Gazzy88:
It was brutal. Soldiers beating anybody on sight mercilessly

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A country gets the army it deserves.

For 40 years Nigerians have made excuses for the worst excesses of her soldiers. This nonsense in Abeokuta is just one more example of Nigerian soldiers demonstrating that they are indeed 'above' the law.

Innocent law abiding Nigerians being brutalized for no reason. Was it these people who killed him? What kind of craziness is this?

It will continue until Nigerians decide they want to live and be treated like humans instead of animals.

Big blind country.

Interesting thread. Learned a few things.

Odd that some posters here - who seem to know a fair bit about the technical stuff being discussed here - prefer to rot in the wastelands of NL's tribal threads. What a waste.

And the invasion of communities by the Nigerian army continues till this day.

And so taxpayers will foot the bill - yet again - for the lawlessness of some government 'employees' who have refused to learn.

Until the emoluments, pensions and gratuities of soldiers are seized and used to pay for they damage they wilfully cause, the violence and destruction will not stop. Until then, Nigerians will continue to subsidize the impunity of these men.

helinues:
And Us government is transparent to the Us citizens?

Why suspending the tax tarrifs on Chinese goods if the Us consumers are not affected?

Fix your shit let fix ours

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Beggars can't be choosers.

If you didn't need their aid, you wouldn't be concerned that you were on that list.

It is indeed more blessed to give than to receive...

pocohantas:


Now you have seen the light.

Go ye into the world and spread the gospel.

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I thought you were with Team Toyota...

Tzadeola:

have you been harmed by any yahoo boy before have you heard of a yahoo boy shooting anybody before ? all this people always looking for ways to make this boys that decided to do something else rather than carry gun and rob still pisses me off....would you prefer the yahoo boy to carry gun and be robbing and killing people imagine if yahoo didnt exist in this country how do you think this country is gonna be like ? imagine if all those countless yahoo boys nw are robbers or ,kidnappers or one thing or the other way go worse pass that one ,this country for don almost finish be that na....i m not saying what thy re doin is right tho but at the same time this boys have showed us that they ve got talent why nt re-orient them and see what you could put those their talents to,so many of them are hackers do you know how america values people with those set of skills
Mtchew foolish people that dont want to have sense!!!!!



NB:BILIKI may your soul and that of the unborn baby torment all this politicians destroying the country small then RIP!!!!

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No.

You could very well be trolling but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and challenge your claims with facts.

You are speaking from both sides of the mouth when you ignore or explain away the costs of internet fraud to society (as the first 4 lines of your post clearly show) and then you claim in line 5: "I'm not saying what they are doing is right".

So what are you saying then? Make up your mind!

Internet fraud is not a victimless crime. It may not involve physical violence but it has victims - and the fallout very often does lead to physical violence. Victims can and do commit suicide when all they have worked for over a lifetime is lost.

This nonsense being peddled around that internet fraud is somehow higher in the hierarchy of moral context than armed robbery or kidnapping has got to stop. They are all serious crimes and they are not victimless.

Edit: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/facebook-connected-her-to-a-tattooed-soldier-in-iraq-or-so-she-thought/ar-AAF0nTI?ocid=spartandhp

ornicus:


To add to this - Toyota design their cars (basic) to last for ten years. They design their suvs to last for 20. Ford and Co, to my understanding take the planned obsolescence route and design their cars to last until projected trade in date. (2years)

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It is delicious to watch. US automobile manufacturers have been greatly humbled by the events of the last half century and are playing catch up to the Japanese - an uphill task they are struggling mightily with. For every step GM, Chrysler etc. take, Toyota, Honda, Subaru etc. have already taken ten. Anyone want to play the nationalism (i.e. 'buy American') card? Well, Toyota and Honda have US plants and US suppliers and they actually employ US workers - whereas Ford, GM etc. have outsourced and continue to outsource production to Mexico and other low cost countries. Anyone want to play the "US car makers make better cars card?" That matter was settled a long time ago - Japanese cars are the undisputed kings of quality, reliability and durability - while US car makers continue to languish at the bottom of almost all quality and reliability surveys. The list goes on and on.

The only thing left to prove that there is indeed justice in this world is for the tide to finally turn against European carmakers. Their high end product offerings are mostly over priced, unreliable status symbols with highly questionable build quality. But they (BMW, Audi, VW, MB, Land Rover etc.) would have us believe they are 'luxury cars' and these weaknesses are part and parcel of the luxury car ownership experience.

Thankfully, the Japanese have proved them wrong.

naptu2:


There is a gap in the primary school education in Nigeria and this has produced hilarious, strange and dangerous consequences.


Nigerians are taught that there are different kinds of numerals and we are specifically taught the Arabic (1, 2, 3) and Roman numerals (I, II, III, IV).

However, most Nigerians are not taught that there are different kinds of scripts and this is the problem.


Many Nigerian communities were reading and writing before the arrival of European colonialists. Arabic was being taught in many Islamic schools in northern Nigeria and by the 1700s the Hausa had developed a system for writing the Hausa Language using Arabic script.


The word Ajami refers to the use of Arabic script to write African languages. African languages like Hausa, Swahili and Yoruba were written by using the Arabic script.


An example of famous text that were written through the use of Ajami script are the letters written by El Kanemi of the Kanem Bornu Empire to Sultan Bello of the Sokoto Caliphate in 1824.


Hausa is one of the languages mentioned in section 55 of the Nigerian constitution and therefore it is recognised by the Nigerian constitution. The motto is in Hausa language because of the origin of the Nigerian Army. The Army was initially known as "Glover's Hausas".


When Governor Glover assembled the Glover's Hausas in 1863, Hausa was written using Arabic script and so the motto, "Victory Is From God Alone" was written in Hausa, using Arabic script.

Aliko Dangote's great-grandfather, Alhassan Dantata could understand a little bit of English (just enough for him to be able to transact business with the British), didn't understand any Arabic (although he learned the Quran by rote), but he could read and write Hausa very well using Ajami script.

Here's an example that illustrates the point. We all know that Hyundai is a famous Korean car maker. I just wrote Hyundai by using latin script, yet the word Hyundai does not mean anything in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese or Italian (the main languages that use latin script).

Yet the word "Hyundai" did not magically change into an English, French, Spanish, Portuguese or Italian word just because I wrote it using Latin script. That's because there's a difference between a language and the script or characters with which it is written.

Similarly, the text on the logo of the Nigerian Army and also the texts on the Nigerian Naira, do not magically change into Arabic words because they are written using Arabic script.

Nigerian Naira? Yes! One of the characteristics of currency is that it should be easily identifiable by users. Therefore, the value of naira notes and kobo coins are written in numbers on the body of the coin or note, the value is also written in words in the English Language and it is also written in Hausa using Ajami script.

The size of the notes and weight of the coins are also slightly different, so that blind people can easily tell the value of the coin or note by feeling them.

Why are the value of naira notes and kobo coins written in Ajami? Well, the Hausa Language has been written in Ajami since the 1700s and it was not until the 1930s that the British introduced Boko (that is, Hausa Language that is written using Latin script). Therefore, there are still many people that understand Ajami but do not understand Boko.

Why is the Nigerian Army's motto written in Ajami? It's tradition, just the same way that the British Army's motto is in Latin, "Si vis pacem, para bellum" (Latin for "If you wish for peace, prepare for war" ), despite the fact that it's more than a thousand years since Britain was colonised by the Roman Empire.

This should be very easy to understand, but the problem in Nigeria arises from superstition and lack of proper education.

1) Many Nigerians do not even know that there's anything like Ajami and they believe that those words are from Arabic Language.

2) Many Nigerians cannot separate Arabic Language from Islam.

I need to take a moment to explain this point.

Many Nigerians (both Christians and Muslims) cannot separate the Arabic Language from Islam.

This is also true of Christians. Many Christians in Nigeria do not know that the word Allah simply means God in Arabic and that the word has been used by Arab Christians and Arabs of other faiths long before Prophet Muhammad was born.

In fact, I remember an argument I had with a guy in the 1990s. I told him that Hanan Ashrawi is an Arab Christian and that when she prays in her language she calls God Allah. The guy refused to believe it. In fact, she refused to accept that Hanan Ashrawi is a Christian when in fact she is a Christian!

This is made worse by the kind of superstitious beliefs that many Nigerians have. Some Nigerians believe that there is something sinister or satanic about the writings on the Nigerian currency and on the Nigerian Army's logo, when in actual fact all that those writings say are, "20 Naira", "50 Naira" , "Victory Is From God Alone", etc.

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As always, very well put together. I haven't read anything about Hanan Ashrawi in a long time - but I do remember her rather masculine voice.

How do you typically source your material? Any background in library science or history?

Any plans to collate your posts on here into a permanent record? I ask this because I almost wept after this site went down during the so-called NL tsunami - when hundreds of priceless (and yes they were priceless) threads were lost. To this day I do not know exactly what happened because I was offline around that time (in 2014 I think?).

If you know what happened at that time, kindly give a condensed summary (my apologies to anyone who feels I'm derailing the thread) with links, if possible.

Tobiloba2407:


the police have become a victim of what they do to civilians on a daily bases at checkpoints....but its sad, im quite sure the officers and soldiers, are in detention , if the kidnappers hasn't escaped, no one would blame them, but the suspect escaping smells fishy and the army guys have something to cover.....but the police ought to have identified themselves too, even military officers most times offer their car papers and allow their boots to be checked.....without telling you, they are officers....you cant be bigger than the law, another question is who shot first, when the police saw they were being chased, why didnt they park and send one unarmed personnel to liaise and apologize to the soldiers, which is less threatening....the police invited mayhem on themselves......but army, how did the kidnappers escape and how come only the policemen were shot?

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Way too many unfounded assumptions you have made. Way too many!

Unless you were at the scene, you simply cannot make the number of sweeping statements you made - and you made them so confidently. How do you know 'officers and soldiers are in detention'? How do you know the police didn't identify themselves? How can you say 'the police invited mayhem on themselves'? Were you there? Does the information currently in the public domain support these statments you have made?

Ashnoor:
What I hate most about this shit is that, the people that know nothing about this Shiites of a thing are the ones trying to say something with their lame ideas. To those asking for his release, do u kno how terrified the people living around the Shiites are? Do u know that the country sponsoring the Shiites is the same country responsible for most of the illegalities associated to Muslims and Islam as such giving us a bad name? Do u also know that what they are really preaching is not 100% Islam but some sorts of thing they got from their selves? Would u believe me if I tell u the Shiites are acting almost like Christians in some aspects like burial and many more? Do u k ow that they were once rallying around with a big cross on their shoulders and necks? If the majority of Muslims will go against them what will make a non-muslim give them a maximum support after shouting islamisation if not to cause division? I am a Muslim and a northerner from Kaduna and I say no to Shiism cuz they are against Islam. But hypocrites will always see otherwise.

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I see.

pocohantas:


Hmmm. You are such a wonder...
Smart stuff.

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GeoAfrikana:


Firstly, in Nigeria wearing camo is constitutionally illegal. People need to assimilate that. Anyone who has a problem with that should channel his grievances to the right place.

Secondly, there's nothing wrong in military moving around town. The only thing is that they shouldn't go with their guns so as not to intimidate civilians. And to be frank, those soldiers don't cross your lane na, they just bounce gallantly in their camo and their women catwalk in their camo. I personally have a distaste for the swagz of female soldiers. It is lousy civilians that always go and cross their lane.

And one thing about soldiers is that they always try to avoid fighting unjustly because it can bring serious punishment for them in the barracks. It's just that you people won't be informed that they're being punished. So soldiers don't look for trouble.

And even when someone offends them, immediately you show remorse and apologize they leave. But no, bigger will always want to show ego. Lawyer will start saying jargons, teacher will be saying grammar and fineboy will be forming swagger instead of apologizing after doing the wrong thing.

In my opinion, soldiers are the best people you can deal with. They're straightforward and not dubious and hypocritic like some police officers. Only crazy people have Problems with them.

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Obviously trolling - and doing a poor job of it too...

Mostly US brands that have run their race and passed on to automotive heaven (or hell - depending on how you look at it).

Nationalism won't save a bad/poor product. While US car makers were marketing their thirsty, poorly made, unreliable junk as "Detroit Iron", "Motor City", "proudly American" etc. the Japanese were slowly improving their products bit by bit, until one day, the US woke up to find out that the Japanese had taken over the market completely.

Nippon just build damn good cars. They do break but they break on average far less than domestic US or European marques. And that's good enough for millions of consumers the world over and not just the US.

While US car manufacturers were destroying their balance sheets with shambolic work practices, awful quality and process control, bloated executive compensation, destructive worker union practices etc., the Japanese just got down to work - building good, solid automobiles.

Any Japanese Toyota line worker had full authority to stop the line at any time to resolve a quality issue. US car makers on the other hand considered line stoppage the equivalent of original sin.

No prizes for guessing who thrived and who withered.

Cantonese:


What a shame. For the first time in this country the police and army are accusing and counter accusing each other. When they told us to expect a "next level" we thought it had to do with poverty only. Now even the security agencies are the first to have a feel of it.

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It isn't the first time. And it won't be the last.

About a decade ago, the Nigerian navy seized a ship for illegal bunkering of petroleum products on the high seas off Nigeria's coast. The ship and its crew somehow disappeared after the arrest - with thousands of litres of illegally bunkered fuel also gone without a trace. The navy initially tried to pin the matter on the police with bogus claims that the police had taken custody of the ship from the navy shortly after arrest. The media circus went on for a while until the police asked the navy to provide the signals confirming that indeed, the ship was handed over to the police.

The navy had no answer.

The fallout of that incident was the compulsory retirement dismissal, court-martial and imprisonment of several senior naval officers.

We are now back there again. Three policemen and one civilian dead and Nigerians are being treated to this shameful back and forth exchange. The police have asked the question that must be answered: where is the kidnapping suspect that those policemen were transporting? Where is he?

There is a problem when the leaders of "5th world" countries and the leaders of 1st world countries use the same vehicles.

There is a special kind of foolishness in a presidential motorcade of several expensive, high end vehicles manned by gun/horsewhip wielding guards - being driven on cratered, gullied dirt roads.

We don't even know how to deceive our own selves.

Interesting thread. Very revealing comments .

Kapeter:

I don't like these ss people for anything.

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Not sure they like you either.

This thread is evidence that we all bleed red.

Lagos traffic doesn't care. It takes no prisoners. Everyone here agrees about this - apart from a few professional trolls who tried to muddy the waters with their tribal nonsense.

It is a multi-faceted problem - which will need a multi-pronged solution set. Sadly, powerful vested interests and good old fashioned incompetence will make sure the problem remains unsolved - even unto the generation after the next.

midolian:
Sowore actually needs help..

This man contested election and lost like his party didn't appear on the ballot paper. After elections, he was accused by party members of massive looting of hard-earned campaign funds. This is the same person who wants to lead revolution.

The m0r0n even wants to set himself ablaze out of frustration...As we all know, suicide is a crime in the Nigerian constitution, so his arrest is in order. You never can tell how many m0r0ns like him would want to roast their skin for few days fame(which of course will come after death)...as the most common kind of followership we have in this country is blind followership.

I don't have a problem with his so called revolution but with the supporters of this revolution. Majority of his supporters are from the condemned end of the country and we all know whatever they support fails in the end..If you are really interested in a positive change, start from your various local governments and states. your local government chairmen and governors are busy shaping their present and future with what is meant to shape your present and future..and all you lots can do is to leave your states to settle in other people's states wherein you complain as if you were sold to them as slaves ...

...And when the government of the day tries to prosecute them, you guys flood social media with jargons as if the country belongs to the criminals you worship...it doesn't even stop there,..you guys even troop out in numbers chanting bunkums like "Our son is being witch-hunted", "Nigeria will burn if our son is not released and bla bla bla"...

Lastly to my misguided brothers from the condemned end, if you really care about this country, you would have thought about revolution when the drunk hat-man was in power, when he and his shapeless wife ran this country like it was a beer parlour...but No, you guys won't! because you benefitted from the rot in the system the most. Now that things are going back to normal, you are thinking revolution...

let's see how far you can go!

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You have not said anything of substance.

In your first 2 paragraphs you mocked Sowore (and by extension all the other candidates who lost) for losing the last elections. Losing elections is not a crime - unlike several things the ruling government (and the APC party that produced it) is guilty of.

Your next 2 paragraphs were nothing but pandering. Irrelevant largely. Nothing to respond to there.

Your last paragraph included the obligatory reference to the Jonathan administration's well known misgovernance. But you pretend not to see the shipwreck that is the current administration.

Nigerians brought all this upon themselves with their legendary inability to hold their leaders accountable.

Some day we will learn.

str8talk1:


I don't care what u think young man or old man....ur northern brothers are irresponsible. PERIOD!!!
So, deal with it.

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There is nothing so far in this story alerting us of the ethnicity of the alleged rapist(s). Nothing.

You are diminishing the gravity of this alleged crime with the nonsense you are peddling.

Oh - I get it now. This loose, careless talk is to get people to read your 'article'.

Failed attempt.

Chukalemon:
Ok the other female victim was there watching the whole scenario as the other female victim was been raped.and she did nothing about it, maybe she enjoyed the erotic movie as well.

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Concentrate on fiddling with phone memory cards, downloading movies and food. Leave the serious issues to the adults, okay?

str8talk1:

certainly, this atrocities was done by soldiers of northern stock.

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Irresponsible comment.

haryothosyn93:
Big lies



It is not possible and if it is true then the lady dress indecently.


Ladies.... dress responsibly or else we soldiers will keep raping you all

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Lame

hisexcellency34:


Your argument makes sense die

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Of course it does.

To you.

Rotimi47:

You tend to be from mars as your comment shows that you're more naive than you think.

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You say I "tend to be from Mars" (clearly meant as an insult) but then, that may not necessarily be a bad thing. Every reference to Martians I have ever seen (and I have seen several!) always depicts them as advanced life forms with an advanced civilization. Have you ever seen anyone (including reprobate demagogues masquerading as statesmen) call Mars a shithole? . I think not. Make of that what you will.

Rotimi47:

How would you say that the politicians in Cuba and Brazil are not in anyway related to we the Yorubas?

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I have no idea how you came up with this statement you credited to me. What I said was that the political, military and business elite in Brazil and Cuba is dominated by people of European descent and that Sir, is incontrovertible.

Rotimi47:

Who told you that alliance are only formed based on dialect, race or tribe/ethnicity?

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I have no idea what you are talking about here. What prompted this assumption?

Rotimi47:

Did cuba fight in Rhodesia? What about supporting Nigeria during the Civil war?

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Again I have no idea what you are talking about here. What relevance does this have to the discussion?

Rotimi47:

Let me start that we have the means to influence decision makers in Cuba, Brazil etc. Just to mention a few.

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I presume when you say 'we' you are referring to your kinsmen (if indeed you are who you say you are ). Only time will tell if your claim has any merit. Only time...

Rotimi47:

Alliance is far beyond that as ideology is a major factor as well as interest.

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Rotimi47:

Do you how many lobby groups the Yoruba have in the world or the military alliance they have? CAPITAL NO.

Do you think the Afenifere and NADECO members that left Nigeria during the June 12 crisis went outside Nigeria to eat French fries and drink vodka?

The Yorubas are just too wise to be fighting here and there because what a war of 3 months can destroy May not be rebuilt in 3years.

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Ok.

Rotimi47:

If you don't like Nigeria don't mean that everyone else hate Nigeria.

I speak for the Love of Nigeria because Nigeria is never the problem but politicians who see her as their meal ticket.

Let me say that leaving Nigeria is not the issue but changing the bad politicians should be the real deal.

South Sudan broke off from Sudan but development is far from them as they're in a big mess up till now.

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Spare me the pseudo-patriotic horse dung and stay on topic. The only reason I engaged you was because you made some incredible claims about alliances between an ethnic group in Nigeria and the nations of Brazil, Cuba and Russia. That's all. Unlike all the other wild claims (e.g. my ethnicity is bigger than yours, etc.) being made by several posters on this thread, claims like yours can be swiftly repudiated with cold hard facts from history.

Finally: Something tells me you are trolling big time but there's enough wiggle room for you to deny this. But only just enough. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt - but for the last time.

Rotimi47:
We the Yorubas and Cuba as well as Brazil have a lot in common which I don't want to elaborate on due to certain reasons and we all know that Cuba is a very strong ally of Russia and as such Russia will be drawn into any conflict that involves cuba.

Try visit Osun festival that takes place once in a year and see the huge numbers of cubans amd Brazilians that visit Nigeria for the festival. This will give a little view of the relationship.

Why do you think israel do whatever they like despite the United Nations outcry? It's simply because thay have powerful lobby groups all over the world and the Yorubas have lobby groups that are almost similar to that.

I won't say more as you dont reveal your strategy or secret to your opponents.

If I tell you and fight come happen, wetin I go take fight you?

The Russians suffered this mistake at the begging of WW2 because Stalin showed Hitler the weapons that USSR have when he visited USSR before WW2 and that was what Nazi Germany first destroyed at the onset of the war.

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I see.

I assume you aren't trolling - your response seems breathtakingly naïve.

What are the reasons why you don't want to elaborate on the links between your kinsmen (if indeed you are who you say you are ) and Cuba/Brazil? The link you speak about between Nigeria on one hand and Brazil + Cuba on the other is primarily due to Cubans and Brazilians of African descent who come to Nigeria to celebrate their heritage - the forebears of these Afro-Cubans and Afro-Brazilians were brought to the Americas as slaves. I am sorry to disappoint you but Afro-Cubans and Afro-Brazilians do not form a significant part of the political, business or military elite in Cuba or Brazil. The decision makers in these two countries are people of European descent - and they are most certainly not coming to Nigeria to fight a dubious war on the prompting of black people in Cuba/Brazil - black people who are the underclass in these two countries. That is the awful truth.

According to you, Cuba will come to fight in Nigeria and Russia will inevitably be drawn into that conflict. If only it were so simple. Your rather flawed calculations belong to the cold war era and that era is long, long gone. There's a new order now and you (i.e. Nigeria and all in it) are of no strategic value to Russia. Or North Korea. Russian soldiers are not coming here for anything - unless it is to sell Kalashnikovs and other military hardware by the boatload to warring African 'tribesmen' - and they will sell to anybody who has the cash to buy.

You mention Israel? Israel is an economic and military powerhouse with nuclear weapons. It has the United States' political and business elite in its back pocket. People with strong ties to Israel have a firm hold on key parts of the international banking system. Which Nigerian ethnic group ticks any of these boxes?

Wake up.

Rotimi47:


We and the fulanis cut across boundaries and as such any war between both will be the end of Nigeria.

The elites know this and they are doing all they can to prevent it as kind of both tribes will join in the war, their allies whom are majorly Arabs will join them while our allies black Africans, Cuba, Brazil, Russia, North Korea etc will also join us.

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Interesting and amusing thread.

First of all - I avoid the use of the word "tribe" - I prefer the word "ethnicity" or the phrase "ethnic group".

I am very interested in how Russia and North Korea have become such strong allies of an African ethnic group - to the point that they will join this ethnic group in prosecuting a 'war' against another African ethnic group . Is there some defence or non-aggression pact in play here? Is there a trade relationship? Are there cultural ties? Military ties? What is the basis of this "alliance"?

Amusing thread...

I have no 'street' credentials and I don't know who Victoria Kimani is (although she spoke the bitter truth).

What I find odd is Nigerians supposedly mocking East Africans for their very dark skin tones (as if we don't have very dark skinned Nigerians too? ). I hope this is light hearted fun at most and not meant as a real insult. Any (black) African who knows what racism is will understand exactly what I'm talking about.

erico2k2:

It does,.The insurance company would have to pay you and they will collect their money from the shipping line!

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I had a case years ago. The insurance company paid up but the claim paid was far (and I mean far) less than the cost of repairing the vandalized vehicle.

This nonsense at the ports is classic government failure. Consumers/Importers are being tossed around (like footballs) between shipping lines and insurance companies - and forced eventually to cover the cost of theft, vandalism and destructiveness by wharf rats, drivers and so called port security.

The shipping lines and insurance companies are private economic agents. They will cheat consumers/importers if they believe they can get away with it - that's the plain truth. They are emboldened when the government - the government that's supposed to keep them in check - actively aids and abets them in defrauding consumers.

Sensible laws (and honest governments ready to enforce them) are the only thing that protects people from companies. And if it is the government that is responsible for lax security at the ports - security breaches that cost people time and money to fix - then people should know what to do.

We are not helpless. There are remedies for useless governments. We have just been too lazy and stupid to apply them.

okpeho:


The colour is Grey. My pastor is someone who gives special attention to his car, the buyer will definitely enjoy it

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Some one asked the question on my mind - if the car was giving trouble?

My take on this: If the car's running fine why not stick with it? Buying a used car could be a journey into uncharted waters - getting a good specimen with a service history will not be easy in our environment.

I'm sometimes bored with my vehicle but I've learned to love it rather than leave it. Better boredom than 'excitement' that leads to financial ruin .

dirtydiva:
I m not in support of razing down people's house just because two officers were killed neither do I support their lawless behavior, what I m saying is that don't start a battle you can't finish, why attacking a govt force you know dat can react in abnormal way? Had it bn dey mind their own biz then the case will be different, we all know that some of ds officers are drug addicts and can't be rely on in terms of minimal destruction so why provoking them?

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This is cognitive dissonance.

You can't claim to be against military brutality - and at the same time justify it. It makes no sense whatsoever.

And yet again, your comment up there implies that the entire village/town is somehow complicit in the killings of the soldiers. Is that possible? The entire village endorsed the killings of those men?

The Nigerian army has followed this scorched earth policy for years whenever any of its personnel are harmed or killed in the line of duty. No proper investigation and prosecution by the appropriate authorities - just a burning, looting, pillaging spree.

Is that how a proper army works?