BreconHills:
There are several differences between Nigeria and the US that make the security threats against them quite different

Not really. We cannot just sing the virtues of policies arbitrarily imposed on Nigeria without thorough consultation.
We know that ISIS sponsors Boko Haram in Nigeria. Does a weak visa policy not weaken security in that regard?

I maintain that this weak visa policy is knee-jerk in nature, and not well thought out.

Let's lurch to the extreme end of the spectrum and just let anybody and everybody in. Why not? Would that augur well for Nigeria's security?

Part of granting visas involves embassies scrutinizing the individual. A policy of "Visa at the gate" eliminates that step. To what end?

BreconHills:
Also do bear in mind that President Trumps security measures have been wildly derided

Yes, the opposition Democrat party, and their media surrogate CNN deride every single thing Trump does. Like I said before, Obama had the same exact ban, and Democrats never uttered a word of condemnation. Why the double standard? Also, SCOTUS later vindicated president Trump and upheld his original ban.

BreconHills:
The largest risk of terrorism is by home grown terrorists not foreigners jetting on and out of airports

To the extent that this is true, outside threats can be just as potent if allowed to fester. A weak visa policy lays that groundwork.
I gave you the example of ISIS funding Boko Haram. Unchecked movement makes it easy to form terror cells ready to unleash hell at opportune moment.

BreconHills:
It takes a lot of local knowledge including language, knowledge of geography to decide what to hit.

Of course, it does. Collaborating with locals fills that gap well. Nigeria in particular is vulnerable to foreign influence, since there is so much poverty in the land. If Nigerians can fly into other countries and turn to crime, why do you doubt that other people can come to Nigeria and do the same thing?

BreconHills:
Having said this, foreign terrorist movements are tracked across borders by different countries in near real time

Good luck with that within Nigeria's borders. A police ASP was kidnapped recently. A phone call was made by the police to the kidnappers that lasted almost half an hour. What happened to tracking there?

Policies in Nigeria more often than not are "gra gra". Ramifications of the aftermath are rarely considered.

BreconHills:


The people who may "turn" to a life of crime after they arrive Nigeria dont buy air tickets

You must not have been following events globally.
Executive Order 13780, titled Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States, is an executive order signed by United States President Donald Trump on March 6, 2017. It places limits on travel to the U.S. from seven countries (Iran, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Somalia, North Korea and Venezuela) and also bars entry for all refugees who do not possess either a visa or valid travel documents.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_13780

FYI: those are people traveling to the USA by air. Also, president Barak Obama had the same ban in place.

Refugees may flood Nigeria though. And with the present lack of jobs in Nigeria, they may soon turn to crime.
There are people from countries who have done nothing but fight wars all their lives. Will they bring that warring mentality to Nigeria?

Also, what does "without visa" mean? Does it mean they can come to Nigeria on a visit only, or can they come and stay permanently?

There is no reason salaries should be higher in Nigeria compared to the USA.
In the US, salary for senators and House Representatives is $174,000.
In the UK The basic annual salary of a Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons was £79,468.

Africa as a whole is full of leaders who are despots.

The same thing that Omoyele Sowore is going through in Nigeria is what Bobi Wine is being subjected to in Uganda

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tUqhQf4kdI

In fact, the attacks on Bobi Wine are more pronounced, as assassins target him regularly. On one occasion he narrowly escaped death, but his driver was killed.

Nigeria, Africa, loosen your grip on power. The people are tired of being oppressed. Black people are hungry for development.

Note to those supporting injustice, remember that it is the same country that your own children and grandchildren will live in one day.

The USA fired a warning shot at Buhari. Get your act together, or we're gonna come after you.
Buhari and the DSS had to come up with some explanation for what happened.
Sowore has done nothing wrong. Stop persecuting him. You have turned Nigeria into a police state.

Police kill in the USA too. However, in most cases it is in response to an armed suspect. If you're told to drop your weapon and you don't comply, or you make any sudden move, you're dead.

In Nigeria, people are not armed. So there is no threat to the police officer. So why shoot?

This lawlessness needs to end. But I don't know what the solution is. Maybe Nigerians need to start protesting in large numbers in front of the parliament. Imagine if 50 thousand Nigerians came out in one day with placards! Somebody would take notice.

Forget about climate change. That is the least of Nigeria's problems right now.
Electricity, roads, jobs, corruption, security, etc. Those are our problems.

What they are doing to Sowore is not normal.
I really don't see a reason for it.
Congo governor beaten up in Paris
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hV9UjpLonQ?t=615
Soon, it will be Nigerian leaders. Nigerians really have had enough of the oppression.

Who are the Chinese contractors who built this? They should have thought of this problem before it happened.
Just use one-way security bolts. Problem solved.

Slawormir:
Damnnnnn

See niggarz above me complaining
Nobody wants to pay anything in this country
We all want the government to keep working to better our lives without we contributing anything

We all want Nigeria to become London and Rome
Education in Nigeria is the cheapest because government keep on subsidizing it
Nobody wants to pay tax. Nobody wants to do anything for the government

They keep on subsidizing every part of our fuckkking life and still we keep on wailing

I think if the people saw what the money is being used for, they would gladly pay taxes, fees, and levies. Most of Nigeria's money is stolen by a few people. Who wants to pay taxes when roads are so bad, no power, poor expensive Internet, no security.
Nigeria has the money to build infrastructure if corruption is checked, and the cost of governance is reduced.
Kenya has no oil. Check out how far ahead of Nigeria they are.

The Akwa Ibom government is yet to make any public comment on the arrest and detention of a 21-year-old banker, Michael Itok.
Mr Itok was accused of publishing “damaging and annoying” materials against Governor Udom Emmanuel on Facebook.
PREMIUM TIMES, Wednesday, reported how Mr Itok, a marketer with Prudential Microfinance Bank, Uyo, was arraigned on Tuesday before a magistrate court in the city before he was remanded in the Uyo prison.
He is being prosecuted by the SSS.
Mr Itok was reportedly arrested around November 8 and detained for more than 40 days by the SSS.
The charge against the bank marketer reads, “That you, Mr Michael Itok and another now at large, sometimes in October, 2019 at 1000 Units Housing Estate, Idu Uruan, Uruan Local Government Area, within the Uyo Magisterial District did constitute yourself into a nuisance by publishing damaging and annoying articles on your Facebook page with the aim of harassing, blackmailing and bringing to disrepute His Excellency Deacon Udom Gabriel Emmanuel and other staff of the Akwa Ibom State Government House, and thereby commits and offence punishable under Section 6(1) (f) of the Akwa Ibom State Internal Security and Enforcement Law, 2009.”
READ ALSO: Police arrest, molest two Nigerian journalists covering protest
Mr Itok, according to his Facebook profile, claimed he has worked before as a steward to Governor Emmanuel.
SILENCE
Uwemedimo Nwoko and Charles Udoh, the state attorney general and commissioner for information respectively did not respond to calls and text messages from PREMIUM TIMES before this paper published the story.
The information commissioner, Mr Udoh, responded on Thursday to a call from PREMIUM TIMES on the matter. “I need to talk to the attorney general first, I don’t know the details (of the case),” he said, with a promise to get back to the PREMIUM TIMES reporter.
A day after, the commissioner is yet to call back nor respond to calls from PREMIUM TIMES.

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/south-south-regional/365835-akwa-ibom-govt-keeps-mum-on-bankers-detention-over-annoying-facebook-posts.html

Stop sharing the nation's resources among a few leaders, and use the money to fix the country.
The solution to the spate of robberies everywhere is not rocket science. Fix Nigeria, or expect crime to continue.

My advice to people plagued by attacks like this is to buy smoke security system
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2jy-wijM6I

backnbeta:

Don't be Ill mannered

I wish you would take your own advice. Nothing exasperates like when people put words in your mouth.

DSS has no plans to release Sowore. They just want to intimidate the sureties.
After the court order, DSS said nobody came for Sowore.
Then they could not release him over Eid.
Then if they had released him, a car could have hit him on the road.
Then they said the officer that could release him was on vacation.
Then Sowore himself said he prefers to remain in DSS custody, because they provided him with TV and phone.
The latest travesty now, is that only sureties can secure his release.
DSS is a joke. They could release him to Falana. What is wrong with that? Besides, Sowore's passport has been seized. So he's not going anywhere.

Buhari's DSS really thinks Nigerians are stupid.

backnbeta:

So, you think it's better they just Rob ordinary hustlers? They should double their effort and go take from what the bigger thieves have stolen from the poor masses. There is no way they won't get valuables from them... it's not all about the cash

Don't be daft. How did you read from my post that "it's better they just Rob ordinary hustlers". Can't you read?
I said attacking a senator is a harder target. Why would a thief want to go and rob a senator who has soldiers guarding him, when softer targets are available? Such a home would also have electric fence and surveillance.

backnbeta:
There is no way they won't get valuables from them... it's not all about the cash

They have to get in first. Furthermore, if the police ignores a common man's call for help, I guarantee you they won't ignore a senator's call.

Nostradamus:
All our past leaders in this country should be stoned to death.they ruin this country now the frustrated youths have taken to violent crimes.

So true!
That was exactly what happened during the French revolution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution
All the leaders embezzled, and taxed the citizen heavily.
Hunger and poverty ravaged the land, while the leaders lived in obscene opulence behind massive stone walls.
The people endured. Until they could take it no more.
The French people stormed the king's palace, and tore down the walls.
They killed the leaders, and forcefully seized power back.

Nigerians are among the most tolerant population in the world. But I doubt this suffering will continue forever. They leaders will either have to fix the country, or face the people's wrath. Locking up freedom fighters won't save them then.

Good luck learning the Russian language in 6 months, and expect to be ready for studies at the university.
Even after one year of going to school six days a week, you'd still struggle with the language.
Do yourself a favor if you choose to go to Russia, do not start your university course after 6 months of learning Russian language. You would die of stress, especially in science and engineering.

backnbeta:

They should rather find their ways to the houses of senators and house of rep members,(without leaving out also rock)...instead of robbing hustlers like them

Good luck finding your way to a senator's house, who have armed guards.
BTW, do senators stash money at home like POS operators? What is a thief going to get there?

RamseyBolton:


If all these things are okay, those that want to do crime will still do crime

Of course. There are criminals in every country, no matter how well off.
But we're talking about the explosion of crimes like kidnappings, home invasions, stealing by civil servant rank and file, people joining Boko Haram, online fraudsters, one chance, etc. These types of crimes are increasing in Nigeria. Most of it is because people don't have jobs.

Example, since Donald Trump came to power, crime rate has fallen in the US. That is because Trump's policies has reduced unemployment rate to about 3%.

Fix the roads.
Fix power problems.
That would help create jobs for all these hungry youths who are terrorizing the country with robberies.

You can't leave people without jobs, and expect low crime rate.

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statusquoante:
What happened to reducing the cost of governance Isn't that what we have been calling for

Piggiiiddddiotttts will make it look like all of Osinbajo's 80 aides were sacked. Only 35 were!

When we're talking about reducing the cost of governance, we're not referring to cutting necessary staff. Rather we want ghost workers removed. We want senators' salaries slashed.

MobilityExpress:
How can one man have 80 aides? 80 How can a VP have 80 aides, is he the ruler of the universe . Even President Buhari should not have 80 aides. So Buhari allowed his VP to have 80 aides

Have you sat down to think what purpose the aides could be serving?
For example, there are hundreds of letters written to the president, and vice daily. Who reads them?
There are agencies and departments of govt that report to the Vice. Do you think the Vice president can coordinate all of them without any filter in-between?

The ministries alone number about 30. Do you think each ministry just calls up the VP directly each time he is needed?

You should be glad you have a VP who has 80 aides. That shows he is really working, as opposed to ceremonial heads who just sit and plot ways to loot.

Angry Ghanian people have been unlawfully shutting down Nigerian-owned shops in markets.
Such thuggery will continue to vent anger.

But the question I have is, why should Nigeria allow smuggling activity to continue? We lose Billions everyday.

Is legitimate imports not possible into Nigeria?
I thought the border closure is just against smugglers?

Even if Dangote sells at the market rate, his refinery is creating competition on the market, and therefore, reducing the price globally. The laws of demand and supply tells us that.

Also, the refinery creates jobs for Nigerians, thereby helping improve the Nigerian economy.

Furthermore, we must not forget that Dangote refinery is not wholly owned by him. The govt put up half the money. So any foreign currency earned will be shared with Nigeria. That increases our foreign reserves, which in turn strengthens the Naira. A stronger Naira reduces the cost of imports. So let's say you want to import electronics, it would cost you less. Cheaper imported goods would raise the profile of an average Nigerian, and serve to reduce poverty.

So whether Dangote gives price concession to Nigerians on his refined oil or not, Nigerians still benefit in innumerable ways.

Aliko Dangote, thank you sir for your strength.

Next stop, Dangote should be president of Nigeria, just like Donald Trump runs America like a business currently.

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darfay:
Good development but the project was inflated... Haba

I don't think it is inflated.
The project includes the construction of a new port at Warri.
Also, a branch line will be built to Lokoja.