President Buhari and the $1bn splurge on military equipment

Posted on Tue 27 November 2018 in Nigeria • Tagged with News, Opinion, Politics, corruption, Buhari, Nigerian Army, weapons, military hardware, Metele, Borno State, Boko Haram

President Buhari in April 2018 approved the release of $1bn for the procurement for military weapons with the stated intention of crushing the Boko Haram terrorist group. 7 months on, the threat from Boko Haram doesn't seem to have abated, especially in the light of recent events:

On November 18 …


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The Failure Of The Nigerian Government To Protect Its Citizens

Posted on Wed 30 April 2014 in Opinion • Tagged with Nigeria, Boko Haram, Borno State, Goodluck Jonathan, President Goodluck Jonathan, Chibok

Relatives of abducted schoolgirls protesting

Two weeks.

That's how long 190 schoolgirls have been abducted for. They were abducted from their school in Chibok, Borno State in North-Eastern Nigeria. President Jonathan should be held personally responsible if anything bad happens to these innocent children, despite numerous dubious claims that the Government is winning the "war …


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