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EfemenaXY:


British only as per their dad.

Is Mr Sienna’s name on their birth certificate? If yes, has she applied for their ports?

If not, why not?

How could you possibly know this?

Dyt:
I can see
They called on a supermod

If this thread goes down
Then nairaland is worthless

Mynd44 is not here to close the thread.


Yet.

EfemenaXY:


If she can’t feed herself and kids, can’t get government , hasn’t unskilled her self in the last 10 years to get a half decent job to sustain herself and kids, how will they survive?

Will you continue sending her donations for how long?

What do you think will happen if social services gets involved??

And you think it’s better for her to risk losing her kids to foster care than go back to Nigeria?

She’s lucky Mr Sienna hasn’t reported her yet for illegally living in the UK

EfemenaXY:


There are no free government schools back in Nigeria?

You say she has nothing. What does she have in the uk? Apart from the threat of social services taking the kids into foster care? You think that beats life in Naija?

She should go back to Naija. She went to school. She has a trade. Let her put those skill to good use back in Nigeria.

Daaaaaaaammmmmnnnn!

Kids that were born in UK have no rights in UK?

EfemenaXY:


And what I find alarming is how anyone who claims to be neutral would swallow a story hook-line-and-sinker based on hearsay and no substantial facts. Hardcore facts.

So, IF truly the wife:

- has no legal rights to remain in the UK

- is so hardup for cash that she needs the children’s Child Benefits and Tax credits to survive

Why doesn’t she return back to Nigeria and live a better quality of life for less? Why insist on merely existing in penury and trying to eke out a living?

Wow! Where is your conscience?

docadams:
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Eagerly waiting for the bolded. I was in rampt attention for the period the whole thing lasted. The only other times I have done that was during Shagari's budget presentations to hear when the wind of austerity measures is declared over, and during IBB SAP broadcast waiting for the broadcast to end so one can fellow protesting students in the street.

Whoa! Somebody old enough to talk to!

Melian:
If these are the reasons he likes Chioma, then there's nothing really special about her. Unfortunately for him, davido, he's been meeting the wrong set of women that chioma's characteristics now seem peculiar/special to him.

It's bullsh1t! Wait till she has her own kids! You ever heard the term "Olorogun"?

wonlasewonimi:


I dey fear you o....

I'm harmless.

It seems naijagypsy is on a mission....so why is the wife not validating your points? she is a regular on these boards na.

You're too smart for this kain question, Oga Sir!

Maybe I don't know you at all.

Withdrawn.

This is terrible. Yup, I still believe. Stay strong.

wonlasewonimi:
Meeen people know so much about people. Wondering what people know about me now...

I know you better than you know yourself.

Kidding! I kid I jest.

By the by, DYT is a superstar. Bow down, earthling!

P.S. Thread is going into Nairaland dustbin, my crystal ball says.

naijagypsy:
First of all if anyone has a clear conscience and fights for the rights of women and children i would suggest that this post is not deleted.

As Nigerians we are trying to move forward and also remove any notions that Nigerian men are abusive and even when they are ,we want to be known as people that make the abs able and not otherwise. so i am going to break this down for you all.

Sienna is a domestic ab who left his wife and children. he denied his wife the legal rights to stay in the UK after having 3 kids for him.

if anyone is in the UK they will be familiar with the payments made for children by the government and he held them for himself. he abandoned his family for over two months, moved in with another woman and has not paid a penny for his kids. I know his wife personally and alot of well wishers have been ing her. he doesn't send any money for the kids and repeatedly lies. he even tried getting his wife deported and there is evidence of that as he was trying to get another girl called "mercedes: on nairaland to come and marry him while he gets his wife deported. this is why he never sorted her immigration papers, threatened his wife with the police. she is a hardworking woman but when a man brings you to an unknown country and doesn't give you any rights to work, there is not much you can do. even to sanitary basics and food shopping he did it all himself to keep his money and the money given to him by the government.

he came and lied to all of you and opened a fraudulent Go fund me page and deceived you all. as we speak he has changed his numbers and his wife cant reach him. he has totally disappeared and doesn't care about his three kids. i am not some random stranger saying this as i know that he is doing this!

now let me tell you about housing. he has always lied to the UK government to get housing assistance and in turn he gets a property and doesn't pay rent. he gets evicted from properties despite the money being given to him to pay the landlords. he refuses to pay and keeps it. his wife unfortunately doesn't have access to any of the s where the government pays money so she is normally left to the fate of his irresponsibility.he also never pays utility bills or council tax.

he has been abusive to his wife so many times. calls the police once she tries to defend herself, literally has not been in ,and when he posted the lies he told you recently i was in SHOCK! please no matter what you all do, DO NOT SEND HIM MONEY OR DO ANY TRANSACTIONS WITH HIM! i tell you this because i have witnessed it all. if this post get deleted i am going to post on all social media and nigerian sites to protect people from him. even ladies on nairaland please be very careful!

its not about the woman its the 3 kids he has completely abandoned and is using the money the government gave them. he is stealing from them! yet he comes here acting like some auto-expert.what kind of heartless man would do this? honestly if any of you can reach him on here please do and let him come and challenge this post. and i am going to be writing to his employer as well and other organizations.

his wife is currently trying her best to take care of the kids and is fighting to stay in the country to care for the kids. and sienna if you get to read this.. i want you to know that you are a very VILE DIGUSTING AND EVIL HUMAN BEING! i am british as well so you cant do anything to me. all your threats will not work on me as i have solicitors and i have lodged a complaint against you for the threats you made against me.

s i am very happy to speak to you. do not take this post down please..

SIENNA BE A MAN AND GO AND TAKE CARE OF YOUR CHILDREN! GO AND TAKE CARE OF YOUR INNOCENT KIDS.. NOONE IS BEGGING YOU TO BE MARRIED. BE RESPONSIBLE.. I AM REPORTING YOU TO THE BENEFITS FRAUD TEAM! YOU ARE A SCAMMER..

your wife did not file for divorce!!!! you are a liar!!!!!!! stop lying to the good people here

OP, it might make things worse for all involved if you all report to employers or make any more scandalous posts on other sites. Hopefully, he's sufficiently chastened. You all can negotiate now. You have the upper hand. Get him to legalize his wife so she can be free to work and her kids. He should stop any divorce proceedings and you all should avoid the wife abuse route if at all possible. It wouldn't be good for the kids. (At least keep it out of the media, if you do.) Hopefully she can herself well once she has status. Also, if her kids were born there, doesn't it make it easier to get status or at least harder to get deported?

Good luck.

Dude is probably just homeless. He looked like a man since he couldn't bathe and wash his hair often. (Do we even have homeless shelters in Nigeria? Wait! What am I saying? ) I don't understand the phones though. He may have been ing himself by stealing phones. He's lucky they let him go. Go and sin no more.

OgahBohz:
Am just waiting for Davido's relationship and Banky's marriage to crash , if unlike call me a hater ...

I have malaria o , just leave me alone

Isn't Banky the one that recently got married? I get him and D'Bange mixed up. Don't laugh.

Anyway. don't wish for people's marriages to crash no matter how loathsome you find them. On the other hand, friends with benefits, affairs, baby mama and side chick dramas though, couldn't care less!

Take quinine and paracetamol for the malaria.

emsheddy:
A young man that boasts of having 30billion should be able to present a gift of 45m to his bae nau! Lemme see one babe that will ask me for that kind of gift with my 30k balance. I will jejely give you 4500 naira gift. Thats the level of what is available compared to davido!

sprints1:
bros its #450 not #4500 I just did the calculation naw

greyham:
I guess we will never really know the true story to this drama.

That Siena guy must be going through a lot

Going through a lot?

Or putting others through a lot!

I just saw this thread. Don't know much about the Siena guy and wasn't a fan. Once I read a post where he bragged about fukking up the mechanics of a car because a customer owed him a few hundred pounds. The driver could have died!

I believe the OP.

Unidentified Speaker

THE UNITED STATES IMPORTS OF CRUDE OIL FROM NIGERIA HAS CONSIDERABLY GONE DOWN. DID YOU DISCUSS THE NEED FOR THE U.S. TO INCREASE THE IMPORT OF CRUDE OIL FROM NIGERIA?


Unidentified Speaker

NO, WE CANNOT TELL WITH -- WE CANNOT TELL THE UNITED STATES WITH TO DO. THE PROGRESS MADE BY TECHNOLOGY IS CERTAINLY -- FRAME ON OUR. I HOPE YOU CAN ALLOW THEM TO USE OUR CRUDE -- VIS-A-VIS --


PRESIDENT TRUMP

I THINK MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE, WHAT WE DISCUSSED TODAY WAS OUR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS GOING INTO NIGERIA, WHICH NIGERIA WANTS. WE HAVE CERTAIN BARRIERS THAT DON'T ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN. FOR THE GOOD OF OUR FARMERS, U.S. FARMERS, AND THE GOOD OF NIGERIA, AND ALL OF AFRICA. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT WE ARE ABLE TO SELL OUR GREAT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS INTO NIGERIA, AND THAT WILL HAPPEN, AND WE WILL BE WORKING ON THAT RIGHT AWAY. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH, THANK YOU EVERYBODY.


PRESIDENT TRUMP

IT IS AN INTERESTING THOUGHT. WE ARE LOOKING AT VARIOUS COUNTRIES INCLUDING SINGAPORE. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF THE DMZ. PEACE HOUSE, FREEDOM HOUSE, AND HER SOMETHING THAT I THOUGHT WAS INTRIGUING, I THINK SOME PEOPLE MAY BE DON'T LIKE THE LOOK OF THAT AND SOME PEOPLE LIKE IT VERY MUCH. I THREW IT OUT TODAY AS AN IDEA. I ALSO TOLD PRESIDENT MOON, AND THROUGH PRESIDENT MOON WE CONNECTED WITH NORTH KOREA. THERE'S SOMETHING I LIKE ABOUT IT BECAUSE YOU ARE THERE. IF THINGS WORK OUT THERE IS A GREAT CELEBRATION TO BE HAD. WE ARE LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY OF DOING IT. WE ARE LOOKING AT VARIOUS COUNTRIES, INCLUDING SINGAPORE. IT HAS THE CHANCE TO BE A BIG EVENT. THE UNITED STATES, I WAS TALKING TO JOHN BOLTON. THE UNITED STATES HAS NEVER BEEN CLOSER TO POTENTIALLY HAVING SOMETHING HAPPEN WITH RESPECT TO THE KOREAN PENINSULA THAT CAN GET RID OF THE -- OF THE NUCLEAR WEAPONS, CREATE SO MANY POSITIVE THINGS AND PEACE AND SAFETY FOR THE WORLD. I OFTEN SAY WHO KNOWS? MAY BE A LOT OF THINGS CHANGE. KIM JOHN THEN -- KIM JONG ONU HAS BEEN STRAIGHTFORWARD SO FAR. NHE'S TALKING ABOUT NO RESEARCH, NO LAUNCHING OF BALLISTIC MISSILES, NO NUCLEAR TESTING. HE HAS LIVED UP TO THAT FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT AS -- LOOKING AT THAT AS A POTENTIAL SITE. IF IT DOESN'T WORK OUT WELL, THAT'S THE WAY IT GOES.


Unidentified Speaker

ARE YOU STILL CONFIDENT THAT THE SUMMIT WILL HAPPEN?


Unidentified Speaker

I THINK THEY VERY MUCH WANTED. WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT. PERSONALLY I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A SUCCESS. IF IT'S NOT A SUCCESS YOU HAVE TO GET RID OF THE NUCLEAR WEAPONS. IF IT'S NOT A SUCCESS I WILL RESPECTFULLY LEAVE. THANK YOU ALL, VERY MUCH.


Unidentified Speaker

WHY DO -- POSE A RISK TO NATIONAL SECURITY?


Unidentified Speaker

WRAPPING UP THIS BRIEFING WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP AND NIGERIA'S PRESIDENT, IT'S THE FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT FROM AN AFRICAN HEAD OF STATE DURING THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY. IF YOU MISSED ANY OF THE BRIEFING YOU CAN SEE THE ENTIRETY. . .

https://www.c-span.org/video/?444866-1/president-trump-holds-news-conference-nigerian-counterpart&start=32

Unidentified Speaker

PRESIDENT BUKHARI, I WANT TO ASK YOU, CAN YOU WOULD DRESS HIS REPORTED COMMENTS FROM EARLIER THIS YEAR WHEN YOU REPORTEDLY -- WHEN HE REPORTEDLY USED VULGAR NATE -- REPORTEDLY USED POKER LANGUAGE TO DESCRIBE -- REPORTEDLY USED FOLDER LANGUAGE TO DESCRIBE AFRICAN NATIONS.

President Buhari

I'M VERY CAREFUL ABOUT THE VALIDITY, OR WHETHER THAT ALLEGATION -- THE BEST THING FOR ME IS TO KEEP QUIET.


PRESIDENT TRUMP

WE DIDN'T DISCUSS IT. AND YOU HAVE SOME COUNTRIES THAT ARE IN VERY BAD SHAPE, AND VERY TOUGH PLACES TO LIVE IN. BUT WE DIDN'T DISCUSS IT BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT KNOWS ME AND HE KNOWS WHERE I'M COMING FROM. MR. PRESIDENT, YOU CAN ASK A QUESTION.


Unidentified Speaker

THAT LADY ALREADY. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. MY NAME IS GIULIANA. MR. PRESIDENT TRUMP, NIGERIA IS IN NEED -- WOULD YOU BE KIND ENOUGH TO RELEASE -- AND HOW SOON WILL YOU BE VISITING NIGERIA?


PRESIDENT TRUMP

I WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO VISIT NIGERIA. IT'S AN AMAZING COUNTRY. IN CERTAIN WAYS I HEAR FROM THE STANDPOINT OF THE BEAUTY OF THE COUNTRY, THERE'S NO COUNTRY MORE BEAUTIFUL. I WOULD LIKE TO. THE FIRST PART OF YOUR QUESTION, I COULDN'T HEAR WHAT YOU ARE SAYING, GO AHEAD.


Unidentified Speaker

HELICOPTERS.


PRESIDENT TRUMP

HELICOPTERS, WE LOVE THEM. HE LIKES THE MORE THAN I DO. THEY ARE BUYING A LOT OF HELICOPTERS.


Unidentified Speaker

WE WANT TO KNOW HOW SOON THEY WILL BE LEAVING THE COUNTRY.


PRESIDENT TRUMP

WE ARE GETTING THEM APPROVED. PROBLEM WAS YOU WEREN'T ALLOWED TO BUY HELICOPTERS IN OUR COUNTRY, AND NOW YOU ARE. NOW YOU CAN BUY THE HELICOPTERS YOU WANT. THEY WEREN'T ABOUT -- WEREN'T ALLOWED TO BUY THE HELICOPTERS FOR VARIOUS REASONS. NOW THEY GET THEM, AND THEY GET THEM VERY QUICKLY, AND THEY ARE THE BEST HELICOPTERS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. WE MAKE THE BEST MILITARY EQUIPMENT ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. AND NOW OUR FRIENDS CAN BUY THAT EQUIPMENT.


Unidentified Speaker

MR. PRESIDENT.


PRESIDENT TRUMP

DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE PRESIDENT?


Unidentified Speaker

MY QUESTION TO PRESIDENT TRUMP, THE FACTOR OF CORRUPTION IS ONE OF THE MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS THAT -- THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS ONE OF THE MAJOR COUNTRIES. TO WHAT EXTENT DO DISCUSS THE NEED TO FUND CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, TO CUT DOWN FUNDING FOR TERRORISM, AND ALSO TO REDUCE ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION FROM NIGERIA TO YOUR COUNTRY?


PRESIDENT TRUMP

WE HAVE ACTUALLY DISCUSSED ALL OF THOSE TOPICS AT LENGTH OVER THE LAST PERIOD OF TIME. IN OF CORRUPTION, NIGERIA HAS A REPUTATION, AS YOU UNDERSTAND VERY WELL, FOR VERY MASSIVE CORRUPTION. I ALSO KNOW THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN ABLE TO CUT THAT DOWN VERY SUBSTANTIALLY. HE HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT AND THEY HAVE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS. I THINK THEY WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE A LOT OF PROGRESS. WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY, AND FRANKLY THE COUNTRY ITSELF, THAT INVESTS IN NIGERIA. ALSO CUTTING DOWN ON THAT CORRUPTION ELEMENT AND A CORRUPT ELEMENT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US READ THE PRESIDENT WILL BE A TO DO THAT.

Unidentified Speaker

MR. PRESIDENT, WHEN YOU ARE SITTING DOWN IN THE OVAL OFFICE WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP WHO RAN ON NOT WANTING TO BE THE POLICE MAN FOR THE WORLD, WHAT KIND OF ARGUMENT DID YOU MAKE TO CONVINCE HIM TO CONTINUE A MILITARY PRESENCE IN YOUR COUNTRY? AND HOW ARE RECEPTIVE WAS HE?


Unidentified Speaker

THERE IS A TRAINING TEAM BASED ON THE EXPERIENCE OF TRAINED OFFICERS. I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST THINGS THE UNITED STATES CAN DO TO STABILIZE OUR COUNTRY.


Unidentified Speaker

HE AGREED WITH THAT?


Unidentified Speaker

I DO.


Unidentified Speaker

THANK YOU.


Unidentified Speaker

IT'S A FAIR QUESTION, WE MORE AND MORE ARE NOT WANTING TO BE THE POLICEMAN OF THE WORLD. WE ARE SPENDING TREMENDOUS AMOUNTS OF MONEY FOR DECADES ON POLICING THE WORLD AND THAT SHOULD NOT BE OUR PRIORITY. WE WANT TO POLICE OURSELVES AND WE WANT TO REBUILD OUR COUNTRY. THE PRESIDENT UNDERSTANDS THAT. THEY ARE DOING A GREAT JOB AND HAVE COME ALONG WAY AND WE ARE CONTRIBUTED BUT THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB. WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS OPEN NIGERIA AND OTHER COUNTRIES UP TO TRADE. BECAUSE WE HAVE SPENT OVER THE LAST DECADE, NUMBER THAT IS SO LARGE YOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE IT AND I THINK WE WILL BE TREATED IN A RECIPROCAL FASHION NOW AS OF TODAY SO I THINK THAT WILL HAPPEN. I HAVE GREAT RESPECT FOR THE PRESIDENT, OK? HOW ABOUT JORDAN FABIAN? THE HILL.


Unidentified Speaker

THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT IRAN. THE ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER CRITICIZE THEIR NUCLEAR PROGRAM. HAVE YOU MADE UP YOUR MIND TO PULL OUT OF THAT DEAL AND IF YOU DO PULL OUT, DO YOU -- DO YOU WORRY IT SENDS THE WRONG MESSAGE TO NORTH KOREA AS YOU ENTER NUCLEAR TALKS. >>


PRESIDENT TRUMP

NO, I THINK IT SENDS THE RIGHT MESSAGE. SEVEN YEARS IS TOMORROW, THAT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE. NO, IF ANYTHING IT'S PROVEN RIGHT THAT WHAT ISRAEL HAS DONE TODAY WITH THE NEWS CONFERENCE, AND PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU JUST GAVE -- I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYBODY HAS SEEN IT, BUT I GOT TO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF IT. AND THAT IS JUST NOT AN ACCEPTABLE SITUATION. THEY ARE NOT SITTING BACK I LAY THEY ARE SETTING OFF MISSILES -- ACT IDLY -- NOT SITTING BACK IDLY. THEY ARE SETTING OFF MISSILES. ON THE 12TH WE WILL MAKE A DECISION. THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE WON'T NEGOTIATE A REAL AGREEMENT. THIS AGREEMENT WASN'T APPROVED BY TOO MANY PEOPLE. AND IT'S A HORRIBLE AGREEMENT FOR THE UNITED STATES. INCLUDING THE FACT THAT WE GAVE IRAN $150 BILLION, AND $1.8 BILLION IN CASH, AND $150 BILLION. YOU KNOW WHAT WE GOT? WE GOT NOTHING. THAT DOESN'T MEAN I WON'T NEGOTIATE A NEW AGREEMENT, WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. I THINK IF ANYTHING, WHAT HAPPENING TODAY, AND WHAT HAPPENED OVER THE LAST LITTLE WHILE, HAS REALLY SHOWN THAT I'VE BEEN 100% RIGHT.

Unidentified Speaker

THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, THANK YOU, SIR. STEVE MILLER OF THE WASHINGTON TIMES? THANK YOU, STEVE.


Unidentified Speaker

THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I HAVE A TWO-PART QUESTION ON IMMIGRATION. LAST WEEK IN THE SUPREME COURT CASE OVER THE TRAVEL BAN, THE LAWYERS FOR THEM SAID IF HE WOULD APOLOGIZE FOR SOME OF YOUR RHETORIC DURING THE CAMPAIGN, THE OLD CASE WOULD GO AWAY. .


Unidentified Speaker

I DON'T THINK IT WOULD, NUMBER ONE. THERE IS NO REASON TO APOLOGIZE. OUR IMMIGRATION LAWS IN THIS COUNTRY ARE A TOTAL DISASTER. THEY ARE LAUGHED AT ALL OVER THE WORLD FOR THEIR STUPIDITY. WE HAVE TO HAVE STRONG IMMIGRATION LAWS. IF I APOLOGIZE, IT WOULDN'T MAKE $.10 WORTH OF DIFFERENCE AND IS NOTHING TO APOLOGIZE FOR. WE HAVE TO HAVE STRONG IMMIGRATION LAWS TO PROTECT OUR COUNTRY.


Unidentified Speaker

LOOKING TO THE FUTURE, THE CARAVAN HAS ARRIVED AT THE U.S. BORDER.


Unidentified Speaker

WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING IT.


Unidentified Speaker

IN YOUR OPINION, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THOSE PEOPLE DO YOU BELIEVE ARE DESERVING OF ASYLUM IN THE U.S.?


President Trump

I WON'T GET INTO PERCENTAGES THAT WE ARE A NATION OF LAWS. WE HAVE TO HAVE BORDERS. IF WE HAVE NO BORDERS, WE HAVE NO COUNTRY. I HAVE BEEN WATCHING FOR WEEKS AS THE CARAVAN CAME UP. THE MEXICAN LAWS ARE VERY TOUGH ON IMMIGRATION, EXTREME THE TOUGH. IT STARTED OUT WITH WAY OVER 1000 PEOPLE AND I GUESS IT'S DOWN TO ABOUT 100 GOING ALL THROUGH MEXICO. PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE WHAT A BIG COUNTRY MEXICO IS BUT IT CAME DOWN BY A LOT. NOW WE ARE WORKING ON THE BORDER WITH THE WORST LAWS OF ANY COUNTRY ALL OVER THE WORLD. WE ARE DOING THE BEST WE CAN WITH IT. WE HAVE TO HAVE CHANGES IN CONGRESS AND WE HAVE TO HAVE IT QUICKLY. WE NEED A WALL, NUMBER ONE AND YOU SEE THAT NOW. EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT A PARTICULARLY GOOD WALL AND A SMALL PERCENTAGE CAN CLIMB TO THE TOP, THEY HAVE TO BE AN EXTREMELY GOOD SHAPE. A SMALL PERCENTAGE CAN CLIMB THAT PARTICULAR WALL. WE HAVE A WALL IT'S MUCH MORE DIFFICULT. IF YOU DID NOT HAVE THAT, YOU WOULD HAVE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE POURING INTO THE COUNTRY. YOU HAVE TO HAVE A WALL AND WE NEED BORDER SECURITY. AND WE WILL HAVE BORDER SECURITY. AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE SENDING MANY, MANY NATIONAL GUARDSMEN DOWN TO THE BORDER, MOST OF THEM ARE ALREADY THERE. THAT'S HAVING A BIG IMPACT. WE NEED A CHANGE IN THE LAW, CATCH THEM IS RIDICULOUS. IF THEY TOUCH OUR PROPERTY, IF THEY TOUCH OUR COUNTRY, ESSENTIALLY, YOU CATCH THEM AND YOU RELEASE THEM INTO OUR COUNTRY. THAT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE TO ANYBODY. WE NEED A CHANGE IN THE LAW.

President Buhari:

MR. PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE MEDIA, IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE AND HONOR TO VISIT WASHINGTON, D.C. AND THE KIND IMITATION OF PRESIDENT TRUMP. NIGERIA AND THE UNITED STATES SHARE A LONG HISTORY OF CORDIAL RELATIONS WHICH ARE POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, MILITARY, SOCIAL AND INCLUDE CORPORATION. OUR TWO COUNTRIES MAINTAIN A STRATEGIC SENSE OF SECURITY. CONFLICT RESOLUTION AS WELL AS A GLOBAL FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM. WE ALSO SHARE SECULAR AND FEDERAL STATES, SIMILAR TO THE MODEL OF GOVERNANCE AND COMMITTED TO HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, FREE ENTERPRISE, SOCIAL JUSTICE, AND THE RULE OF LAW. PRESIDENT TRUMP AND HIS TEAM AND MYSELF AND THE NIGERIAN TEAM DISCUSSED ISSUES RELATED TO SECURITY, TRADE, GOVERN ANTS, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND HUMANITARIAN CRISIS. WE CONGRATULATE THE LEADERS OF THE NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA OF THEIR HISTORIC MEETING AND APPLAUD THEM FOR THE POSITIVE COMMITMENT THEY HAVE MADE TO DENUCLEARIZE THE KOREAN PENINSULA. PRESIDENT TRUMP DESERVES A GREAT DEAL OF CREDIT FOR HIS ROLE IN TRANSFORMING THE COURSE OF EVENTS IN THAT REGION. WE ALSO CONGRATULATE THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT ON THE IMPORTANT ROLE IT PLAYED IN THE DEFEAT OF ISIS. ALTHOUGH, SOME OF THE REMNANTS HAVE FOUND THEIR WEIGHT TO THE REGION. WE CONGRATULATE A STRONG UNITED STATES IN OUR FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM AND APPRECIATE VERY MUCH THE UNITED STATES AGREEMENT [INDISCERNIBLE] TO SELL US WARPLANES. IT EFFECTIVELY WILL HELP US FIGHT TERRORISM. TO CONTAIN INSURGENCY IN NIGERIA, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS ADOPTED A SECTORIAL APPROACH INVOLVING RELATED GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO ADDRESS THE SOCIAL ECONOMIC ISSUES. THE ARMED FORCES OF NIGERIA PROVIDE SECURITY AND MAINTAIN LAW AND ORDER. AS PART OF EFFORTS TO ADDRESS IMAGINED CASES OF INSURGENCY IN THE COUNTRY, THE NIGERIAN MINISTRY ADOPTED COUNTERTERRORISM INSURGENCY APPROACH CALLED OPERATION SAFE CORRIDOR 2-D RADICALIZE, RE-ABOUT A CLAUSE -- REHABILITATE AND REINCORPORATE BOKO HARAM INTO SOCIETY. THIS PROGRAM IS CURRENTLY INCLUDED IN A NUMBER OF PROJECTS. [INDISCERNIBLE] A NUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS INCLUDING INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE OPERATION SAFE CORRIDOR. WE INDICATED THAT WE WOULD APPRECIATE WHATEVER WE COULD GET FROM THE UNITED STATES. WE APPRECIATE THE UNITED STATES IN THE RECONSTRUCTION AND REHABILITATION EFFORTS IN THE NORTHEAST OF NIGERIA AS WELL AS HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO THE INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS THROUGH AGENCIES LIKE THE UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA HAS BEEN, TO DATE, THE BIGGEST CONTRIBUTOR TO THE HUMANITARIAN CAUSE. WE GET OVER HALF $1 BILLION IN CASH AND IN-KIND THROUGH THE UNITED NATIONS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. THIS HELPS WITH FOOD ASSISTANCE AND SHELTER. WE ARE DOING ALL WE CAN TO SECURE [INDISCERNIBLE] IN THIS CONTEXT, WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK IN COLLABORATION WITH UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE GATHERING, NEGOTIATIONS, AND INFORMATION SHARING. THE GOVERNMENT IS TAKING NECESSARY STEPS TO PROMOTE A CUP A PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE BY FOCUSING ON SECURITY AND RELATIONS THAT WILL GUARANTEE FARMERS ACCESS TO LAND. I EXTEND SINCERE CONGRATULATIONS TO PRESIDENT TRUMP AND HIS GOVERNMENT ON THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE UNITED STATES ECONOMY UNDER HIS WATCH. OUR AIM IS TO DIVERSIFY OUR OWN ECONOMY BY FOCUSING ON AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY. POWER AND INFRASTRUCTURE. WE HAVE IMPORTED RICE BUT NOW IMPORT LESS, THEREBY SAVING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY. WE THANK THE U.S. FOR THEIR INVESTMENT IN THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY ESPECIALLY THE NON-OIL SECTOR. [INDISCERNIBLE] THERE IS A TRADE AND FRAMEWORK. IT'S A BASIC ECONOMIC FRAMEWORK FOR ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN OUR TWO COUNTRIES. NIGERIA'S TRADE WITH THE UNITED STATES IS $6 BILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS. [INDISCERNIBLE] WE URGE A GREATER EFFORT TO INCREASE THIS SUBSTANTIALLY. WE THANK THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT VERY MUCH FOR COOPERATION WE HAVE RECEIVED IN OUR EFFORTS TO RECOVER STOLEN FUNDS. OUR TWO GOVERNMENTS HAVE PUT MACHINERY IN PLACE FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE ATTORNEY GENERALS TO COOPERATE AND ENSURE RECOVERY OVER $500 MILLION IN UNITED STATES FUNDS THAT WE HAVE INVESTED AROUND THE WORLD. WE CONGRATULATE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT ON LAUNCHING THE ASSET RECOVERY INITIATIVE WHICH WAS SPEARHEADED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. WE HOPE WE CAN CONTINUE TO COUNT ON THE UNITED STATES IN THIS AREA. THE GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA REMAINS DEEPLY COMMITTED TO THE PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN RIGHTS AS WELL AS THE PROTECTION OF PEOPLE'S FREEDOMS. WE COMMIT TO ENSURE THAT ALL DOCUMENTED CASES OF HUMAN RIGHTS . I THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE]

https://www.c-span.org/video/?444866-1/president-trump-holds-news-conference-nigerian-counterpart&start=32

President Trump:

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, THANK YOU. TODAY, I AM HONORED TO HOST PRESIDENT BUHARI OF NIGERIA AT THE WHITE HOUSE RIGHT HERE IN THE BEAUTIFUL ROSE GARDEN. PRESIDENT BUHARI, I WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TRAVELING TO WASHINGTON FOR THESE IMPORTANT DISCUSSIONS. IT'S A TRUE PLEASURE TO WELCOME YOU TO OUR NATIONS CAPITAL. NIGERIA'S THE LARGEST TOMOGRAPHY IN AFRICA. AS I CONVEYED BUHARI TO PRESIDENT IN OUR DISCUSSIONS, THE PRESENT -- THE UNITED STATES DEEPLY APPRECIATES NIGERIA'S ROLE AS A STRONG, DEMOCRATIC LEADER IN THE REGION. THE UNITED STATES IS CURRENTLY WORKING TO EXPAND TRADE AND COMMERCIAL TIES WITH AFRICAN NATIONS INCLUDING NIGERIA TO CREATE JOBS AND WEALTH IN ALL OF OUR COUNTRIES. WE HOPE TO BE THE ECONOMIC PARTNER OF CHOICE FOR NATIONS ACROSS THE CONTINENT AND ALL AROUND THE WORLD. AND YOU SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH RESPECT TO TRADE AND THE UNITED STATES. WE ARE BEING RESPECTED AGAIN. I HOPE ALL AFRICAN COUNTRIES AND COUNTRIES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD THAT WE ALSO WILL BE ING YOU AND THAT THEY WILL LIKEWISE US IN OUR BID ALONG WITH CANADA AND MEXICO FOR THE 2026 WORLD CUP. WE WILL BE WATCHING VERY CLOSELY AND ANY HELP THEY CAN GIVE US IN THAT BID, WE WOULD APPRECIATE. I AM PLEASED THAT NIGERIA'S ONE OF OUR LARGEST TRADING PARTNERS IN THE REGION. WE LOOK FORWARD TO GROWING OUR TRADE RELATIONSHIP BASED ON THE PRINCIPLE OF FAIRNESS AND RECIPROCITY. WE GIVE NIGERIA WELL OVER $1 BILLION IN AID EVERY YEAR. WE HAVE ALREADY STARTED TALKING WITH THE PRESIDENT ABOUT TAKING DOWN THE TRADE BARRIERS. VERY SUBSTANTIAL BARRIERS TO THE UNITED STATES TRADING WITH NIGERIA. WE THINK THAT WE ARE OWED THAT AND PRESIDENT BUHARI HAS TAKEN STEPS TO FIGHT CORRUPTION AND IMPROVE THE NIGERIAN BUSINESS CLIMATE AND MOST OF ALL, TO ME, RIPPING DOWN THE TRADE BARRIERS. THESE MEASURES WILL MAKE IT EASIER FOR NIGERIA AND THE UNITED STATES COMPANIES TO INVEST AND WE WILL BE INVESTING SUBSTANTIALLY IN NIGERIA IF THEY CAN CREATE A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD. I ESPECIALLY WANT TO THANK PRESIDENT BUHARI FOR THE NIGERIAN PARTNERSHIP AND LEADERSHIP IN THE FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM. HE HAS BEEN A REAL LEADER. NIGERIA WAS ONE OF THE FIRST AFRICAN NATIONS TO THE COALITION TO DEFEAT ISIS. NIGERIAN FORCES ARE CURRENTLY LEADING REGIONAL EFFORTS AGAINST ISIS IN WEST AFRICA. THEY ARE DOING VERY WELL AS WE HAVE. NIGERIA IS ALSO LEADING AFRICAN NATIONS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST BOKO HARAM. ANOTHER RUTHLESS JIHADIST TERRORIST GROUP. YOU HAVE BEEN READING ABOUT THEM. THEY KIDNAPPED THE YOUNG GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN, MANY OF WHOM NEVER ARE SEEN AGAIN. THAT'S TOUGH STUFF. THIS SUMMER WAS MY HONOR TO MEET WITH TWO BRAVE YOUNG WOMEN, JOY AND LUYYDIA WHO WERE KIDNAPPED BY BOKO HARAM IN APRIL OF 2014 AT THE SECONDARY SCHOOL IN NIGERIA. I WAS DEEPLY MOVED BY THEIR INSPIRING STORIES OF COURAGE, RESILIENCE, AND SURVIVAL. THEY REALLY WORK TO AMAZING AND WOMEN. I TOLD JOY AND LYDIA, MY ISTRATION IS COMMITTED TO COMBATING BOTH JIHADIST TERRORISM AND THE SCOURGE OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND SMUGGLING. IN THE WORLD TODAY, THERE IS MORE HUMAN TRAFFICKING THAN THERE HAS EVER BEEN IF YOU CAN BELIEVE THIS. THEY USE THE INTERNET BETTER THAN ALMOST ANYBODY IS ABLE TO USE THE INTERNET. IN A MODERN WORLD, IN THIS WORLD, THERE IS MORE HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND SLAVERY THAN AT ANY TIME IN THE HISTORY OF THIS WORLD. IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE. TO PROTECT AMERICANS FROM THESE MENACES, I'VE CALLED ON CONGRESS TO CLOSE DEADLY IMMIGRATION LOOPHOLES THAT ARE EXPLOITED I TERRORISTS, TRAFFICKERS AND CRIMINALS. JUST LOOK AT OUR SOUTHERN BORDER AND ARE WEAK AND OBSOLETE IMMIGRATION LAWS. THEY ARE OBSOLETE AND THEY ARE WEAK AND THEY ARE PATHETIC. THERE IS NO COUNTRY IN THE WORLD THAT HAS LAWS LIKE WE DO. THEY'VE GOT TO CHANGE AND THEY GOT TO CHANGE NOW FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR COUNTRY. WE ARE ALSO HELPING OUR NIGERIAN PARTNERS BY FACILITATING INTELLIGENCE, COOPERATION, AND PROVIDING TRAINING AND MILITARY EQUIPMENT TO NIGERIAN FORCES. FOR EXAMPLE, WE RECENTLY SOLD NIGERIA 12 U.S. 829 SUPER AIRCRAFT. IT WAS THE FIRST EVER SALE OF AMERICAN MILITARY EQUIPMENT TO NIGERIA. THESE NEW AIRCRAFT WILL IMPROVE NIGER'S ABILITY TO TARGET TERRORISTS AND PROTECT CIVILIANS. FINALLY, WE ARE DEEPLY CONCERNED BY RELIGIOUS VIOLENCE IN NIGERIA INCLUDING THE BURNING OF CHURCHES AND THE KILLING AND PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS. IT'S A HORRIBLE STORY. WE ENCOURAGE NIGERIA AND THE FEDERAL STATE AND LOCAL LEADERS TO DO EVERYTHING IN THEIR POWER TO IMMEDIATELY SECURE THE AFFECTED COMMUNITIES AND PROTECT INNOCENT CIVILIANS OF ALL FAITHS INCLUDING MUSLIMS AND CHRISTIANS. MR. PRESIDENT, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR VISITING THE WHITE HOUSE AND BEING WITH US TODAY. NIGERIA IS A VALUED PARTNER AND A GOOD FRIEND. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING CLOSELY WITH YOU TO DEEPEN OUR COOPERATION AND FORGE AN EVEN CLOSER PARTNERSHIP. THE UNITED STATES IS COMMITTED TO WORKING ALONGSIDE NIGERIA AS WE SEEK A FUTURE OF STRENGTH, PROSPERITY, AND PEACE FOR BOTH OF OUR COUNTRIES. MR. PRESIDENT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]

I found a transcript on C-Span. Because of the way it is compiled on C-Span, I will need to make several posts. I do not have much time to edit, so it will be mostly verbatim.

A note: For those who are not familiar and have not read my previous threads on USA Presidential State of the Union addresses or live/breaking news and press conferences, to kill time during boring segments, I tend to imbue my running commentary with a lot of levity.
Plus the occasional jabs - usually directed at Obama the US president at the time. . No disrespect to GMB. See you next time.

Eddiecute86:
I don't even know what Nigerians are doing there. Nigeria is far better than that country. They are very poor . I have dealt with them over here in Dubai when one of them tried to berate Nigeria I finished him with my mouth I told them the history of their country and the percentage of their poverty all they do is housemaid. I was eloquent and my my grammar was way to much for them to understand one of them almost wept his eyeballs turns red. Ever since then they are always scared of me they don't try any shit when I am around they can only talk behind my back.

They're also very vengeful. Watch your back.

Nigeriabiafra80:
I need to go closer to my television after putting the equaliser to vocal to hear buhari speak honestly he is right calling us lazy youth ,I can't believe I wasted my precious time listening to him

He's not good at the public speaking.

I was going to listen again but a transcript will do. I did hear him say "gomanment."

docadams:
What a beautiful day. I have never seen Trump warming up to a foreign dignitary like he was to PMB. All said and done, it appears U.S need Nigeria more than Nigeria needs her. A day to be proud of Nigeria.

As long as we don't put ourselves in a position of opening up our borders to their murderous foreign policies. That's probably too late, as we've been hearing for years now that a deal was made to allow USA put their bases on Nigerian soil. First they come in as advisors, before you know it we have an Abu Ghraib prison on our hands.

I also didn't find the conference particularly warm. Trump was condescending, but that is his demeanor. And if you go begging, you won't be treated as an equal, unfortunately. I don't have a problem with Trump; he was elected to look out for his own people. But I had hoped he would curtail American tendency to start wars and invasions all over the place. The jury's still out on that.

If I find a good transcript of the press conference, I will post it when I have time today.

enlady:
The human rights abuses are an after thought to you guys right? So much for your idol Buhari

Let me clarify. I was typing and working and trying to report comments as it was happening. I was initially addressing whether the conflict in the north targets specific people and religion. That's the religious persecution I was talking about. No one can claim that majority victims of the bombings are not fellow Muslims.

But, yes, there is a serious problem with how the military is persecuting those they are arresting as combatants, and the arrest of the Shiites. I created a Nairaland thread about it as far back as 2012/3!

Trump would like to visit Nigeria, "very soon." "There's no country more beautiful."

Trump says they discussed the comment.

Here comes the s-hole question!

Immigration question.

I just know we'll have a "s-hole" question. Probably from that semi-literate woman reporter. Can't her name.

Trump has zero patience. He;s already fidgeting. Lol.

Oh, Buhari speech is over.

Journalists questions. . .

I like traditional wear. Always. But I don't like the dowdiness of Buhari's outfit. A little thicker fabric or some color would have been nice. It's spring.

Can somebody do a play-by-play? What's my president saying?