In last week's roundup, I reported the story of the mysterious snake that swallowed ₦36 million in the Makurdi office of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB). It appears that the animal kingdom has launched an attack on Nigeria as another huge sum of money was swallowed by monkeys according to Senator Shehu Sani.
Senator Shehu Sani's revelation came after Senator Abdullahi Adamu was removed as the chairman of Northern Senators' Forum for mismanaging ₦70 million belonging to the Northern Senators. He stated that the money was allegedly swallowed by monkeys in Senator Adamu's farm. Nigerians reacted to the news on social media.
We're fed up
The snake will forever be in the monkey's shadow, 36 million to 70 million. Please I want out of this jungle😭😭😭😭😭
— Toyin (@FemiMoh) February 21, 2018
https://twitter.com/That_IjebuBadoo/status/966441885979021312
https://twitter.com/SAMKLEF/status/966366886157004801
https://twitter.com/Naijadailyfeed/status/966363745885802496
https://twitter.com/Iam_Abdulaxis/status/966401682719490048
https://twitter.com/Ali_McHenri/status/966383929979699206
The Nigerian government is an embarrassment to the country . To first come out and say a snake swallowed millions and now a monkey stole some more is really sad. How stupid do you think the people are? Shit makes no sense .
— Young Prince 🇳🇬 (@YoungPrince_) February 22, 2018
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First it was a snake 🐍
now it's a Monkey🐒
Is this Snake in the Money
Shadow??
Am trekking out of
this Country.🚶♂️🚶♂️🚶♂️"Council of State"#ThirdMainlandBridgeByUrban pic.twitter.com/vAeHu9VJFf
— BADBOYME (@woo_4eva) February 22, 2018
https://twitter.com/sire_liljosh/status/966577867638431746
Is Nigeria a zoo?
Snake swallows 36 million.
Monkey grabs 70 milla.
Other than the allusions to Snake in the Monkey Shadow, I'm beginning to think Nnamdi Kanu was unto something.Maybe Nigeria really is a zoo 😭 pic.twitter.com/C7yQ8WBgvu
— Yami Sukehiro🥷🔰 (@Crosseyednerd) February 22, 2018
https://twitter.com/9jademon/status/966356471826042881
Animalistic govt!
Animal farm!
Snake swallowed 36million from Jamb
Monkey swallowed N70m Of Northern Senators Forum Money
Cows demanding for our lands
Rat competing with Mr President in Aso RockWhat will now be the faith of Dogs and Lions in this government.
— Olóyè T.D Esq (@BolanleCole) February 21, 2018
Snake 🐍
Monkey 🐒
Lion King 🤴
Cows 🐄
Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s dictum of a 1914 Lugardian ZOO has come to reality.— john danfulani (@john_danfulani) February 21, 2018
On a lighter note
https://twitter.com/NigeriaSnake/status/966354538910441472
https://twitter.com/PRODEEGY/status/966348032555053056
https://twitter.com/solaadio/status/966744918298365952
https://twitter.com/omoissy/status/966395256173420545
Nigerian monkey, before and after the 70mil pic.twitter.com/v3B7eGDtdQ
— Aramide (@_aramie) February 21, 2018
So one snake swallowed 36million naira from jamb and monkey carried 70 million from a senator's farm yard, this one first bank logo has elephant on it, my 12,500 is there o pic.twitter.com/ecBYTLZEEt
— Uloma➰ (@pearllyndah) February 22, 2018
https://twitter.com/omoissy/status/966401701585522698
https://twitter.com/t_riumphant/status/966361762256883713
As expected, there's a Nigerian Monkey Twitter handle
https://twitter.com/Niger1an_monkey/status/966630244689080320
https://twitter.com/Niger1an_monkey/status/966697946396979200
A question we should all be asking:
https://twitter.com/Nigerianbadass/status/966707544327622656
If you have an answer, please drop it in the comments section. Read on for other interesting topics that trended on social media this week.
Boko Haram abducts school girls in Yobe
On Monday night, terrorist group, Boko Haram attacked the village of Dapchi about 101km North-west of Damaturu, the Yobe State capital. The attackers reportedly opened fire on Dapchi residents and set many of their houses ablaze. Leaving many of them, including students of the Government Girls Technical College, Dapchi to run into the bushes for safety.
Many of the school girls were seen forced into trucks by the Boko Haram insurgents. After the attacks, about 94 school girls could not be accounted for.
Yobe girls school attack: 94 students missinghttps://t.co/liTuaYLRBw pic.twitter.com/z2xA6XmgZA
— Daily Trust (@daily_trust) February 21, 2018
This is coming after the Nigerian presidency reportedly paid the terrorist group €3 million to release the Chibok girls that were abducted in 2014. Here's how Nigerians reacted on social media.
Not again!
As for the missing Yobe children,.we are short of words. We only pray it is a nightmare and hope to wake up to hear that it never happened. We can’t afford to travel the Chibok way again. Govt must be alive to its responsibility and call for help where capacity is lacking
— YY Sani (@yysani19) February 22, 2018
The reports about missing girls from Government Girls Science and Technical Secondary School, Dapchi Yobe State after a Boko Haram attack are too similar to the #ChibokGirls saga and should be handled better. I have a terrible sense of Déjà vu. We can't allow this happen again!
— Ben Murray-Bruce (@benmurraybruce) February 21, 2018
https://twitter.com/newscantell/status/966623784907223040
God forbids that .@AsoRock @MBuhari & @HQNigerianArmy continue to keep the Public in suspense any further on what really happened two days ago at the Government Girls Science and Technical Secondary School, Dapchi Yobe State following a reported Boko Haram attack. #NotAgain.
— Oby Ezekwesili (@obyezeks) February 21, 2018
People tried to debunk the news
Some people are praying on daily basis for calamities to befall Naija so they can use it to demonise @MBuhari govt.
Revisit haters TL to see their joy on the BH attack of Girls school in Yobe state will convince you of their intention for PMB.
Thank God no student was kidnap
— GENERAL OMOKO (@Maiomoko) February 21, 2018
Some people are praying that the news of abducted school girls in Yobe should be true.
May your evil thoughts consume u all.
Soulless folks.
— #AsiwajuOladimeji (@AsiwajuOladimej) February 21, 2018
YOBE UPDATE: No girl is missing, all found alive and healthy.
Find the nearest tree and hang yourself. pic.twitter.com/oXjAbRRo2f
— Adamu Hayatu® (@AHayatu) February 21, 2018
From ur report: “I asked the school’s principal if there were abductions or deaths in the school and she said no, I am not unaware of the rumours going on; I want to appeal to the press and the society to please cooperate with the security agencies in this situation" - Yobe CP https://t.co/N9vgjGtgYt
— Jubril A. Gawat (@Mr_JAGs) February 21, 2018
Then we heard that the girls had been rescued
BREAKING: #Military rescue abducted Yobe schoolgirls inside bushhttps://t.co/t0AZ6PVRT3 pic.twitter.com/MrMB2vOjdY
— Daily Trust (@daily_trust) February 21, 2018
What a relief it was for me to learn that the schoolgirls and teachers of GSS Dapchi in Yobe State are safe. However, we must be vigilant. https://t.co/xeEmMRCtt8
— Atiku Abubakar (@atiku) February 20, 2018
A combine team of military personnel have rescued the abducted Yobe schoolgirls at Jilli-Muwarti, a border village between Gaidam in Yobe state and Borno State..........
— Ayekooto (@DeeOneAyekooto) February 21, 2018
https://twitter.com/Sumner_Sambo/status/966420466968776704
Apparently...
FLASH: Parents of missing school girls after Boko Haram attacked a girls-only school in Dapchi, Yobe state said there is no evidence that Nigerian security forces rescued any of the missing girls as being speculated pic.twitter.com/wG5EkjKlIu
— Sahara Reporters (@SaharaReporters) February 22, 2018
First you deny that 94 girls were abducted by Boko Haram from their school in Yobe.
Ur were exposed and forced to admit that u were LYING.
Now u say that the girls have been rescued by the military which is ANOTHER FAT LIE!
Buhari STOP the lies and FIND the girls!
— Femi Fani-Kayode (@realFFK) February 22, 2018
Very conflicting accounts of what happened at Dapchi. Yobe state gov say 51 "unaccounted for" but they expect many to be found. A parent of a girl who is missing told me he saw girls being taken away in a truck and figure of missing is 93.
— Stephanie Hegarty (@stephhegarty) February 21, 2018
I hear Aso Rock so furious that I busted their lies since the abduction of School Girls in Yobe. They are personally calling media houses to say the School Girls have all returned. LOL
One of the School Girls that escaped said Boko Haram put abducted girls in trucks.
— Comrade Deji Adeyanju (@adeyanjudeji) February 21, 2018
Double standards
Femi Adesina or Aunty Laura Onochie will soon come out and tell us that Jonathan allowed Boko Haram to kidnap over 200 Chibok School girls but under Buhari, 'only' 94 Yobe School girls were kidnapped. Who wants to bet?
— Prof Stanley Nwabia (@MrStanleyNwabia) February 21, 2018
Chibok girls kidnap, they were all screaming GEJ's name even in their sleep.
Dapchi girls kidnap, they are calling on Yobe Governor?
The bulk no longer stops on Buhari's table?
Chai, Nigerians have a Masters Degree on Hypocrisy.
Jesu!
— Miz Cazorla (@MizCazorla1) February 23, 2018
When Chibok girls were abducted some members of the Jonathan admin denied the abduction. Those who attacked the govt then for the denial are same ones shamelessly denying this Yobe abduction.
We didn't think GEJ was bad. We just wanted power.
— Callings (@CollinsUma) February 22, 2018
In the heat of the moment, the Yobe State Government claimed that the girls had been rescued but later retracted the statement stating that earlier reports were due to misinformation from men of the Nigerian Army.
Update: Apology and clarification by the Yobe State Government on the missing/abducted #DapchiGirls. pic.twitter.com/OCKAreHkX3
— Dr. Aminu Gamawa (@aminugamawa) February 22, 2018
The same Nigerian Army who told us they killed Shekau, are the ones who said all the girls at Dapchi, Yobe have been rescued.
Meanwhile Yobe government have confirmed about 48 girls are still missing.
It will be very difficult to believe any information from the army again.
— Kemi (@d_problemsolver) February 22, 2018
A parent in Dapchi just told us the governor of Yobe addressed them told them NO GIRLS have been rescued. Despite several sources telling us they have. They are devastated and very confused.
— Stephanie Hegarty (@stephhegarty) February 22, 2018
dear colleagues, the only trusted source in this Yobe abduction should be the parents of the girls.. We can't trust the Nigerian state for this information, we will end up with doctored press statements.. Chibok repeating itself again
— Mercy (@AbangMercy) February 22, 2018
Read more reactions here.
Black Panther VS Batman
We have finally seen Marvel's Black Panther and it was lit. By we, I mean the Techpoint team, check out photos from our trip to Wakanda here. This week, while more people were storming the cinemas to see the movie, an argument ensued on social media regarding our new favourite superhero and Batman.
https://twitter.com/omoissy/status/965599701780353024
For Black Panther
Ok people lets do the Maths
Technology - Black Panther wins
Hand to hand combat - Black Panther wins
Speed and reflex - Black Panther wins
Endurance - Black Panther wins
Brains - Batman win (but not by a long shot)
Wealth - Black Panther wins
Now you decide who wins pic.twitter.com/X8Ue3TxLCb
— Alex (@siralexjosh) February 20, 2018
https://twitter.com/uthman_waxcav/status/964423233444302850
https://twitter.com/TheGeeksCore/status/966313853658324993
But T'Challa would shred Batman into fine pieces.
Are you people kidding me?
— u. atreides (@ucheobidi) February 19, 2018
https://twitter.com/STATEofCONFUZUN/status/965009579036872709
When Batman tries to compare himself with #BlackPanther 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/SaLq5kDT24
— KOBZ (@AgbaKobz) February 19, 2018
How I saw Batman before I watched Black Panther Vs how I see him now pic.twitter.com/0ZZaDqM2qz
— www.KRAKS.co (@KraksTV) February 19, 2018
People saying black panther won’t beat Batman are delusional. Not saying this because of the movie but black panther has beaten captain America on multiple occasions. Are you jonzing?????
— GMK (@GMKmonsta) February 20, 2018
Black panther would whoop Batman’s ass tho. I won’t argue. Lol
— •zen• (@ZenPepraH) February 19, 2018
Everything that Batman can do, Black panther can plus more. Unarmed combat, speed, agility, tech,that he is a polymath too.. When batman met cap, he acknowledged cap could beat him and Black Panther beat both cap and crossbone at the same time amongst others...
— Kemi SmallzZ (@kemismallzz) February 19, 2018
For Batman
How can you compare Black Panther to Batman..Where was Black Panther when Batman started saving people from the 90s with his sophisticated bat car..Most of y’all got to know Black Panther just last year..You are here comparing Wakanda To Gotham..Animals😡
— Jollof Guy 🐐 (@JollofGuy) February 20, 2018
Superman once called batman the most dangerous man in the world is who you people are disrespecting like this over a man that drinks ribena before he can fight https://t.co/XyNgMGn6a9
— Osi (@Osi_Suave) February 19, 2018
OK I need to speak
BatMan is the most skilled fighter in the comic universe, he's by far most intelligent superHero.. But needs time to strategize.
Hand to hand combat, he'll destroy Black Panther.
Batman is Underrated.— cruel lenny will (@iwilsonnonny) February 20, 2018
https://twitter.com/nah_know/status/965607679174565888
Strip them to nothing, Batman comes out on top. In the justice league, Batman is not to be messed with, if any of them steps out on line including himself, he is ready to take them down. Black panther doesn't have the ingenuity Batman has. Without the suit black panther is nothin
— Ọchịchịrị (@ochichiri) February 19, 2018
If Batman was in the same universe as black panther, trust me he would have vibranium. Bruce wayne is not to be fucked with
— Oma (@OmaMahmud) February 20, 2018
But here's a summary
Superman > Batman
Thor > Black panther
Hulk > Thor
Bruce Wayne > T'challa without herbs— kenna (@kennagq) February 19, 2018
Can't decide
https://twitter.com/Ismou008/status/965580704632451072
https://twitter.com/KngGh/status/966319148455350273
No one is rooting for Batman. So I'm just going to. We've seen that Vibranium can be deactivated. If Batman has time to prepare he can set his traps and get Black Panther in one of them
— Bread (@oloruntobiallen) February 19, 2018
Check this:
Igbo Batman can give Black Panther nightmares https://t.co/vGKb8rQ9Hf
— RaMaverick 💯% (@RamzZy_) February 19, 2018
Dana Air, again Part 2
This week, an aircraft belonging to Dana Airline skidded off the runway at the Port Harcourt International Airport in Rivers State. If you recall, two roundups ago, I reported that the door of a Dana Air aircraft fell off upon landing at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. Thankfully, there were no casualties this time as well.
FLASH: @DanaAir aircraft flying from Lagos to Port Harcourt overshoots runway, presently inside the bush from where passengers are being evacuated pic.twitter.com/b5kXZxHsqY
— Sahara Reporters (@SaharaReporters) February 20, 2018
Here's what Dana Air had to say about the incident:
https://twitter.com/DanaAir/status/966059993526087680
Nigerians have since expressed their displeasure at the airline on social media.
Dana Air again?
https://twitter.com/officialdaddymo/status/966182457820241920
Dana Air slogan should actually be "fly at your own risk".
— Aisha Ismail. (@pearl_a_) February 20, 2018
@Gidi_Traffic isn't it wonderful how Dana air blames every mishap on everyone but itself.
— onyiie (@Still_essa) February 21, 2018
Why is Dana Air still in business?
Dana Air needs its license revoked till further notice.
— Ovie (@OvieO) February 20, 2018
Ordinarily, DANA Air flights should be boycotted, I see no reason why they should operate freely tomorrow sef
— ‘Lami Apejoye (@MsLami_A) February 20, 2018
Just heard about the Dana Air incident, I lost a good friend on the 3rd of June 2012 as a result of the last crash, we are not over it, it still hurts. Let’s not cause more grief to other families, fix up or bow out
— Toke Makinwa (@tokstarr) February 21, 2018
Dana Air needs to be suspended until they get new planes. I dont care if its bad weather
— Abdul MET (@Ambassador_MET) February 21, 2018
Stop flying Dana Air
Dana Air killed 153 passengers. One of the most painful air crashes recorded in this country but you all forgot that in a rush and still handed them back their licenses. Very sad. Dana is a disaster waiting to happen. Avoid it
— Do2dtun Energy gAD (@iamDo2dtun) February 21, 2018
https://twitter.com/Ali_McHenri/status/966227257063821312
https://twitter.com/henryo147/status/966217133557460992
Some years ago, Dana Air crashed killing about 153 passengers, last 2 wks, the same airline exit door fell off upon landing & last night Dana Airline overshots the runway into a bush while trying to land .
Nigerians who still use this airline obviously don't cherish their lives.
— Kemi (@d_problemsolver) February 21, 2018
Result of bad governance
While I wouldn't be caught on a Dana Air plane these days, there are other things to consider here - pretty much every airport in this country save Abuja has really poor runway lighting. THAT is also a crisis. https://t.co/sXPdWiPmup
— Chxta (@Chxta) February 20, 2018
https://twitter.com/femiTRIP/status/966074753038606337
https://twitter.com/henryo147/status/966206298537807873
Other reactions
Am I the only one thinking this?
Since when that pilot boy went for #BBNaija, #Dana Air started having issues.
Truly everybody needs a Miracle. Even DanaAir.— That Hybrid Guy (@Zuronye) February 20, 2018
Dana air is d peace mass transit of air travel
— Isimmili™ 🇹🇿 (@Udu_ako_mmiri) February 20, 2018
https://twitter.com/ItsBollyLomo/status/966217366039416833
DanaAir’s motto should be “At your own risk”
— Bibi (@BillkisuB) February 21, 2018
Dana air is d peace mass transit of air travel
— Isimmili™ 🇹🇿 (@Udu_ako_mmiri) February 20, 2018
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