did not need to engage the services of any foreign PMC to take on Boko Haram. 1500 Chadian soldiers were enough to steamroller BH forces in the areas the Chadian army fought in.

PapiWata:
There is NO shame in forming military alliances in furtherance of a common good, just as the US frequently does in the Middle East. Insisting that Nigeria ought to reject offers of military assistance, from REPUTABLE private organization parties that will shorten an ongoing war, hints at a desire to see that war prolonged at great cost in lives and property. One can only hope that the above outburst from Mr. Madrid is not a cry for more, rather than less war in Nigeria.

We didn't 'form an alliance in furtherance of a common good' with the South Africans. The did not 'offer military assistance'. They advertised their services FOR PAYMENT!
While we are happy that many hundreds of thousands are being freed from BH tyranny, it is prudent to note that we are spending a massive amount of money that could have been better used to develop our country and our armed forces...if the President and his leadership team had put more effort into resolving the blockers preventing the Nigerian Army from defeating Boko Haram decisively.

The mercs are being paid big bucks. When their contract ends, they will leave. The 15000+ people dead because we did not have the capability to fight BH will not get a second chance at life. BH has been beaten, but still retain enough men and materiel to be a threat in the future. We need renewed effort on making sure our guys can stand on their own and finish the fight.


And yes, there is shame that Niger and Chad are doing in Nigeria what we apparently could not do for years.

OrlandoOwoh:
Jakumo, as usual, you've said much without really saying anything.

LOL
That's Jakumo? I was wondering what happened to him.
Guy's got a massive beef with Buhari...

maestro2000:
Bros, suffice to say, i wont argue with your rebuttal of madrista, however i will tell you that Barlow himself refuted the claims of the article on beegeagle; qouting him directly here
"He contacted me on Twitter and I told him to speak to the NA. I have been emphatic that any victories by the NA were NA victories and not STTEPs. He, as many other journos, do not want to give the NA any credit.
I have asked the question to them why they do not investigate the “training” the NA got from the other foreign trainers for several years and why that training was so ineffective. It seems this is something they desperately wish to avoid."

If Barlow himself could say this, why then is it that nigerians have decided to deride their military. In essence, your argument holds no water when the man being discussed refutes the spurious claims of a lazy journalist.

You can choose what to believe. I remain incredulous that you think Barlow will come on Twitter or a blog to shit on his current employer.

He said his own men pilot their assault helicopters to attack Boko Haram. That's direct, decisive intervention there.

What you quote even further lends credence to the idea that the mercs are the backbone of the assault. The western trainers refused to join in combat operations. Barlow did not.

Training alone is not always a sure guarantee. The US spent billions training and equipping the Iraqi and Yemeni forces. Both were routed by ISIS and AL qaeda respectively.

ECOTERRORS:
I don't care who is used as long as BH is destroyed

Way to miss the point.

Eben Barlow makes it clear that BH is not yet destroyed, just defeated. We needed a sustainable solution for the future struggle. Can you continue paying mercs hundreds of millions of dollars with this economy, instead of investing in re-arming, motivating and training your own troops?

Good thing to kill Boko Haram, but let's ensure we get that done with our own boys and our weapons.

madridsta007:
The neo-colonial revisionists were always going to come, weren't they? The find it odd, certainly repulsive that a black nation should be portrayed being able to solve its own security problems without 'help' from the West. It is odd, reprehensible and certainly a wide deviation from the single-story of African nations being able to solve its own problems. And then they spin beautiful lies- this time, a spurious claim of white mercenaries coming as divine commandos to solve the problem of the black man.

Read my signature. There are none so blind as they who will not see.
You are so desperate to paint a picture of a white racist conspiracy against Nigeria that you have switched off your common sense. The person giving a talk is the head of the Private military company, and he's a well known figure.
Chad - a black nation - routed islamists in Mali and are routing BH in Borno State. Why is no-one insisting that France is helping them?

madridsta007:
This is as malicious and spurious as it can get. In the first instance, why would South Africa allow such to happen- South Africa which is in diplomatic animosity with Nigeria? South Africa that botched Nigeria's attempt- not once but twice- to purchase arms from its country? This clearly does not make sense. And if the mercenaries were covert, why did South Africa not expose these practice- as it did for the $9.3m black market arms purchase that Nigeria attempted?

You are hopelessly naive if you truly believe the standard process of buying weapons from a sovereign nation is to illegally smuggle in $7m into a country. What can $7m buy? It can barely cover a 2nd hand Assault helicopter.
This article should tell even one such as yourself that that money was meant for payment to the mercenaries for their efforts.

madridsta007:
It was weapons that prevented Nigeria from winning the war and certain internal infractions she had. The weapons eventually came from Russia and China and at that time, the successful advances began by the Nigeria military and its West African multinational partners. Not the neo-colonial hogwash of 'white mercenaries'. Unsurprisingly, no one residing in the affected areas of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa State have seen these mercenaries. Are these 'mercenaries' also ghosts?

No. These weapons are most likely the 'loaner' weapons the foreign mercs brought with them, which will leave Naija as soon as their contract ends. The $1bn Jonathan applied to borrow has largely not been spent.
What stopped Nigeria from getting these weapons from Russia and China in 2012?

madridsta007:
We seem to forget that it was the Nigerian military that won the war in Liberia; that won the war in Sierra Leone; it was a Nigerian lead battalion that saved the Americans in the hands of the hardened Somalia militia in Mogadishu after their two Blackhawks were shot down.

It is also the Nigerian military that was being overrrun by Boko Haram in Borno, often being chased out of their barracks and harried into Cameroon and Niger. It is entirely m0r0nic to try to make points in this manner when we have recent histories of failures to secure our own people within our own borders.
BH had control of 12 LGAs in the North by Q4 last year. Let that sink in.

madridsta007:
It was the Nigerian military that sent the largest battalion of troops to neighbouring Mali which was being overrun by tribal terrorists, before the French came. Anyone conversant with the truth knows this. Hands off, revisionists from our history. We can tell our stories by ourselves.

Actually, YOU are the revisionist here. The Nigerian troops were used mainly as support, and sources say the troops sent were in shocking condition. Chad is the country being given the most credit for the 'boots-on-ground' rout of the islamists in Mali.

And the lies never end.

After LYING to the nation that the recent successes against Boko Haram were from a renewed re-arming and retooling of our local forces and that the mercenaries were only here to train our troops in operating the new hardware, one can now see that much of the equipment is not Nigerian owned, the more effective attacks are spearheaded by these temporary forces and that the Presidency and Army LIED to Nigerians.

MEanwhile, Chadian forces are routing Boko Haram without any external help, with their own helicopters, APCs and weaponry.

We have been fighting Boko Haram for years now and still see how this MErc commander is opening our yansh in public that our troops were truly poorly armed and poorly motivated. Even the 'commando' groups set up by this administration could not achieve this success!

Buhari was right...we have been made a laughing stock indeed.

Also shows the LIES this administration was spewing about the purpose of the plane sent to SOuth Africa. It wasn't sent on an arms deal...it was sent to woo mercenaries to fight Boko Haram.

OP didn't blur her name properly. Quite easy to make out. I hope it doesn't leave her open to hecklers

Keneking:
The committee accused Shelle of mismanaging election campaign funds and manipulating the party’s primaries last year which ultimately led to the defeat of the PDP at the polls. (PUNCH Nigeria)

They should just say it is about money. No way would Obanikoro have done any better over Agbaje. In fact, Obanikoro would have been resoundingly defeated.

barcanista:
How did Muazu even becme Chairman of the Great PDP? The same Muazu that couldn't win election for the PDP candidate in 2007 despite being the incumbent Governor? In fact, his candidate lost woefully to Isa Yuguda of ANPP

The same Muazu that lost woefully in his Senatorial bid in 2007 despite being the incumbent Governor of Bauchi State?

The same Muazu that never made effort to campaign nor checkmate almajiri kids voting in Bauchi State and the NW?

The same Muazu that deceived many by saying that PDP won his LG in the March 28 poll only for the PDP to lose woefully?

The same Muazu that has been making ridiculous statement ever since?

Muazu and his entire NWC members should be fired! I stand with Ayo Fayose...We need a rebranded PDP

More important question is: "How did Barcanista become a PDP voltron"?

Omotayor123:
Don't judge her like Dat...Yes she's very at fault but she noticed d change in her daughter only dat d daughter was afraid to speak up.

I feel for them.

After the Ghana trip, the mother was notified about the abuse. She did nothing because 'she was afraid it would be too costly' to tackle the man. Also she didn't hesitate to bring back the girl to the same environment where the Predator lived.

The Mother deserves a HUGE helping of blame here.

Everydaeguy:
d mother sent her 10yr old daughter on an errand n ddnt get bothered wen she came home late.she was coming back frm d errand her mum sent her too wen emmanuel called her n she entered his house,was gagged and raped,she was 10years old then right.after raping her he gave her a cloth to wipe d blood off her body and wen she dd he rquested d cloth back whc d girl hesitated,a 10years old girl[b]she ddnt scream wen she was being perforated,no struggles,she ddnt even tell her mum,wot cud a 10yr old girl be scared of,[/b]and anytime this emmanuel invites her to his house,she would still go there...#this is Nonesense...this story doesn't add up...well,they say nothing is impossible,am jst finding it hard to believe...

The article CLEARLY states that she was held down by an accomplice of Emmanuel, and her mouth covered to muffle her screams. The article also CLEARLY says that she was threatened with a Calabash with cowries in it.

There is nothing fishy about the story, you just do not know how to properly read and understand written English. I suggest you go back to secondary school or join any Night school in your area.

These Governors don't know that crisis is what some PDP elected members are praying for.

With proven internal crises in the party, an elected member may decamp to the APC without any recriminations from the courts

Absolutely shocking judgement. 7 years is way too severe for that crime.

Totally irresponsible to move this to the Front page without adding a disclaimer like "Nigerian 'Expert' alleges that Abortion leads to breast cancer'

This does seem like another made-up, scaremongering tale with no basis, to be honest. Putting it on the front page legitimizes it for no reason.

It'd be nice if for once they would show us pictures of the interior and entertainment console.

Can't say that I've seen adverts for innoson motors. Information on warranty, safety ratings, reviews etc are still outstanding.

Akainzo:
This is great. very good to see that Technology companies are finally delivering what the customers want.

However, everything delivered on this Universal Mode by Win10 has been present on the TWO YEARS OLD BlackBerry Z30!

While laying on my bed, my Z30 connects to my Bluetooth Keyboard and Mouse and displays on my LG 32" LED TV, and I use it as my main device. One guy actually uses it in place of his laptop all year round.

Note that while the video showed 2-Screen mode for Phone and Display, the Z30 can SIMULTANEOUSLY (wireless) play a Video on a Smart TV while playing Music on a Bluetooth Speaker and BOTH have their SEPARATE audio filtering through and you can INDEPENDENTLY adjust any of the 2 audio volumes.

The screen scaling though is what the Win10 does that we are still waiting for BlackBerry to implement. The BB10 OS is an awesome platform.

Why are you so eager to air your ignorance in public?

Continuum and the Universal app platform are nothing like what Blackberry was doing.

If it was just to connect a bluetooth mouse and keyboard to a phone and use it as a glorified PC, you could do it on Android phones years ago. This isn't anything like that.

zinachidi:
time will come when nigerians will regret voting buhari.

We are aware that some of you are actively praying for Buhari to fail so they can laugh...not caring that a Buhari failure means Nigerians will suffer.

Traitors like you will be disappointed.

InHim4Him:
Did I read you right? You called your brother " satanic maggots "? That, you should know, reveals much.

Who exactly are "minor pastors ' widows "?

I wonder why men are not afraid to walk where angels dread to tread.

my 'brother'? That man who has no compassion for the suffering?

Please take yourself and your stunted IQ out of my mentions. You folks bring shame to true Christians.

DaBullIT:
No matter how large a community is , at least one person would know , If you had a neigbor who brings in friends , sleeps and he smokes igbo all day , drinks , and goes out at night , has no work , not a yahoo boy either , but he buys cars and Okadas would you inform the police or not ? ??

Someone must know , at least one person and by protecting this neighbor , whenever SARS or Police should come and they meet you outside , they would either arrest you or shoot you

I have dumbed it down a bit for you , and that's something , I am not happy that soldiers killed innocent people , but do not forget that (PM news version , 9 soldiers were killed, their weapons carted away including Rocket propelled grenade Launcher) those soldiers had families , kids, wives as well , so before trying to prove to be Einstein you should try to synchronize with my line of thinking which is beyond the 30 killed ,


If PM news version is true, Soldiers are usually armed, Tell me how many people it would take to kill 9 armed soldiers ??

So in your version, the soldiers motored into the village, lined up everyone and asked them questions, gave them 30 mins to think about it, outlined in graphic details what they were going to do before shooting?

Hilarious.
Far more likely the shooting started immediately. Did you hear that the soldiers at Odi conducted interviews before destroying the village ?

There is nothing that excuses the slaughter of innocents. Nothing at all.

ARKdiscloser7:
Paul Emeka just wanted yo use this poor widows to whip up sentiment.

He has lost it all after bringing so much hatred and division in God's house.

@poster: deny that you don't have any connection with TST?

Why don't you first Deny or affirm that you don't know there is no decent structure to pay the widows of pastors.
A widow is struggling and you satanic maggots are talking factional politics.

DaBullIT:
Worst sunday ever, i am being quoted by one line thinkers , Whatever the circumstances it is wrong to kill soldiers , if a soldier steals your crop or your wife or abuses you , you can report as long as you have his bagde number or name , Killing soldiers is wrong

How do you investigate crimes if witnesses are not coming out

I never said the 30 people deserved to die , I said if someone tipped the soldiers off , they won't kill innocent people they will go straight to culprit's house and arrest him /(them)

This is an entirely m0r0nic line of thinking.
Will you accept to be slaughtered because you do not know all the armed robbers and Murderers in your community?
Is the slaughter of innocents the solution to unsolved crimes? Are you so bereft of education that you do not see that your words are condoning this reported slaughter?
You have no idea how big the community is...yet you're here insisting that the killers of the soldiers must be from that community and must be known by lots of people.
Your logic is shamefully lacking and get you've repeated this flawed point multiple times here without shame. Smh

atlwireles:
Why is Muazu and the current NWC still making noise. Come May 29, the funding of the PDP will solely depend on Delta, Bayelsa, Akwaibom and Rivers states. Please people get the message now, Muazu, the current NWC have all expired. You guys can freely defect to APC. PDP believers do not expect power in the next 8 years, we are going to build a new party and grow from there. The party is now anchored in SS/SE/SW and Muazu brings zero value to the party as it stands today.

You say this like you don't know pdp will bring a Northern Muslim to the 2019 presidential polls.

Without the army and police to help rigging in the SE/SS go seamlessly, expect only paltry votes in 2019.

Beware all these bitter rascals trying to cause confusion!

A president that sat idly by while Boko Haram slaughtered more than 18000 northerners and rendered nearly a million homeless is now supposed to be praised because he built some almajiri schools and appointed some recycled northerners into his cabinet?

LOL

The true architect of the Jonathan loss is president GEJ. All he had to do as the first PhD holder president was to provide good governance. He failed woefully.
It is thus significant that the biggest transformation GEJ did was to transform the PDP from the biggest party in Africa to a regional opposition party, crewed with bitter, salty folks.

Barcanista getting wrecked by his past.

Glorious