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Nigeria unhappy with airport scans on its citizens

Beijing News.Net
Monday 4th January, 2010

Nigeria has condemned as unfair tougher screening of passengers wanting to fly to the US.
Nigeria has condemned as unfair tougher screening of passengers wanting to fly to the US.

The country has been singled out for special checks at US airports, along with some other nations whose citizens will be subject to special body searches and luggage checks.

Four other African countries, Algeria, Libya, Somalia and Sudan, will also be obliged to go through similar security scans.

Other countries subject to the rules are: Cuba, Iran, Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Yemen.

The Nigerian government has said the airport rules, brought in after a Nigerian man allegedly tried to blow up a US plane, discriminate against 150 million Nigerians.

While bomb suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab is from Nigeria, the Nigerian government has been at pains to point out he was not recruited or trained in Nigeria.
 

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Anonymous
01-04-10, 07:01 PM

Nigeria condemns passenger screening

Let’s see if the US will release this Farouk Abdulmutallab on the basis of mental disorder, as the British like to plead whenever its citizen is caught in criminal activity.

scam watcher
01-04-10, 07:52 PM

close the boarder

I think they should close all travel from Nigeria to US , until that country gets it act togother , How mahy email scams come from that country , I get 2 a day saying I won 5,000,000 but you have to send me 350.00 and all your bank info , close the boarders lets them suffer

Sir Ron
01-05-10, 10:16 AM

Nigeria condemns passenger screening

The Nigerian government has said the airport rules discriminate against 150 million Nigerians.

No just the Nigerians flying in & out of the country, NOT ALL Nigerians.

ordid
01-04-10, 08:10 PM

mahmud@hotmail.com

go to china, the chinese will sent him to the third country the way american sent the uyghur terrorist in china, since this Farouk Abdulmutallab is not a combatant to chinese land and have no intention to terrorized china

Tic Tock
01-04-10, 09:34 PM

clowns

Nigeria-Bozo

Iyke Anaebuo
01-05-10, 03:39 AM

Nigeria deserves what they are getting at the moment. More Nigerians would have died in that plane if the bomber has succeeded. It is good that the rest of the world are now beginning to se us in our true image. But when will Nothern Nigeria stop being a huge embarrassment to the rest of us? Having said that, I wish to say that the West particularly Britain and USA are hypocrites. If Nigeria should be classed as a terrorist nation because of this one incident which USA and Britain were even fore- warned about, then Usa and Britain should also make that list because their own citizens have also been involved in terrorist activities. My advice to Nigerian Government is, tit for tat; for once let’s give back to USA and Britain whatever they give to us.

Anonymous
01-05-10, 06:35 AM

Just about every country is touched by Nigerian Arrogance and trouble. Lump it.

Iyke Anaebuo
01-05-10, 07:24 AM

Iyke Anaebuo;177272]Nigeria deserves what it is getting at the moment. More Nigerians would have died in that plane if the bomber has succeeded. It is good that the rest of the world are now beginning to see us in our true image. But when will Northern Nigeria stop being a huge embarrassment to the rest of us? Having said that, I wish to say that the West particularly Britain and USA are hypocrites. If Nigeria should be classed as a terrorist nation because of this one incident which USA and Britain were even fore- warned about, then USA and Britain should also make that list because their own citizens have also been involved at one time or the other in terrorist activities. My advice to the Nigerian Government is, tit for tat; for once let’s give back to USA and Britain whatever they give to us.If every Nigerian should strip naked which I don’t have any problem with for security reasons, what Stops USA, Britain etc nationals from being subjected to the same routine at our airports? Whatever may be the case,crime no what the type should be roundly condemned. Those of us who take delight in killing for whatever reason need to think twice.

Nene
01-05-10, 08:13 AM

I saw it coming

why is US so confussed? don’t seem to know how best to handle issues, its no wonder they are getting into deeper trouble day by day. you wonder if the country is ruled by a bunch of school boys.
despite all effort form the alledge bomber’s family to stop this from happening. like someone said, there are five americans in pakistan arrested for planning to terrorise , do we classiffy the US as a terrorist country? perhaps so.
You know it the american action can be justified if this guy was trainned in Nigeria.
God has in many ways warnned the US to change it ways, humble themselves and turn to Him, he has used wars,economic crises, internal crrimes and more, to remind them that soon as we cease to humble ourself, to love each other as Gods children, he will turn his face from us.while America is busy fighting and testing all thier latest sophistication of weapons of war, China is busy producing consummer goods, building societies and investing round the world, the result today is powerful china, so rich and about to overtake the US if not overtaking already. i am afraid the way things are going in America, in the near future the country will be ruled by pride, arrogant dictators who will be quick to go to course a global war just to maintain thier so call greatness.
May God help the US.

Sir Ron
01-05-10, 10:18 AM

Discrimination

The Nigerian government has said the airport rules discriminate against 150 million Nigerians.

No just the Nigerians flying in & out of the country, NOT ALL Nigerians.

COWBOYS!!!

Sir Ron
01-05-10, 10:30 AM

Nene 01-05-10, 08:13 AM

Don’t get me wrong, I believe in God & Love Him first before ALL my family & friends...I speak to Him daily.
BUT-
Are you saying that China, doing Sooooo well now, has found God?

God Bless the U.S. & Give President Obama direction

kawahchan
01-05-10, 12:50 PM

The U.S. forgot to put Venezuela on screening list.

(R) 2012 DAN QUAYLE Presidential / Homeland security: The U.S. forgot to put Venezuela on screening list if Cuba is required, because Hugo Chavez led Venezuela is anti-American although Barack Hussein Obama is making friend with Hugo Chavez, but Chavez is seeking the patronage from Iran and Russia. The terrorists can fly to Venezuela to make a U turn to enter into the United States easily. The black Northern Africans use to use condom to hide the concain/heroin inside their colon to across the Custom gate, we worry the Islamic human-bombers can use condom to hide the fomula explosives inside their colon to get into the flights.

Doubting Thomas
01-05-10, 01:14 PM

I doubt it

Would Nigeria’s Christmas day terror suspect been able to blow up that plane? I doubt it. The dude kept that bomb for hours without setting it off. You know why,like his fellow country men,he was scared. he didn’t want to die,he thought about what he would be missing if he killed himself. I believe he brought out the bomb to see if he could throw it far far away from himself before h was subdued

Anonymous
01-05-10, 02:17 PM

Maybe his 10 virgins were too ugly!Would anybody want to spend eternity married to 10 fat ,ugly,hairy women? Of course if you came out of a cave??????

T-Lady
01-05-10, 03:36 PM

I DON'T UNDERSTAND

this guy was recruited in London and trained in Yemen. I don’t know why Nigeria should be classified as a Terrorist nation. I just don’t see the connection, DON’T UNDERSTAND IT

Sir Ron
01-05-10, 04:24 PM

T-Lady UNDERSTAND

In Africa, Egypt and Nigeria have the most populous Muslim communities. Islam is a traditional religion in West Africa. Nigeria has one of the largest Muslim populations in West Africa.

There you have it, Wikipedia reports Nigeria being 50% muslim. Most terrorist are muslim.

ashu fe
01-06-10, 01:59 AM

American promise for God We trust by God!!! (God bless American!!!)

No more to worry for american since america follow God’s procedure like peace, love, wealth,one society and so on to built on world.God bess american.

ashu fe
01-06-10, 02:02 AM

American promise for God We trust by God!!! (God bless American!!!)

No more to worry for american since america follow God’s procedure like peace, love, wealth,one society and so on to built on world.God bess american.

ashu fe
01-06-10, 02:04 AM

American promise for God We trust by God!!! (God bless American!!!)

No more to worry for american since america follow God’s procedure like peace, love, wealth,one society and so on to built on world.God bless american.

Anonymous
01-06-10, 10:01 AM

To Sir Ron ......... Wikipedia

It is uneducated minds like you .... and arrogant government appologists like you that give false dimpression about other countries.

While I am an outright supporter of President Barrack H. Obama, I still see that people like you refuse to read the facts through.

The wikipedia information is based on the puported but false information given by the Inglorious Obansanjo administration. Already, the immediated past vice-president of Christain Association of Nigeria (a Presbitarian) has challenged that claim. We know that unofficially christains form roughly 60%(if not more) of the nigerian populace. Other religions (e.g. Paganism or indeginious African religions) form roughly 5% of the populace.

So where those that live the Muslims. It is a well know fact that in Lagos state - the most populous state in Nigeria of over 18million inhabitants (where the governor is a muslim), over 65% of the people are not Lagosians by origin. Go to the market - Oshodin, teju-Osho etc, and you will find that the bulk of the people self professed christains.

Bulk of these traders are Igbos (who we can rightly say have over 95% christainity). The fourth largest Ethnic group the Ijaws in the Niger-Delta and costal settlements from west-coast to the east Coast are nominally christains. Just take a census head count of the Catholics alone in lagos and you would find that they are over several millions. Then add the Anglicans, the pentecostals and the indeginous churhes - then you would arrive at your conclusion. In fact durin the x-mas festivities when over 50% the easterners and other states indegenes in Lagos move home to celebrate the traffic flow in lagos drastically eases.

A very large population(if not more than half) of the Yorubas fron the western states are Christains.

Over 95% of the Niger-Delta states (Edo, Delta, Akwa Ibom, Cross Rivers, Rivers and, Bayelsa States) are Christains. In fact the main place you find Muslims in the Niger-Delta is in the Etsako tribe in Edo North (where Christains may even form over 50% of that population). Etsako(afemia) is divided into two local goverments. The present state governor who is from Etsako is a christain(Comrade Adams Oshiomole).

Going to the middle belt, Benue and Plateau (across rivers Niger and Benue)states have predominantly Christains. Kaduna state is roughly split even between Christains and Muslims.

Kwara State - despite being dominated politically by a family, are so-called royal families who are muslims have confortable an evenly balanced christain to muslim ratio. That is if not tilting balance towards the Christains. ( here I invite you to take a tour of Illorin the state capital and see how many parishes, churches are spread all over. And even new ones are being built.

Even the Federal Capital, Abuja(despite the injustice done the Christains by the Military dictator Ibrahim Babangida regime - where the federal mosque was built with oil money fron the Christain Niger-Delta and the christain community was asked to raise money on her own to built the National interdenominational church) has a very large christain populatio.

Despite all the plans by the Ailing prresident to remove keys christains from key positions and replacing the with northern muslims e.g Minister for Petroleum (Niger-Delta resources) is Old Rilwanu Lukman. Head of NNPC is also muslim (another injustice to the Niger-Delta). Central bank governor was removed to be replaced by another muslim Saloudu in the name of federal character. We can go on and on.

Wikipedia should get her facts right by doing an on hand/ on the ground survey before printing misleading information. Granted the upper- nothern states are muslims, but you can’t remove the fact that population density per sqaure kilometer is always more denced in caostal regions and regions where there is more natural resources and financial resources in any part of the world.

The bone of contention here is that an uneducated mind - the son of a northern elite has put over 150 millions nigerians in bad light. Vast majority of nigerias love life and would not want to die in the name of religous intolerance.

Get your facts right Sir Ron and Wikipedia. We are peace loving people otherwise we could have long split.

London Boy
01-06-10, 11:00 AM

No Leader no voice

Can Nigerians not see it?, if you have no leader to speak on your behalf in the World stage, your 150m citizens are like wanderers with no right, respect,opinion and can be insulted by any government. Ex leaders like OBJ and IBB are curses (no blessing) to the Nigeria nation.
Watch out that they don’t come back to power or your misery is not over yet.


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