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Where are these gentlemen: Seun, lalasticlala Mynd44 et al when you need them most. |
philcz:Come on, child. listen up. This is where your innate talent comes in. are you going to sit on your ass writing CVs and buying data to surf the Internet for bad news about Buhari. or are you going to start investing in cottage businesses. Are you going to print a pamphlet to intellectually articulate your political thoughts to your community or do so online. or are you going to react with shot comments about issues you claim affect your well being? What can you do, child. what have you done in life to help yourself independent of others helping you to help yourself? Don't get me wrong, little child. The effort, not the success, is the vehicle that will take you to your career goal. so don't you complain of how hard it is to suceed. genuine effort in itself is a Honourable success. Now look at the populace you mentioned. try to organise them into a political party or and economic movement for their own benefit you will see through thier actions or ommissions that they don't seem to be in urgent need of your help. Try same action with the populace in some clime, you will see how they will rally round anything that will make their lives marginally easier. So, Son, your economic environment needs you first before the government. you will compel government with legitimate economuc pressure to make favourable policies. There is NO GOVERNMENT IN THE WHOLE WORLD THAT BEGINS FROM BABY-SITTING CITIZENS. IF YOU NAME ONE I PROMISE TO GIVE YOU 50G. of data or its cash equivalent. So what happens to those countries having it good? A critical mass of CITIZENS usually come together to CHANGE they way they are governed "by laying the foundation of government on such principles and Organizing its powers in such forms as to them shall seem MOST LIKELY to guarantee their Happiness." See 1776 American Declaration of Independence. 200 years after that Declaration, are all American happy? No. in fact Nigerians are even said to be the happiest people in the world! But what is seen is that a critical mass of American citizens are conscious of the that Declaration and they are willing to lay down their lives to ensure that the Declaration is substantially honoured. Come to the Nigerian populace. Tell me how seriously we take the business of self governance. tell me if social media comments without organised community effort, win or lose, can CHANGE anything. I hope I am not too hard on you and people like you if you or they miraculously read this far. But then take home is that each silver lining is a sign of life. So the question to ask is not whether you will get fuel. My dear, you won't! At least not sustainably. If you had asked whether by this you can start the process of building your own refinery to make fuel available, I will tell you yes. Best of Luck |
philcz:Ask your economics teacher, child. or just wait till election time to queue behind your enemy's enemy again. |
Afam4eva:here they come ? |
http://money.cnn.com/2017/12/27/investing/best-stock-markets-2017-world/index.html the laudable economic policies of PMB APC led government is yielding results and the world is noticing. currently Nigerian public companies out perform US companies in terms of quoted stocks. With more investment comes opportunities of employment for Nigerian youths. Meanwhile where are the wailing IPOB. It is time to wail again. Baba has done it!
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tit:Since your joy or sorrow depends on name checking, lets supply you with the name of one person and one place. Cedacrest Hospital is under the control of Dr. Felix Ogedegbe as the CEO. Dr. Ekwe is a graduate of University of Jos. Itsekiris,Yorubas and Edos bear Ogedegbe. So what you tend to proclaim is just a small part of the big picture of talent mix. It is sad that after Zik's declaration of igbo superiority speech in 1940s and the suffering of Igbos in the civil war you have not purged yourselves of vainglory. Meanwhile go to that hospital and try to use your igboness to get near Yusuf you will most likely be given lethal injection by an Igbo doctor. |
AxxeMan:Can you break "Ogedengbe" down etymologicaly. Yoruba says: Ogede=Incantation or Invocation. gbe=save. Meaning literally saved by invocation. I will understand if you have to resort to insult as your response. Thanks |
jrusky: TRUTHTOPOWER:Well now you have it. Generals meet to settle wars. lowlife wannabe soldiers keep disturbing peace for evil gain.
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jrusky:So your evil is based on the evil done to GEJ by those who think like you. Buhari propably called GEJ at that time to condole with him. I am sure GEJ has reached out to Buhari to ask after the health of Yusuf. But you the supporters use your own evil to destroy one another. Truth is evil is innate in you, purely political conflict between two leaders only provider you the opportunity to express your evil mind. Now let me tell you what you don't know, YOUR OWN EVIL and The EVIL of anyone Who couldn't sympathize with GEJ are the EVILS that keep you in a state of slavery. You see Buhari, Tinubu, Kanu, Ekweremadu, Saraki et al exchanging pleasantries at state banquets and you are here hating one for the other, receive sense! |
SalamRushdie:I would have been disappointed if your evil heart permits otherwise. Meanwhile the UK trained gentleman is doing fine with the support of loved ones and prayers of well meaning Nigerians. is appetite is healthy and his fiancee continues to dot on him. God willing he will bring forth future generations of Buharis. |
If dey near Kanu...story if Buhari comes to SE....story IPOB Security Launched...story No Referendum no election in Anambra. ...story Atiku is our man he will pick Igbo as VP... (Meanwhile Yorubas lost out because they have just a VP position) Why not No Referendum no Election? That is to show consistency. The truth is no body is paying to mobilize for that noise making. For IPOB, noise making is an industry in itself. It may appear that their political needs are inconsistent but that inconsistency is the right character needed for bizarre noisemaking. Watchout for their noise! |
The Presidency has no power of criminal investigation. Will the VP go to court and testify as the IPO. Referring administrative report to a competent agency such as EFCC is the only legally valid step that can be taking in criminal procedure. whilst you are ignorantly wailing because of this right measure Lawal is coursing the day EFCC was formed. |
I find the title HRC for GEJ saddening. I am a PMB fan and not GEJ. I admire the work of Mrs. Lauretta. But mucking an ex President from the Presidency itself is Not a good precedent. My reason is based on pedestal of the Presidency where there should be no mudslinging. can't imagine the Queen aides dragging any Briton in the mud. surely it would be too dirty a job for royalty sake! |
Themind:Don't you think you are being excessively harsh to IBB and Abacha? Our Hero GEJ is in the class of his own! |
So much was saved through IPPS for his cronies to steal IPPIS means. International Pilfering through Payroll and Individual Stealing ? |
Categories of Award are as follows: Heroism for Running Away After Declaring War Heroism for Daring Army and Running Away When Faced with Real Army Heroism for Believing Corruption is not Stealing Heroism for Supporting A Commander In Chief who lost territories to Terrorists Heroism for All acts of Cowardice. |
PROPUNTER:when ur hero uses you as a bait in a trap for armoured tanks ....It is time for you to change your prayer points to be the hero! |
President Jonathan is now applauded as a dove calling for our humanity to be reinforced. His military tactics in Ekiti abd Osun Elections is now a point of reference in militarisation of democracy. will President Buhari take that route? Read experts on Jonathan. http://dailyindependentnig.com/2014/08/going-back-troops-deployment-jonathan/“We will not allow that. We will make sure that Osun State is properly policed. “Whoever calls himself a thug or whatever and finds himself in Osun state that day will be dealt with according to the law. “It will be one man, one vote; one woman, one vote; one youth, one While confirming what we argue as the heavy militarisation of the Ekiti gubernatorial elections in Ekiti State, the police chief, admitted that the number of troops, armoured tanks and helicopters deployed in Ekiti were the highest ever to be deployed in any state in Nigeria for electioneering purposes ... (Abubakar, cited in Okpi, 2014). cited in Okpi, 2014). Like a war zone, the troops took their positions. Almost every 100 metres from the entry point of the state, police officers and soldiers mounted various check points, with blood-hound dogs sniffing for any likely breach of peace by supporters of the various political parties (Akinnaso, 2014). What seemed to have bothered political observers about the military invasion in Ekiti was the incident that transpired 48 hours before the elections. Rivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi, and his Edo and Kano State counterparts, Adams Oshiomhole and Rabiu Kwankwaso were denied entry into Ekiti State to attend the last APC mega rally by military personnel purportedly acting on the order of the Presidency (Akinnaso 2014). Other leaders of the party, including the Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha, and the former governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu, were also barred from taking off at the Akure airport after the rally, leaving them with the option of travelling by road (Akinnaso, 2014). The siege by the military on Ekiti was so severe that moving from a 5-minute walking distance to the other was virtually impossible due to the heavy security lock down in the state on the day of the election. As Odigie-Oyegun, the national chairman of Nigeria’s main opposition party noted, It is unfortunate that under the guise of providing security, Ekiti State has been turned into a war zone. It has been over-run by armed security personnel with the intention of intimidating the opposition and the voters as well. Our electoral laws are clear that every polling unit should have one unarmed policeman and the military should have no role in the election. But in Ekiti, armed police and military personnel have been deployed in their numbers and the question we are asking is whose purpose are they going to serve? (Odigie-Oyegun cited in Obogo, 2014). Commenting further on the siege which Nigeria’s security forces laid on the prominent members of the opposition in the build up to the Ekiti elections, a Governor (Adams Oshiomole) elected under the platform of the opposition party (APC), argued that the decision by Nigeria’s security agencies to prevent him and other senior members of his party from attending the political rally was instigated by the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP). He expressed his frustration thus: I have the right to go to any part of Nigeria and if you can stop a Governor, you treat him as a miscreant, it’s not about me, it’s about the office, then you reduce the country to something close to a ‘Banana Republic’. These things happen all the time, that’s why I always argue that we need strong institutions rather than strong personalities (Oshiomole, cited in The Sun, 22 June, 2014). Lending their voices to the perceived militarisation of the Ekiti elections, civil society groups, under the aegis of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) and the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) also condemned the conduct of the law enforcement agent in a press conference addressed by the Chairman of the Ado-Ekiti branch of NBA, Joseph Adewunmi, and the chairman of the Ekiti State chapter of NUJ, Laolu Omosilade (Okoro, 2014). They argued that “the heavy presence of security personnel in the elections could provide an avenue for the ...rigging for further reading see Election as Warfare: Militarization of Elections and the Challenges of Democratic Consolidation in Nigeria Azeez Olaniyan, PhD1 & Olumuyiwa Babatunde Amao2 Abstract One major issue emerging from the governorship elections conducted in the Ekiti and Osun States of Nigeria is the presence of heavy security forces during their conduct. Platoons of security operatives, including military officers, were drafted to lock down the states shortly before, during and immediately after the elections with immediate consequences on peoples’ rights and freedom. Members of the opposition were specifically targeted. The pertinent questions to ask then are: What accounts for this? What are the implications on democratic consolidation? This study seeks to interrogate the foregoing questions. God bless Federal Republic of Nigeria. |
A war foretold does not kill a crippled man. You cannot insult or terrorise your way out of defended territory. Those who want out must choose between the bravado and insults that appeal to the worldview of local followership of angry youths and elderly cheerleaders. or the diplomacy and focused articulation of demands that appeal to the whole world. But of course neither of this can guarantee success but only the latter option can guarantee honour and legacy and a hope of success without armed conflict. The former will certainly guarantee you a royal seat and fan and adulation from fawning subjects. Your motive will determine what you settle for. |
© Hannibal Hanschke/dpa/Corbis Last month the world watched rebel forces pour into Tripoli under the banner of Operation Mermaid Dawn. While watching the news, I was struck by a curiosity many of you might have shared: just where exactly do these names come from? It’s a relatively new practice, actually—less than a hundred years old. The Germans pioneered it during World War I, and the idea took hold in the interwar period, especially as radio became a predominant means of communication. Before the U.S. even entered the war, Operation Indigo saw U.S. Marines land on Iceland to secure it against possible Axis invasion. Nazi Germany was simultaneously planning its invasion of Soviet Russia, which to this day is the largest military operation in history. It was originally named Operation Fritz, after the son of one of the planners. Hitler must have sensed the inadequacy of the name and upped the ante with a more regal moniker: Operation Barbarossa. The title came from Frederick I Barbarossa, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, who “extended German authority over the Slavs in the east and who, legend said, would rise again to establish a new German Empire.” Churchill's Rules Winston Churchill, who personally named the Normandy invasion, warned against the dangers of revelatory code names. At one point in the war, he insisted on personally approving every operation name before it was carried out. He quickly realized the impossibility of such a large task and settled for listing some guidelines in a 1943 memo: 1. Operations in which large numbers of men may lose their lives ought not to be described by code words which imply a boastful or overconfident sentiment. . . . They ought not to be names of a frivolous character. . . Names of living people--Ministers and Commanders--should be avoided. . . . 2. ...the world is wide, and intelligent thought will readily supply an unlimited number of well-sounding names which do not suggest the character of the operation or disparage it in any way and do not enable some widow or mother to say that her son was killed in an operation called "Bunnyhug" or "Ballyhoo." 3. Proper names are good in this field. The heroes of antiquity, figures from Greek and Roman mythology, the constellations and stars, famous racehorses, names of British and American war heroes, could be used, provided they fall within the rules above. The names were kept in strict confidence—even the smallest compromises were call for alarm. In the months before the D-Day landings, the crossword puzzle of The Daily Telegraph displayed the code names for each of the landing beaches: Juno, Gold, Sword, Utah, Omaha. After that came the code name for the entire mission: Overlord. British intelligence officers raced to Surrey and interrogated the crossword creator (a schoolmaster), only to find out he knew nothing. For decades it was thought to be a bizarre coincidence. But in 1984 Ronald French, who had been a schoolboy of 14 in 1944 (and one of the crossword creator’s pupils), claimed he inserted the words into the puzzle after hearing American soldiers talk about the invasion. A Name for Everything By the end of the war, the practice was well-established on all sides, with code names given for everything from post-war Nazi insurgencies (Operation Werwolf) to psychological mail campaigns (Operation Cornflakes) to fake missions altogether (Operation Mincemeat). In most cases, names were chosen by mid-level officers in charge of planning, but frequent interventions took place when tagging significant campaigns. After World War II, the use of code names spread to the CIA (Operations Ajax and Zapata). The practice bloomed further during the Korean and Vietnam Wars, although the results were sometimes less artful than Churchill would have liked. Several missions that drew attention for the wrong reasons included Operations Killer, Ripper, Masher, and Moolah. On the Korean peninsula, Operation Paul Bunyan put a decisive end to the most contentious tree dispute between two neighbors in history. By the end of Vietnam, Department of Defense officials recognized the need for further instruction to prevent negative responses to inopportune names, which were now being released to the public immediately after the missions began. In their 1972 guidelines, the DoD cautioned officers against names that: "express a degree of bellicosity inconsistent with traditional American ideals or current foreign policy," "convey connotations offensive to good taste or derogatory to a particular group, sect, or creed," "convey connotations offensive to allies or other Free World nations," or employ "exotic words, trite expressions, or well-known commercial trademarks." The Pentagon also required that all names feature two words. Computers were added to the mix in 1975. NICKA, as the system is known, validates and stores all operational names. Each command of the U.S. military is given a series of two-letter prefixes. The first word of every operational name must start with one of those prefixes. For example, the U.S. Africa Command (based, of course, in Stuttgart) was allowed to choose between three groups of letters when naming the Libyan air campaign: JS-JZ, NS-NZ, and OA-OF. By choosing OD from the third list, they arrived at the word “Odyssey.” The second word may be chosen at random. For the next several years, military operations assumed random names (Operation Golden Pheasant, anyone?) as a consequence. It wasn’t until 1989 and the invasion of Panama that a new trend was born. With the rise of cable and the 24-hour news cycle, the military saw operational names as an outlet for public relations work. After complete success in having the press adopt “Just Cause” as the sobriquet for removing Noriega, a decade of well-intentioned but slightly overwrought moralisms were forced on the public: Operations Restore Hope, Uphold Democracy, Shining Hope, and six different missions that were supposed to “Provide” something: Comfort, Relief, Promise, Hope, Refuge, and Transition. Despite these overreaches, the result is probably preferable to the fallout from a dud like Operation Killer. © Sgt. Jose D. Trejo/CORBIS In the past, operation names covered single actions within a larger framework of conflict. Now the practice has grown to encompass entire wars. Nowhere is this more evident than the Gulf War, which is synonymous with Desert Storm. Had General Norman Schwarzkopf gotten his preferred choice of names for the lead-up to war, we would have never gotten a name like Desert Storm. It was only after the Joint Chiefs nixed Peninsula Shield, then Crescent Shield, that Operation Desert Shield (and then Desert Storm) became a reality. Despite all of these evolutions, it seems impossible to completely escape controversy in naming operations that are, at their core, violent and often messy. In 2001, when President Bush launched the War on Terror, the invasion of Afghanistan was initially called Operation Infinite Justice (a name Churchill might have taken issue with). Critics cried out that its divine connotation might offend many Muslims whose support America wanted. The name was quickly changed to Operation Enduring Freedom. Then in 2003, the president’s press secretary referred to the Iraq war as Operation Iraqi Liberation, providing fodder for conspiracy theorists everywhere with the acronym O.I.L. So ... Mermaid Dawn? As it turns out, "mermaid" has long been a nickname for Tripoli, which helps explain Operation Mermaid Dawn. Although the rebels might have not given us the best name to bandy around in the press, it certainly fared better than Operation Ripper (Part II: The Final Rip) would have. That would have sent the wrong message to almost anyone—except maybe Qaddafi himself. |
They hate Yorubas for bowing to elders. Now their future is captured under the feet of Nnamdi Kanu.
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That means Niger Republic is not landlocked because international treaty and UN will mandate Nigeria to allow seafaring from Niger to the Atlantic Ocean. As for Port Hacourt and other coastal states, try to get your abandoned properties first after 50 years. Then you will know your likelihood of success if you are to lay any claim to any path way after the Niger bridge. As far as international is concerned the applicable rule in Nigeria subject only to war as in Sudan or Consent of the parent nation state is Uti possidetis. Uti possidestis is a principle used to define postcolonial oundaries in Latin America, Asia, and Africa is a doctrine under which newly independent states inherit the preindependence administrative boundaries set by the former colonial power.The doctrine posits that title to the colonial territory devolves to the local authorities and prevails over any competing claim based on occupation.Thus, uti possidetis is predicated on a rejection of self-determination. SEE TERRITORIAL DISPUTES AT THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE BRIAN TAYLOR SUMNER for more enlightenment. |
That means Niger Republic is not landlocked because international treaty and UN will mandate Nigeria to allow seafaring from Niger to the Atlantic Ocean. As for Port Hacourt and other coastal states, try to get your abandoned properties first after 50 years. Then you will know your likelihood of success if you are to lay any claim to any path way after the Niger bridge. As far as international law is concerned the applicable rule in Nigeria subject only to war as in Sudan or Consent of the parent nation state is Uti possidetis. Uti possidestis is a principle used to define postcolonial oundaries in Latin America, Asia, and Africa is a doctrine under which newly independent states inherit the preindependence administrative boundaries set by the former colonial power.The doctrine posits that title to the colonial territory devolves to the local authorities and prevails over any competing claim based on occupation.Thus, uti possidetis is predicated on a rejection of self-determination. SEE TERRITORIAL DISPUTES AT THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE BRIAN TAYLOR SUMNER for more enlightenment. |
SSBN:Thanks WW2? |
Please I need answer to the following questions Can a general desert a war? Is there any general in history of wars who went to war against all advices and deserted the war after recording millions of casualties? I am sorry if anyone feel concerned beyond the academic level. There is a need to know the answers |
amaechi2020:Ojukwu was also a brave soldier! |
No protest oh. just raid on homes and getting Biafran killed |
nawa oh. even GEJ no try. |
kettykin:That is naija for you. The most worrisome is the over 2 million biafrans killed, starvation, abandoned property, exile, marginalisation. 50 years after the victims are agitating to be liberated. Meanwhile politics is going on in Nigeria. Nothing can break Nigeria except God. |
kalufelix:Your viewpoint is understandable - coming from an idiotic and bastardized background. If all you have is a hammer, you will see all objects as nails. It is my prayer that you are rescued from this background before it is too late.!!!! |
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