Nigeria's Insecurity: Boko Haram

Unfortunately, the madness rages on,despite the colossal losses suffered by the Boko Haram insurgency,as expected,they have proved a die hard plague and menace of Nigeria's North Eastern region.
Personally, I think the insurgency is no longer a big deal and it's possible to wipe them out TOTALLY.
The blunt truth is that the insurgency has been given a respite,they have been given enough time to rest,recover,regroup and recruit new members. It's still a misery to me how our security operatives couldn't see what I could see and sense as 'bloody civilian'.
Ordinarily, when an insurgency is crushed and chased out of its location the next logical thing to do is to follow up with 'reorientation'. This is obviously needed considering the fact that insurgencies such as Boko Haram feeds heavily on local people's sympathy. They simply mix into the general public and conduct a big time brainwash program in their bid to recruit members and connect strongly with the people who ignorantly continue to shield them against the security agencies.
I'm seriously appealing to those in authority to look into this matter and see how a reorientation exercise,special anti insurgency programs can be aired rigorously on the local and mass media to which the locals of the North East are tuned to...the insurgents are still able to strike coz,they still get to recruit new members and enjoy local people's sympathy.
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Is This Guy Correct About Nigeria???

Two million Mohammadu Buharis cannot Change Nigeria says John Zibiri.

That is what many of you don't understand when you say come home.

This is what John Zibiri has to say:

I worked and lived in Abuja for 18 years. I ran my own private company from 2001 until 2014.

Two million of the likes of  Buhari cannot change Nigeria.

Everything  is wrong with Nigeria. The Director  won't  give  you  Contract  except  you  pay  up front .
The banks  won't  give  you  loan  except  you concede  a certain  percentage .
The man supervising the contract  won't pass the job except  you play ball. The clerk  won't pass your file for payment  except  you rob his palm.

The account department  won't raise your payment  voucher  or cheque unless you see them. I can go on and on.

The worst thing is that it has become a norms that nobody  sees anything wrong with. If you think otherwise , they begin to think you are sick and not normal. If you try to stand in there  way, you put your  life at risk. If you get killed  there is no justice  system in place  to seek redress and bring the perpetrators to book.

The police is corrupt , the Judge is same. Nobody cares about anybody. No law and order. I looked from my left to right, everybody is only desperate about one thing "money".

They we will kill anybody and anything that stand between  them and money. I am an electrical engineer with MNSE  and COREN.

The system don't care about my qualifications. Distribution and transmission jobs are given to alhajis, friends and relatives  without any basic skills. I started asking myself, how do I convince  my kids that education  and hard work  is rewarding? When fools, agberos  and touts  are running  the country, fom National Assembly  to Presidency.

Is this what my four sons will also go through. In 2014 I decided I have had enough. I decided I was leaving. I immigrated to Australia  with  my family. Don't put your self in harms way for any reason. the problem  of Nigeria is in the hands of Nigerians living in Nigeria.

Try starting a gate house in your village, everybody wants to profiteer from it.

The bricklayer, the carpenter, the mason and even your brother who claim to be supervising on your behalf.

They are corrupt, morally  bankrupt and selfish. Everybody there thinks about himself and nobody is thinking about Nigeria .

You don't have to be the one to go there to change anything . Let those under the hammer start the revolution. I beg make we hear word.

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The US Election: My Take.

Hmmm...
The whole world is talking about it,everyone is interested in who would succeed Obama as the US President?
Well,it has come and gone and congratulatory messages have started coming in...even from the Kremlin (Russia)! As a patriot of Nigeria ,I'm less concerned as to who won or lost. I'm much more concerned as to what lessons could be learnt and the fate of my country,Nigeria,with the choice the Americans have made?!
The following are my take from the elections:
It all began and ended today, on Wednesday
As compared to the Nigerian electoral system,this is election on  steroids! The very straight forward manner of conducting all elections in a single day without a hitch despite the much greater topographic diversity and higher population of the US,it's a great challenge to us as a nation.
I don't think it is impossible for us to conduct elections with such speed and a transparent election for that matter.I think it is a BIG challenge for us,the most populous black nation of the world!

The Opposition Conceding Defeat
Hilary Clinton called Donald Trump on his election as the US President. The former President,President Jonathan,though, have set the pace in this regard,it's my hope that we can continue to do that as we can see that it's a very good thing to concede defeat when we have been clearly beaten. There's no point being a bad loser!

Do or Die Affair Politics should be Shunned
It's not happening in the US and it's NOT because of the fat salaries of politicians in Nigeria that we experience political riots (you don't need much to start one it could be free!) but because of the big ignorance that's widespread. National Orientation Agency should please take note. There's a great deal to be done,yet,it appears that the Agency has gone to sleep!

Ethnicity and Sharing Formula Nonsense
The so called Federal Character,to me, remains one of our greatest hindrance to development. I mean,if that were to be in place in America,I doubt if the 4 Nigerians that contested in the US elections would stand a chance.
Heard that in some place up North and Lagos, similar maturity and integration are already taking place. Thumbs up for such states,the other parts of the country, especially, the East, please,take note!

Live Political Debates and Shows Prior to the Voting Period
Aaah! I wish we would work hard as a nation and insist on this by 2019!
One of the major roles of the media is to ensure ceaseless communication between the government and the citizens. Check out the smoking hot debates that were organized and well attended by the aspirants. Subhanallah! If by chance,you are looking for a way to weed out corrupt politicians and their accomplices,this is surely a way to go.
Let's hope our media outlets would take note and be more proactive next time there's an upcoming election. Now,that's not to look down on their contributions to the last general elections, it's just that without the debates,there's way too much left out on the table!
We need to know our prospective leaders better and know how prepared they are for the job. Nigerian media,please take note!
These are my lessons and takes from the American elections,I don't for you,but,as far as I'm concerned,who wins or loses is NOT my business as it doesn't spell progress or regress for Nigeria UNLESS we allow it!
Regards,
God Bless Naija!
Naija for life!!!

Arise O'compatriots!

The elections have come and gone and have been lost and won. It's time to build the country via economic advancements not by political arguments (as to who is better or worse than the other).
Like it or not,we have made an outstanding achievement already under President Buhari. We are now living a peaceful life as against a distorted and disturbing lifestyle we were leading before the elections. Boko Haram no longer post videos of terror,rather,they are now releasing the Chibok girls in bits. Thank God and kudos to the Nigerian Military and of course,the Buhari regime.
Yes,Buhari have committed a lot of blunders too,most of which are economic in nature. Is that enough reason for us to keep our hands folded as we have always done and do NOTHING but argue and complain endlessly on social media???
My Clarion Call to the Youths
Unless we do something really positive about Nigeria, we would continue to rot away in poverty despite our immense store of wealth! We need to be proactive and make Nigeria work.
There's nothing we can do to improve the economy, this is why a good number of Nigerians fold their arms and watch the good things of life pass them by. I totally disagree. There's a whole lot we can do without the government. But,first things first!
Let Us Assume that there's No Government
Unless we do that,we would still be expecting them to do one MAJOR thing or the other for us. The BLUNT TRUTH is that we might wait till eternity!
In my immediate community the former senator, Senator Gbemisola Saraki sank a borehole water source in the area. It was meant to be a motorized borehole but we ended up with a manual one. We were grateful all the same. We enjoyed it for a year or two without a single problem. So,when it developed a fault,some of us opined we make contributions to get it fixed but some elders think we should call on the Senator to help us repair it. We got help after a long while but it didn't last long. It went faulty again,we had the impression that repairs were to be free but we started paying heavily for it.
To cut the long story short,the community finally agreed to convert the borehole to a motorized one since the manual type is no longer reliable. But how???
The elders asked us to wait on the local government but I and 2 other guys didn't think it was right. Elections were in the corner so the elders thought of seeking it as a reward for voting any aspiring candidate into power. It didn't work out as both APC & PDP made promises they didn't fulfil. It was through community efforts that the borehole is working today.
We need to do the same in Nigeria. Unless we forget them,we wouldn't realize how powerful and capable we are as a people. Today, in my community, the problem is no longer water but electric power and bad roads. Insha Allah,we shall be tackling the roads very soon.
Little Drops of Water makes a Mighty Ocean
Rome was not built in a day. It's going to be pretty slow but we shall get there. The community can be advanced without the help of the government PROVIDED the people of the community are ready to work hard on it.
It was estimated that we would need between N300 000 and N400 000 to convert the borehole to a motorized one,but,in the end,I doubt if we spent more that N250 000. This money was raised through the imposture of a levy. We simply broke down the cost and spread it over the whole community and voila! We discovered that should every member agrees to pay just N1000 to the course,we would get it done!
In Reality,it doesn't cost that much to get it Right.
It was during the course of the borehole project that I discovered that the contractors in collaboration with people in government release a very high estimation depending on the level of government that's involved and the quality of the project that's intended.
For instance,if the borehole were to be proposed to the government, our estimation has to be like N1.1 million whereas it actually costs less than N250 000.
So, please, don't be fooled by the prices that you hear on the news. It doesn't really cost that much.
Be a Responsible Resident of your Community
Unless you are socially responsible, all the stories I've been relating to you won't make sense to you. I'm appealing ONLY to the socially responsible. That's why I titled this right up 'Arise O'Comaptriots'. This is because it's only the patriots that can be inspired by this.
God Bless Nigeria,
God Bless the Patriots,
God Bless us all!!!

Our Greatest Problem as Nigerians

Our greatest problem as Nigerians is not tribalism, its not Nepotism,marginalization or corruption. Our Greatest problem is ignorance.

Most Nigerians are Ignorant of how Democratic systems work.
Long before the emergence of the Europeans on the African continent,Africa was divided into kingdoms,emirates and empires. It was the Europeans that brought us democracy.
The British Lord it over us in Nigeria while the Lordships of Cameroon, Ivory coast, Senegal were in the hands of the French. In short, the European powerful shared Africa like an a inheritance of there's. This goes a lot to tell why some countries are somewhat imbalance when it comes to tribal affiliations. There are situations whereby people of same tribe fall into different countries. The people of Adamawa in Nigeria are a typical example of this political broo hoo waha.
Unfortunately, despite the level of exposure and education of the peoples of Nigeria,we still see ourselves first in tribal colours before the National colours of green white green. That's bad,pretty bad. This explains why we have been getting it wrong politically and unless we change this attitude of ours,we shall continue to embarrass ourselves in the global village we find ourselves today.
We need to grow up,wise up and abandon the useless,shameless tribal war we currently indulge in. No one should be shouting 'marginalization ','secession' or 'nepotism'.
We chant these words largely because we are ignorant of how a true democracy works. Funny enough,those that are supposed to know and lecture us seem much more confused than us! It's so disappointing!!!

Civic Education is the Answer
To so many out there,politics is a dirty game and it's not meant for the kind hearted. It is a game for the callous and criminal minds. Such is the impression and mindset of the majority of Nigerians,but, is that the case?
Politics is simply a methodology and activities involved in the running of a government.
Now,from the above definition ,there's nothing about it that suggests criminality. In fact,what it suggests is responsibility. In other words,being a social being,humans may have to interact and relate with one another. If that's going to be the case,there's need for law and order and to ensure that laws are effectively enforced we need some people to volunteer to see to it. We would also need highly intelligent and dedicated people to make the laws as well. This is why we need leaders...political leaders.
We need to ensure peaceful coexistence in our communities and to ensure that,we need to find responsible,intelligent and trustworthy people  to run these affairs for us. That's the true essence of the civil service and political leaders. So,by implication, the President, governors,senators,honourables and any other person that was elected to office and all those that work for and with them are in actual facts servants...our servants!
Now,that's the message for today. All political post holders and government workers of all sorts are actually my servants,your servants our servants why? Because we are the ones that put them there. We gave them all the powers they wield and our common wealth in trust. They are like our houseboys that do all the dirty laundry for us. When a house boy messes up,what do you do?
Now, don't answer yet,just keep it there against the next time we meet. Thanks for reading this far,really appreciate it.
Regards.

The Golden Eaglets Are Through To The Final!

First of all,I'll like to thank God Almighty for answering my prayers this far over the Eaglets.I would however ask for more by praying we win the Finals that's slated for Sunday by 11 p.m.

I told you guys that the El Tri of Mexico are no under dogs.See how they gave the Eaglets a very good run for their money!

I mean,checkout their two goals of the match...they were goals of class...especially the second goal which left me wondering if it was a dream or not.I mean that Mexican just ran down everyone right from outside the eighteen yard box straight into the six yard box before putting away the goal. It was such a comical feat!

But,we thank God for His infinite Mercies that saw the Eaglets through...it wasn't an easy task fof the boys.They obviously didn't find it funny at all!

Now,let's talk a little on the finals. Its an all African finals...Mali vs Nigeria...in fact, more like a West African finals...lolz

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Anyway,that's not the most important,but,I can't help but appreciate the fact that finally,people would start to see us differently.They would start to respect us as a continent to reckon with when it comes to the beautiful game of football! Yes,we are in the finals of the U-17 FIFA World Cup,the question is,how do we win the trophy for the fifth time and make history???

The Malians are the current African Champions and if I'm not mistaking,they are the ones that beat us out of the African tournament before going ahead to be crowned African

Champions. Now,here they are again,standing between us and the World Cup! How do we ensure,we win the match and lift the World Cup as we so desire???

The fact that they too have reached the final is an obvious sign that they are not here to fool around,they are here for business...serious business!!! The Eaglets must,therefore,be very careful in conceeding a goal as they did against the Mexicans.

It is a very strong opinion of mine that they (the Eaglets) should ensure that the Malians are not given room to move around freely within our territory...our half of the Pitch. If this is done as part of the Coache's plan,I'm sure,it would go a long way to keep the Malians at bay and ensure Nigerian's victory!

The Malians are good,no doubting,but the koko be say that the Golden Eaglets should do whatever it takes to retain the title!

I rest my case for now...the game is on Sunday by 11 p.m. Don't miss it!

Za Eaglets Are Smokey Wallahi-tallahi!

Alhamdulillah!

The boys have done it again! Congratulations Naija! We are moving to the Semis on Thursday. If you watched this cracker of a match,you'll agree with me that those boyd are smokey, really...checkout Osimhen!

That boy is the leading goal scorerer of the tournament. His goal tonight made it 8 goals to his name.

My prayers for the boys is coming to pass,I thank God. Now,they shall be preparing for the semis where they shall be facing either Equador or Mexico...both South Americans.This means that the South Americans are having a very good tournament. However I feel a little concerned about the number of yellow cards we have recorded so far...that of Bamgboye is particularly painful...if what the Commentator is anything to go by,Bamgboye would be missing the semis

I really do hope the coach,Emmanuel Amunike would be able to manage without the boy. The incident brought to mind,the second round match between Nigeria and France in the last World Cup edition where France won the game after Pogba got rid of Onazi upon whom the Nigerian mid field depended heavily.

After his inevitable exit from the game,our mid field crumbled due to the wrong substitution made by the coach,Keshi. He substituted the injured Onazi for a lanky slow guy with dread locks as against the expected substitute choice of Azeez.Anyway,that's not the point.

The point is that I sincerely hope that Amunike has a worthy substitute that would man Bamgboye's position such that we won't feel his absence.

I want to congratulate every Nigerian patriots out there on the Eaglets' victory. Thanks for your support for the boys.May God Almighty continue to back our boys and make them the Champions again.Ameen.

So,why don't you keep it a date with us on Thursday when the boys shall be facing yet another South American country.

Later!

Independence day,wetin we dey celebrate sef?!

Congratulate Nigerians on Nigeria's 53rd anniversery as an idependent state and what you'll get as response,most often than not would be negative. The negative responses are as a result of several reasons,but,in my view,the variety of reasons behind these negativity can be traced back to a MEGA reason of THE DISBELIEF OF THE NIGERIAN PEOPLE IN THE NIGERIAN PROJECT!
Most Nigerians do not belief in Nigeria,very few Nigerians are proud of their country. This is why we experience communal clashes in Nigeria,we don't see ourselves as one. Allow me to show you how this singular factor have contributed to virtually every problem we face as a nation.

I dare say it all began with our founding fathers that were responsible for the creation of the first 3 major political parties in Nigerian history. True,they joined hands to rid the country of British rule,but,unfortunately and sadly too,they were the author of our greatest problem as a country. THEY CREATED POLITICAL PARTIES IN LINE WITH TRIBAL AND ETHNICAL DIVIDES OF THE COUNTRY.As a result,people's way of thinking was conditioned along ethnical lines and unfortunately,we are still yet to break away from this evil and viscious circle of tribalism. Over the years,several criminals have been created from this tribal bias and we have refused to bring the culprits to book,guess why...TRIBALISM! This is why Nigeria have failed to develop all this while. People commit heinous crimes and should be brought to book but we disagree and shield them from prosecution simply because they are our tribesmen.
If a hausa man is caught,the Arewa Elder's Forum would stand by and protect him,when the criminal is a Yoruba,OPC would claim that if he were to be a hausa,he would have gone scot-free! The Ibos are like that too. This has been the case in Nigeria till date.
Despite the fact that Jonathan is not performing,ex- militants from Niger Delta would threaten war if he is not elected as President the second term. The Notherners too insist on the next President being a hausa,is that democracy please???
Personally,I have no problem with anybody from any part of the country becoming president,my problem,however,is lack of accountability on the side of our elected leaders. No one complains of lack of performance (if the person in question is of our tribe),rather,we busy ourselves with verbal tribal wars. It's quiet unfortunate we,the youth,refuse to see through the smoke screen (guess its too thick for us!), we do not realize,that all these talks of National Conference,presidential candidature of Jonathan ....etc are all in the interest of the aristocratic few and not in the national interest.
Tribalism born of our lack of faith in the Nigerian project is the major problem we face in this country. My clarion call,therefore,goes to the youth of this country,guys,lets wise up and network to make things happen. Lets shun all the fake,selfish and tribalistic conflicts manufactured by the criminals created through the ethnic and tribalistic political culture of the past. Its high time we started seeing ourselves as Nigerians and not as hausas,yorubas or ibos. Let us all denounce the so called "federal character" - a curse and enemy of progressive competitiveness that's enshrined in our constitution. And remember as always that NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT HAS NEVER AND NEVER BE THROUGH POLITICS BUT THROUGH ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT.
I,therefore,implore you all to denounce your membership to political parties and connect,mingle and communicate with one another nationwide for economic advancement. Lets do business! For this is the key to National development!!!
We may not have much to celebrate right now,but,at least,we are still together even after 53 years of independence,that is worth celebrating,so let us celebrate and at the same time reflect on our experience as a nation so as to hatch a progressive plan for the future!
One more thing,help spread this message by taking just a minute or two to share this message with your friends on facebook,twitter,google+ and any other social bookmarking site you may belong to,thanks for your time.
God Bless you,
God Bless Nigeria @ 53,
happy independence day!!!
Regards,
Abdurrahman.

Nigeria Project

The greatest hinderance to Nigeria's development and progress is non other than the Nigeria's citizens' attitudes to the Nigerian project. If you ask an average citizen who he is,the probability he would say he is Nigerian is pretty low. Most would rather answer for their tribe and ethnical sect than answer for Nigeria. Most Nigerians donnot believe in Nigerian project. To add salt to sore,this ungodly attitude has been enshrined in our constitution backed up with law and a commission setup.
Literarily,this said commission,the federal character commission,is empowered by the constitution to enforce the sharing formula as agreed by the commission and the national assembly. For instance, if an hausa man is the Inspector General,the Director General of the State Security Service must be a yoruba
man even if there is a more qualified Ibo man while the Chief of defence staff would be an Ibo!
This highly sectarian way of appointment has the GREATEST damage to our co-existence and poses the greatest treat to the spirit competition and high quality productivity. And one more thing...it doesn't adequately provide for certain ethnic groups in the country!
People in the middle belt region,for instance,are often marginalized. By middlebelt,I am referring to the peoples of Benue,Kogi,Kwara and Niger states. We do have other minority ethnic groups that are not properly covered due to their small population and the discrimination of the larger ethnic groups in the same region.
The Okun,Tiv and Ebira people of the middle belt are few examples of such minority groups.
These minority groups of people seldomly get a fair share of the federal appointments allocated to their region. The Hausa/Fulani ethnic groups of their region dominate and take the largest chunk of the federal government appointments and benefit that are allocated to the North-Central region where they belong.
This has been the basis of most of the crisis and conflicts in the region. The Jos-plateau inscessant crisis,for instance, where the crisis,over the years have developed a religious undertone is a typical example of the adverse effects of encouraging tribalism in form of federal character!
Had it been that the federal character abuna no dey and every position in the country are competed for and ONLY the best is picked IRRESPECTIVE OF HIS RELIGION AND TRIBE,Nigeria would be better for it.
This federal character thing is killing us,in fact,it should be removed so that all governmental appointments are thrown in as opportunities to be competed for by EVERY AND ANY INTERESTED NIGERIAN. This would not only rejuvinate the spirit of competion and enhance productivity,it would also give a sense of belonging to a whole lot of marginalized sects and tribesmen of this country which in turn strenghten our unifying factor - the project Nigeria.
I therefore implore all Nigerians,home and away to call for the scrap of this evil sectarian policy and law and EVERYTHING associated with it. We are all Nigerians same and equal before the law,if we all contribute to the progress of the country,then,why should we have to share the benefits and rewards of everyone's hardwork by some formula that doesn't properly cover ALL those that laboured for it???
SAY NO TO INJUSTICE,SAY NO TO PARTIALITY, SAY NO TO SECTARIAN GOVERNMENT AND TRIBALISM,SAY NO TO THE FEDERAL CHARACTER PALAVA!
God Bless Nigeria!!!
Regards,
Abdurrahman.