iblawi:
It seems there are newly delivered aircrafts in Yola. Can anyone confirm the aircraft that were inspected in Adamawa.

Are you sure about these, I'll get across to a airforce friend in Adamawa.

giles14:
https://warisboring.com/the-man-who-ruined-the-soviet-warplane-industry-b1bd3527e508#.lhnlqcopx

The russia is always a threat to the United States of America and will always be a thorn in there flesh...

Journalist detained over Boko Haram link.

http://www.news24.com.ng/National/News/reporter-detained-over-boko-haram-link-20160906

Army impounds militants’ gunboats


http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/general/army-impounds-militants-gunboats/161550.html

MORE NN DEEP DIVING

Eze: Exit of a Biafran war hero

Recently,  Anthony Okoro Eze who retired from the Nigerian Army as a Colonel passed on at the age of 80 years.  He was born on  December 23, 1935.  He attended Government College Umuahia from 1949 to 1955 and was in Nile and Simpson houses respectively.  Though he was much older than me, as a fellow Old Boy of Government College Umuahia, I knew him fairly well and interacted very closely with him in 2007 when he was to be honoured by the Lagos Branch of the Association at its Annual Dinner of which I was the chairman of the Dinner Committee under the presidency of C.N.C. Nweke.
In February 1956, he joined the Officer Cadet Training at R.O.S.T.S., Teshie, Accra, Ghana till September 1956.   He was one of the few Nigerian Military Officers of his time like Yakubu Gowon (who later became Head of State) and Alexander Madiebo (who later became the General Officer Commanding (G.O.C.) of the Biafran Army) to attend the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, United Kingdom.  This he did from January 1957 to December 1958 when he was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Nigerian Army.  He was then posted to Signal Corps of the Nigerian Army.  From 1960 to 1961 he was at the Royal Signals Training School Catterick Camp, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.  Thereafter he was posted to Congo from February 1961 to August 1961 and was Commander of Nigerian Army Signal from 1964 to 1966.  He married Mrs. Joan Angelina Eze from Grenada, West Indies in 1960.  They have three children, Andrew, Yvette and Chukwuma who are all married with children.
By far, Eze would be remembered in history for his heroic war efforts in Biafra.  As a well-trained and experienced military officer in Nigeria, it was only natural that being an officer later in the Biafran Army, he had to play a key role in the war.  As he told me himself in 2007, “If a true and complete account of the civil war on the Biafran side is to be rendered, I (Eze) Madiebo and Ojukwu are the three people who can sit down together and jointly write such a book”. Needless to say that never happened. By way of background information, let me add that Government College, Umuahia by 1966 had produced thirteen mid-level and Senior Officers in the Nigerian Armed Forces.  At the start of the war, they also became officers in Biafra.  These include but are not limited to Madiebo, Eze and Captain August Okpe, the only one of them in the Biafran Airforce (BAF) who in 2010 published a major book on the air-war between Nigeria and Biafra titled, “Biafra: The Last Flight”. There were other new entrants in Biafra like Lieutenant Achike Udenwa (who later became governor of Imo state). Their number led to speculations both in the Nigerian Armed Forces and Biafran Armed Forces about the existence of the “Umuahian Mafia”. We can get glimpses of Eze’s activities shortly before the war and then in Biafra from the book, “The Nigerian Revolution And The Biafran War”, written by Madiebo (one of the 3 persons Eze had referred to earlier) in 1980 and published by Fourth Dimension Publishing Co. Ltd. It was Eze that received Madiebo from Kaduna at the Ikeja Airport, Lagos at 1500 hours on the 19th of June, 1966 and drove him in his private car to see the Head of State, Major General J.T.U. Aguiyi – Ironsi wherein Madiebo in the presence of Mobolaji Johnson (then Governor of Lagos State) warned Ironsi of an impending coup against him.  The coup eventually took place in July, 1966.
In Biafra from March 1967, before the start of war hostilities, Eze and Madiebo in order to improve the intelligence gathering of Biafra, acting on their own initiative, visited various parts of Northern Nigerian boarder almost every night in an attempt to get information from friendly natives.  They undertook this dangerous task without carrying weapons. (Recall that it was in a similar operation that Major Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu died in controversial circumstances).  Initially, Eze was Commander of 52 Brigade of Biafran Army with its headquarters in Calabar and responsible for the defence of the 75 miles of coastline between Ikang on the Cameroun boarder and Opobo on the Imo river basin.
However, he had gone to help out at the Nsukka Sector when war broke out at Calabar. With the Nigerians forces gaining the upper hand in Calabar, Nsukka and later Onitsha sectors where he operated at different, times, he was branded a saboteur by the civilian populace, just like some senior officers in Biafra.  Although sabotage cannot be totally ruled out in a war situation, the political authorities could not admit that despite the gallant and brave efforts of Biafran troops in many battles, the simple truth was that the balance of ammunition tilted heavily in favour of the Nigerians with strong backing from Britain.  So, the propaganda of sabotage was sustained against Eze and others in order not to demoralize the civilian populace.  Subsequently, the Biafran Commander-in-Chief posted him to Army Headquarters as Chief of Operations under Madiebo, away from field operations.
To underscore the disparity between how equipped the Nigerian Forces were during the war compared to Biafran Forces, herein is reproduced an emergency signal sent to the Biafran General Officer Commanding by Colonel Akagha of the 56 Brigade.  “From: 56 Brigade. To: Tactical Army Headquarters.  Info: Defence Headquarters, Commander-in-Chief.  Commander for GOC. Situation in this sector is definitely out of hand if not hopeless.  Not a single round of ammunition held while enemy pressure continues ceaselessly for the past 48 hours.  We intend to stay on and make the supreme sacrifice.  Please help before it is too late.  We who are about to die, salute you”. See Madiebo page 195. Eze was recalled to field operations when the situation in the war front was becoming hopeless and propaganda alone could not win the war.  He plotted the successful offensive to clear Ikot Ekpene of Nigerian Forces.  First, his troops carried out series of diversionary, “confidence” operations to capture ammunition from Nigerian forces and draw its troops out of Ikot Ekpene for a final onslaught.
The first operation under a gallant Biafran Officer, Nweke, had troops crossing into Umuabayi from Akwete. “Soon afterwards, the Biafran battalion captured Umuabayi, together with the enemy ammunition and food dump located there.  Not everything captured could be brought across the river but that which was brought back included 100,000 rounds of ammunition, 50 bicycles, 3 battery charging machines, 4 wireless sets, 2 typewriters, 300 rounds of 105mm shells, 2 anti-aircraft guns and ammunition, a few weapons and fairly large quantities of food and clothing.  During an enemy counter attack at Umuabayi, our troops destroyed a Saladine and an Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC)”.  See Madiebo pages 260 to 261. Madiebo reports that the second diversionary offensive planned by Eze was equally successful.  It was carried out by the 61 Brigade under Major Okeke.  The operation was aimed at pushing the enemy at Nkwok as far back towards Opobo as possible and also threaten or take Opobo if possible.    Thereafter this is how Madiebo (page 263) reports Eze’s main objective and final offensive to clear Ikot Ekpene, “The operation started well and progressed very fast.  Almost from all angles, the enemy was on the run after a short-lived resistance.  Soon the Biafran first Battalion of 58 Brigade was astride Uyo road and the second Battalion had swept through Ibibio Estate College into Ikot Ekpene town.  In the uncontrollable excitement of the chase, the Battalion cleared the entire town instead of clearing only the left side of it as was ordered.  This was because troops of 62 Brigade who were to clear the right half of the town, were yet to arrive.
This exceptionally good Biafran Battalion was under the command of Major Archibong, one of the bravest officers I ever met.  We completely cleared Ikot Ekpene and up to a minimum radius of six miles.”. Eze was soon promoted to the rank of a Brigadier by the Commander-in-Chief, Ojukwu though he continued to have brushes with the political authorities till the end of the war.
In conclusion, it is people like Eze that provided the sterling leadership for Biafran troops to perform extra-ordinary human feats that made the French Deputy, Ambassador Raymond Offroy to declare on a visit to Biafra, “Before I came to Biafra, I was told that Biafrans fought like heroes.  But now I know that heroes fight like Biafrans”. May Eze’s soul rest in peace.

Good evening, please be informed that there will be a repeat broadcast of the Nigerian Army documentary on the fight against terrorism and insurgency titled Rights/Upholding the Rules of Engagement”, as follows:

a. Nigerian Televisilon Authority (NTA), today, Monday 5th September 2016 from 11.00-11.30pm (2300-2330hrs).

b. Television Continental (TVC), tomorrow, Tuesday 6th September 2016 from 8.30-9.00pm (2030-2100hrs).

Nigeria military

NTA and their archaic way of doing things.

So, they can't just upload it online for people to download and view ni?

bidexiii:

Good evening, please be informed that there will be a repeat broadcast of the Nigerian Army documentary on the fight against terrorism and insurgency titled Rights/Upholding the Rules of Engagement”, as follows:

a. Nigerian Televisilon Authority (NTA), today, Monday 5th September 2016 from 11.00-11.30pm (2300-2330hrs).

b. Television Continental (TVC), tomorrow, Tuesday 6th September 2016 from 8.30-9.00pm (2030-2100hrs).

rugged7:
NTA and their archaic way of doing things.

So, they can't just upload it online for people to download and view ni?

Hahahaaaahahaaaa......

bidexiii:
RANDOM PICTURES

What vehicle is that at the background? I mean this:

Vikkie14:
What vehicle is that at the background? I mean this:

@henry240 can u pls help us with the I.D, pls.

Vikkie14:
What vehicle is that at the background? I mean this:

That's an Inkas Light Armoured Vehicle.

Henry240:


That's an Inkas Light Armoured Vehicle.

So we do av lnkas LAV , in our inventory.?

BATTLE FIELD PICTURES....


- Nigerian Army T-72 Tank maneuvers into attack position

- soldiers conducting defensive maneuvers under attack by BHT.

- NA technicals firing on enemy positions.

Nigerian Army confirms death of four soldiers in boat mishap

The Nigerian Army has confirmed the death of four Soldiers in a boat mishap in Bayelsa.
The Army said the remains of the soldiers were yet to be found, but residents said two bodies have been recovered.
Four soldiers drowned during the ongoing military training exercise codenamed “Operation Crocodile Smile” after their boat capsized along Brass Water Front, Brass Local Government Area of the state.
The acting spokesperson of the Nigerian Army, Sani Usman, announced the death on Tuesday in a telephone interview.
Mr. Usman said the search for the bodies is underway.
A resident in the area, Jonah Kennedy, however said two of the four bodies have been recovered as at Tuesday evening by local divers.
“I learnt that the community youth, soldiers and other local divers are on search to see that those bodies are recovered,” he said. “This evening, we heard that two of them have been found.”
The Chairman of the Maritime Workers Union in Bayelsa, Lloyd Sese, described the incident as unfortunate. He urged the federal and state governments to improve emergency response along waterways in the state.

MILITARY WARNS MILITANT GROUPS
The Defence Headquarters wishes to alert the general public of the disturbing spate of how various militant groups are springing up in the Niger Delta with each of them hiding under regional agitation to commit all manners of crimes and atrocities.
The latest being the Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate (NDGJM) that claimed responsibility for blowing up NNPC oil pipeline few days ago. The same group has come out again, demanding residents living near oil and gas infrastructure to vacate their homes to avoid being caught in its next attacks.
The Defence Headquarters wishes to state, in clear term, that no group or individual has the right to threaten or force residents in any part of Nigeria to abandon their homes in obeisance to certain group’s selfish and devilish interest.
It is more worrisome that despite the Federal Government’s olive branch to broker peace and profer solution to the lingering Niger Delta problem, some groups are still fanning the ember of war. The military and other security agencies would remain focused, un-intimidated and will display professionalism in ensuring adequate security to lives and property.
While the Armed Forces respect the Government’s negotiation with relevant stakeholders in the Niger Delta, the military exercise and operations in the area are not targeted at any group or meant towards making lives difficult for the inhabitants. The ongoing exercise is geared towards enhancing civil-military relationship and building the confidence of the resident on the ability of the military to protect them. The exercise also demonstrates the strength of the troops to purge the region of criminals and economic saboteurs. The Armed Forces would not tolerate any form of criminality in that region.
The military and other security agencies wish to therefore re-affirm their total commitment to ensure security of lives and property, not only in the Niger Delta, but throughout the federation. We also solicit the cooperation of all the stakeholders, including the royal fathers, leaders and youths to achieve this feat. We urge public, especially those residing in the Niger Delta, to discountenance the threat and request innocent citizens and those domiciled therein to go about their legitimate businesses.
RABE ABUBAKAR
Brigadier General
Acting Director Defence Information

bidexiii:
BATTLE FIELD PICTURES....


- Nigerian Army T-72 Tank maneuvers into attack position

- soldiers conducting defensive maneuvers under attack by BHT.

- NA technicals firing on enemy positions.

Pls upload the video.

Katyusha:
Pls upload the video.

Hahahahahahahaaaaa......

The picture is from henry240's thread.....!

bidexiii:


Hahahahahahahaaaaa......

The picture is from henry240's thread.....!

Looks like a combat footage screenshot...are you sure its not from a video?

Katyusha:
Looks like a combat footage screenshot...are you sure its not from a video?

It is a photo, not from a video screenshot.

Henry240:


It is a photo, not from a video screenshot.

How many units of these Inkas LAV,do we av.....any idea?

bidexiii:

How many units of these Inkas LAV,do we av.....any idea?

Nope, i have no idea.

Al-Shabaab militants behead two Somali elders


http://africa.tvcnews.tv/2016/09/07/al-shabaab-militants-behead-two-somali-elders/

TROOPS ARRESTS WANTED SUSPECTED NATIONAL ECONOMY SABOTEURS

Troops of 222 Battalion /Sector 1 Operation DELTA SAFE, 4 Brigade Nigerian Army have arrested a suspected national economy saboteur, one Mr. Gabriel Ogbudje (an Ex-militant leader), also the alleged leader of the "Otugas Fire Force", a militant group threatening to attack Utorogu Gas Plant.

He was alleged to be responsible for the recent act of economic sabotage perpetrated on NPDC/Shoreline major delivery trunk line within Ogo-Oteri general area, Ughelli North Local Government Area, Delta State, on the 26th of last month.

The suspected militant who was trailed, was arrested by troops along Agbor-Abraka road, Edo State on Tuesday 6th September 2016. He has been on the run since he was declared wanted because of his public declaration as the leader of the militant group "Otugas Fire Force" and his subsequent declaration of the threat code named "Crocodile Tears", which was published by the Vanguard and Thisday newspapers on 31st August 2016, while the Brigade was engaged on the military field training exercise nicknamed "Operation Crocodile Smile". Gabriel was arrested along with his accomplice, Mr. Elvis Dweller Ejus.

Both suspects were handed to Operation DELTA SAFE for further interrogation and subsequent handing over to the relevant security agency for prosecutions.

Please recall also that troops of 13 Brigade Nigerian Army in conjunction with Nigerian Navy, Nigeria Air Force and covert operatives of the Defence Intelligence Agency, arrested a suspected kingpin of the Niger Delta Avengers, Isaac Romeo, that goes by the appellation of "G2" in their terrorists camp.

He was arrested along with two other persons; Mr. Lawson Samson and an elderly man, Mr. Iyang Ekpo in Calabar, Cross State while driving in a vehicle with registration number, CRS 86 AO1 on Saturday, 3rd September 2016.

The arrest followed painstaking efforts and tracking of the militant who was in the state to perpetrate further criminal activities of sabotaging critical infrastructures.

All the suspects are currently being interrogated.

Thank you for your usual and kind cooperation.

Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman
Acting Director Army Public Relations

TROOPS ARRESTS ANOTHER WANTED BOKO HARAM TERRORIST

The Boko Haram suspect on the wanted list number 105, Muhammed Bulama, has been arrested by troops on Tuesday 6th September 2016 in Yobe State.

Bulama was arrested along side with 2 other suspected Boko Haram terrorists; Ardo Abba Muhammed (elder brother to Bulama as claimed) and Muhammadu Kaigama, in Azare community, Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe State, with the help of the local vigilantes in the town.

They were arrested riding on horseback and bicycle shepherding some sheep towards market.

During preliminary investigation, the suspected terrorist personally confirmed his photograph on the wanted list and further revealed that he specialized on rearing animals for the terrorist group.

He further confessed that they came to the village to sell the animals as they had ran out of cash in their hideout and would also get some food items back to for the upcoming Sallah festivity.

Thank you for your usual and kind cooperation.

Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman
Acting Director Army Public Relations

A YEAR IN OUR HEART NOW......


REST IN PEACE SEAMAN AMASEIMOGHA PAUL

You weren’t the first Naval personnel to die in the battle against insurgency, but the special thing about your death is that when you stepped on a landmine, you knew death was unavoidable (considering our present level of technology, training and other factors I wouldn’t want to mention), so you alerted your colleagues to steer clear as far as they could go, away from the mine, before detonating the explosive. What an act of bravery?
All those whom you have saved will forever remain in your debt. Those of us who were not in the battle field with you also appreciate your gesture. It’s only in the movies we find a soldier with your kind of heart.
Adieu Paul.

#NA CAIMAN MRAPS

TERRORISTS CAMPAIGN.


The Nigerian army might be ready to face new dangers in Boko Haram's campaign as new challenges are coming up.

Nigeria's military has liberated large swathes of land from Boko Haram but a ride with an army convoy, all guns firing for fear of ambush, shows how far the northeast is from normality after a brutal Islamist insurgency that has displaced millions.
The moment military convoys leave the relative safety of Bama, Borno state's second town, soldiers in the lead vehicle open fire with a heavy cannon into the scrub along the road to pre-empt attacks by remaining fighters from the Islamist group.
As they head for the regional capital, Maiduguri, the soldiers scan the road for bombs or booby-traps, while shooting at any possible cover - abandoned petrol stations, burned out farmhouses, trees, even clumps of elephant grass.
Jeep drivers behind them in the convoy join in, firing assault rifles indiscriminately through windows with one hand while gripping the steering wheel with the other.
"If there is somebody there and you fire at him, he definitely wants to fire back so then you know his position and take action," said Colonel Adamu Laka, the military commander in Bama. "You are trying to seize the initiative."
Such extreme measures highlight the lack of security across Borno despite the army's success in driving Boko Haram out of occupied territory that 18 months ago was the size of Belgium.
Reuters was given access to the Nigerian army on the ground as it seeks to reimpose order in Borno after seven years of dominance by Boko Haram, one of the world's deadliest Islamist groups and a major challenge to a government also grappling with an economic crisis caused by plunging oil prices.
As the first international reporting team to travel through the area by road since Boko Haram was pushed back, Reuters was able to see the devastation caused by the group. Roads are highly dangerous, no food is grown in the fields, and people are still trickling out of their hiding places in the bush.
The military campaign has curbed an insurgency that has killed at least 15,000 people since 2009 but in a new phase of the conflict, the army now finds itself facing small groups of guerrillas operating in the sparsely populated, wooded terrain.
In July, Boko Haram fighters hiding in trees along the Bama-Maiduguri road ambushed a United Nations aid convoy, wounding five people.
With the U.N. saying up to 5.5 million people in the northeast might need food aid this year, the military is under intense pressure to make roads safer. It is no easy task.
"There are so many ambush sites along the road so we are cutting the trees," Colonel Laka said.
As Boko Haram has been forced back, the government and aid agencies have been able to assess for the first time the extent of the humanitarian disaster left in the jihadists' wake.
The U.N. children's agency, UNICEF, said last month nearly half a million children were at risk of 'severe acute malnutrition' in the area around Lake Chad that has been ravaged by Boko Haram.
According to UNICEF, in Borno, where two in three medical centres or clinics had been partially or completely destroyed, 49,000 children will die this year if help does not arrive.
"Towns and villages are in ruins and communities have no access to basic services," UNICEF said.
Describing civilians liberated by the army, Mohammed Kanar, northeastern coordinator for the national relief agency, said: "You will see them emaciated. As for an adult man, you can even count his ribs."
The numbers could well rise as civilians emerge from the countryside into towns now controlled by the army.
"We had to leave the bush because we were hungry," said Haja Jamil, 40, a pregnant yet painfully thin woman who arrived in Bama two weeks ago with two children.
"Boko Haram kept coming and hassling us. We are still afraid of them," she said, sitting on the floor of a military clinic in Bama while feeding her 3-year-old daughter, Aisha.
DESERTED CITY
Since President Muhammadu Buhari, a former military ruler, took office last year, the army has found fresh resolve against Boko Haram, which has been fighting to establish a mediaeval caliphate in the southern stretches of the Sahara.
The military has moved its headquarters to Maiduguri, drafted in new generals and improved cooperation with neighbouring countries, allowing it to capture and take control of dozens of towns such as Bama.
But the plight of Bama shows the extent of the challenge in recovering from the group's scorched earth campaign.
Once a city of more than a quarter of a million people, Bama is now a ghost town, littered with burnt-out buildings and home to 11,000 people living behind military fortifications.
Goats nibble at grass growing in cracks in the road. Piles of rubbish fester in ditches. The main street is lined with fire-gutted banks and shops, walls daubed with graffiti in Arabic saying "God is Great".
Before it left, the group, whose name means 'Western education is sinful' in the local Hausa language, also ransacked schools and the palace of Bama's traditional ruler.
Now, soldiers camp in abandoned shops behind walls of sand-bags. Officers work in a tent, near a wall painted with the black flag of Middle East militant group Islamic State, to which Boko Haram pledged loyalty this year.
The army has set up makeshift classrooms for displaced children and piles of concrete blocks trucked in from Maiduguri point to hoped-for reconstruction, but the proximity of Boko Haram in the Sambisa forest - its final bolthole, according to the army - makes normality a distant dream.
    "It's just four or five kilometres from here. Once you cross the river you start meeting their checkpoints," Laka said, pointing towards the forest on a tour of Bama's outskirts in a bullet-proof jeep.
The fight against Boko Haram has been complicated by an apparent split in the group after Islamic State's magazine announced Abu Musab al-Barnawi as new leader. The previous leader, Abubakar Shekau, appears to have rejected the move.
But dangers remain for the military and, above all, for young people. While Barnawi rejects Shekau's strategy of suicide bombings in crowded areas, analysts think he could regroup in rural areas to stage targeted strikes against the army.
And both groups will be competing for recruits at a time when many displaced children are not in school. That will reduce their job prospects and leave them vulnerable to Islamists ready to exploit grievances over poverty and unemployment.
ANGER, AND HUNGER
For now, the military says Boko Haram is low on ammunition and food. Heavy rains have however prevented any advance into Sambisa, whose dirt tracks do not suit tanks and artillery.
"Once we go in with any equipment it's difficult to operate. So we rely on foot patrols," Laka said.
Meanwhile, everything from bread to ammunition to medicine comes in from Maiduguri by road, passing abandoned farms, deserted petrol stations, bombed mosques and gutted tanks.
Behind its fortifications, Maiduguri has become an oasis of safety that is choking under the pressure.
Its population over the last few years has almost tripled to 5 million, according to the national relief agency, causing shortages of everything from living space to food and cash.
Food price riots broke out twice in August, with crowds smashing cars outside one location until police restored order.
Many are desperate to go home, turning up at dawn at Maiduguri's minibus taxi rank to take their chances on the Bama road, only to be turned back by soldiers on the outskirts of the city. Thousands are now trapped in Maiduguri.
"They have spent all their money and eaten all the food they brought," said Mohammed Tada, sitting on the back of a truck laden with women, children and bags that had halted at a checkpoint. "All the people are suffering from hunger."

Mali defence minister fired after jihadists seize town

http://cctv-africa.com/2016/09/04/mali-defence-minister-fired-after-jihadists-seize-town/