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solbil:
proudly Nigerian

Nigeria celebrates first home-made warship
By Will Ross
Nigeria correspondent
7 June 2012 Africa
"Proudly Nigerian" does not just apply to the
people of this vast land - the West African
giant is now building its own warships.
After nearly five years in the making, the
Nigerian navy ship or NNS Andoni was
launched with a colourful event.
At 31m (100ft) long, this is no giant of the
seas, but the fact that it was designed and
built in Nigeria, by Nigerian engineers, is a
great source of pride.
"We are all happy and elated," said
Commodore SI Alade, one of Nigeria's senior
naval officers.
"This is the first time this kind of thing is
happening in Nigeria and even in the sub
region."
Moments after stepping on board NNS
Andoni, sailor FL Badmus said: "I feel on top
of the world.
"I'm proud to have been picked by the naval
authorities to serve on this ship.
"We hope this is the beginning of very good
things to come and we thank God for it."
The warship was named after the Andoni
people of south-eastern Nigeria - and
several chiefs travelled to Lagos to witness
the launch - including his Royal Highness NL
Ayuwu Iraron Ede-Obolo II, wearing a top
hat, a sequin-adorned velvet gown and a
brightly coloured necklace.
The ceremony also featured multi-faith
prayers, with an imam asking God to
"protect and preserve this ship from the
dangers of the day and the violence of the
enemy", and a Christian praying: "May she
sail with success like the Ark of Noah."
The event had an interesting twist of
symbolism for the guest of honour, Nigeria's
leader, Goodluck Jonathan.
Anti-pirate ship
He is from a family of canoe makers - and
that he is now the president launching a
warship is a sign of how far he has risen.
"This is the beginning of the
transformation... and I believe in another 10
to 15 years, we can be thinking about
starting a project to take Nigerians into the
air," President Jonathan said.
The NNS Andoni could be key in the fight
against militants operating near Nigeria's oil
fields as well as the growing threat of piracy
in the Gulf of Guinea.
Piracy in Nigerian waters is on the increase
and incidents are happening over a wider
area, according to the International Maritime
Bureau.
There were 10 piracy attacks off the 780km
(485 miles) of Nigeria's coastline during the
first quarter this year - the same number
reported for the whole of 2011.
"While the number of reported incidents in
Nigeria is still less than Somalia… the level of
violence against crew is dangerously high,"
according to a recent IMB report.
The NNS Andoni is equipped with an
advanced radar system and firepower.
"With a speed of up to 25 knots (46km/h),
this can quickly go to intercept the pirates,"
said Commanding Officer Adepegba
standing on the bridge pointing out the
ship's three machine guns and the
automatic grenade launcher.
Foreign orders
The Nigerian navy reportedly wants to
acquire 49 more vessels over the next 10
years. But how many will be home built?
Orders are already in - for three from a
French shipbuilder, and six from Singapore.
President Jonathan recently approved the
acquisition of two large patrol vessels from
China Shipbuilding and Offshore
International, a mainly state-owned
company.
In an effort to boost local industry, one of
the Chinese vessels is meant to be 70% built
in Nigeria.
NNS Andoni was dwarfed when a 105m-
long frigate steamed past during the
ceremony - with all the officers cheering on
deck.
NNS Thunder, a veteran of the Vietnam War,
arrived at the beginning of the year, a gift
from the US.
Eyebrows were raised when it was
announced that the monthly fuel bill of the
45-year-old ship would be $1m (£650,000).
When this year's navy's $450m budget was
discussed at the House of Assembly in
January, one senator described the donated
ships as hand-outs that could become
liabilities rather than assets.
There were also calls for corruption to be
plugged.
"Corruption has sucked the blood out of our
system. So we have to depend on hand-
outs," one senator lamented.
NSS Andoni's fuel bill will certainly be lower
than NNS Thunder.
'No indigenous touch'
After parading on the deck, the naval
officers took photos of each other with
mobile phones - clearly delighted with the
new ship.
"It's a great day. It's taken over five years
but it's worth it," said a smiling Kelechi, one
of the engineers.
"We came up with the design, the expertise
and about 60% of the materials were locally
sourced. The engines, generators and
navigation equipment came from outside."
Nigeria is one of Africa's biggest oil
producers, but this has not so much helped
as hampered the development of local
industries because the country has relied so
heavily on imported goods.
As he launched NNS Andoni, President
Jonathan lamented the decline of industries
that had been strong not long after
independence in 1960.
"We had Nigerian Airways, the Nigerian
shipping line and a number of investments
that were doing well. But because there was
no indigenous touch, all these died," the
president said.
"We are told that some countries that were
on par with us are now building aircraft,
choppers and other things," he said, adding
that Nigeria had for a long time not
embraced technology.
The president suggested sending the
brightest students of engineering to the
best universities in the world.
"Then let them come back and work in
Nigeria because we cannot continue to be
importing. We have a very large market and
even what we consume alone is enough to
support an industry."
"We have this market, we must use it,"
President Jonathan said - before laying the
keel to mark the start of work on the second
"Made in Nigeria" warship.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-18300358

I am pretty sure some small nation like Israel can decapitate you in 27 minutes. I do not see the significance of warships for a poor country

68816419:
same goes to many places in Nigeria, the truth still remains that, their are many cities in Nigeria that enjoys 24/7 electricity , the reason why the rest of other cities could not get constant electricity is because of the population and the large industries which are located in most of these states of the federation unlike Kenya where all the industries are situated in Nairobi

Not all, actually Thika is called the Birmingham of Kenya

I know you fake a lot of stuff to look better but see what your fellow Nigerians said

https://www.quora.com/What-percentage-of-Nigerians-live-below-the-poverty-line

At least in Kenya we can say around 40% which is bad I know, but 70% !!! 6881... eat that humble pie.

68816419:
Nigeria will also generate at least 20000MW of electricity by the same 2020 , so what ?

But are you connected throughout Or it is just there on paper?

68816419:
hahaha "until you learn how to Build your own country " indeed, the home of the largest, highest number slums in the world is bragging about a built environment. what an irony !, nigger Nigerians and other people goes to your slummy country because of willingness to dominate the market, their is nothing Kenya have that other country doesn't have, plus i keep telling you this " Nigeria goes to any countries irrespective if the place is developed or not" is Kenya more advanced than India, china ,UK,Italy or even Nigeria, but how comes their so many of these people in Kenya?, well, the answer is , Most of these countries sees the reason to dominate the black slaves of Kenya

I know you come from a country that has had a lot of slaves issues in the past and it is unimaginable that two or more races can co exist. We have slums which we do not hide, we rather try to fix it. But you hide your poverty to look better
megacity of slums .

ianSweet:
I think it would take a long time before Kenya can upgrade Kibera, Mathare and all other Nairobi slums. Kenyans centred everything in Nairobi, leaving other parts of their country to deccay or without economic life.

Take me for instance, i'v been to Lagos only once in my life. I really see no reason why i have to live in Lagos or be connected to Lagos because almost everything i can get in Lagos i can get from Abuja, Kaduna or Jos.

It's so sad that so many people are living in such terrible conditions in Kenya even with all the foreign assistance, NGOs, govt support e.t.c.

I know your Nigerian government takes long to do things. But here in Kenya shit happens very fast. Actually the deadline is 2020, add a margin of error of 2 or 3 years. We have to beat this. enlighten yourself bruh
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya_Vision_2030

Kenya Vision 2030 (Swahili: Ruwaza ya Kenya 2030) is the country's development programme from 2008 to 2030. It was launched on 10 June 2008 by President Mwai Kibaki.[1][2] Its objective is to help transform Kenya into a "newly industrializing, middle-income (income exceeding World's average currently at US$10000) country providing a high quality of life to all its citizens by 2030 in a clean and secure environment."[3] Developed through "an all-inclusive and participatory stakeholder consultative process, involving Kenyans from all parts of the country," the Vision is based on three "pillars": Economic, Social, and Political.[4] The Vision's adoption comes after the country’s GDP growth went from 0.6% in 2002 to 6.1% in 2006,[5] under Kibaki's Economic Recovery Strategy for Wealth and Employment Creation (ERS).

solbil:
the agriculture issue, we've dealth with it already and we have put it aside because we have proven our superiority over Kenya in that area.

As for BH, we have defeated them and have relocated back to their homes many of the people that were displaced.

Your cars are known no where else, fact! That if at all it is true. Our cars don't only ply our roads, they also ply the roads of other African countries.

As for being the largest producers of anything, we are the world largest producers of cassava, Yam, millet, etc.

People everywhere in the world drinks tea, and coffee. Who tf eats yams and cassava in the world??

68816419:
plus imagine a country where only 60% of the population have access to electricity


Kenya’s electricity access rate now at a historic 60 per cent
http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/kenya-electricity-access-rate-now-at-a-historic-sixty-per-cent-/440808-3307998-p0whfa/index.html

http://www.kenyapower.co.ke/online-application/
By 2020 everyone will be connected. and people here apply online to be connected. while yoou are smoking generator fumes

68816419:
her husband her husband her husband , Indians ass liker, please how much curry have you licked from those asses

racist insults, someone lacks an intelligent stand to argue from. Someone looks butthurt

Thats Kibera 68816... count the number of estates and courts next to it. and thats just a small part on the map. So those estates are slums too??

https://www.quora.com/Why-is-Nigeria-a-poor-country

Good thing there are realistic Nigerians out there

68816419:
still lying ...hahahahah Bidco is woned by your masters (Indians ) "Vimal-Shah and family with very little share of ownership by moi family (corruption )family "

Bidco owners join Merali in Forbes billionaires’ list

The survey, which is ranking African tycoons for the third consecutive year, places the wealth of Vimal Shah – the CEO of the edible oil firm -- his younger brother and father at $1.6 billion (Sh137.6 billion).
This placed them at position 18 among the 50 personalities ranked by Forbes, which places businessman Merali at position 48 with a fortune estimated to be worth $430 million (Sh36.9 billion).
http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/539550-2073728-5heu49z/index.html

Mean while here in Kenya I can take a hot shower any time of the day. You continue crying

This is actually the tallest building in Kenya, proposed though, they were waiting for Hass so that they can build theirs. County Pension Fund Tower.

68816419:
the truth remains that Nigeria produces more electricity than Kenya and would have produced constant electricity if she has few industries and demands like Kenya .
please don't forget , list of the owners of the tallest buildings in Kenya ?

As long as they are in Kenya, you can soak in your own sadness.
And never forget the generator fumes. Probably thats why you are always high when posting stuff here

JamiiForums is a Tanzanian site with a Kenyan section. And most threads are started by tanzanians.

ianSweet:
Kenyans are just low self esteem loosers. They compare themselves with everyone. U hardly see Nigerians do that.
Tanzanians are nice people i tell u. I've met some of them, they also have a very beautiful culture and a better music industry than Kenyans. Kenyans are just jealous of them. Kenyans borrowed their Swahili language and now brag about it claiming it's theirs.

U can see how Tanzanian artistes like Diamond flows with Nigerian artistes so much. Remember that Nigerian guy from Jos who married this beautiful Tanzanian lady, they met at Big brother Africa.

Swahili was not borrowed from Tanzania. Read my post up there. Actually the closest language to swahili is the mijikenda language, which is Kenyan. Swahili is a trading language. And this forum was started by a Nigerian not a Kenyan, thats why we are here.

And there is this country. Originally it was to be Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania but Rwanda, Burundi and South Sudan joined in. It can work but the socialist Tz is slowing it down. Oh btw Uganda and Kenya recently discovered oil. The superhuge country will have 150m people, Nigeria 180 million.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_African_Federation

ianSweet:
Am originally from Kogi, but my family has been based in Kaduna cos we are partly from Kaduna, but i was born in Jos.

Yes northerners have facial beauty .[b] Southernerns [/b]do too but i think u guys have a nicer body physique and swagg than us.
Northernerns just have this simple face (esp our women) as u can see below.

So there is intra-negro racism in Nigeria. Some tribe are whiter than others. This is embarrassing. All I see is one lady from Nigeria with very huge esteeeem issues.

And Swahili is not Tanzanian or Kenyan. Swahili developed due to trade. And no one borrowed it. Very few people are native to it but it is spoken by very many people in Kenya,Tanzania, Uganda, Eastern Congo, Burundi, Rwanda, Mozambique. There are many dialects of swahili btw and
The Swahili speak the Swahili language as their native tongue, which is a member of the Bantu subgroup of the Niger-Congo family. Its closest relatives include Comorian spoken on the Comoros Islands, and the Mijikenda language of the Mijikenda people in Kenya.[10]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swahili_people
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1055
Lamu Old Town is the oldest and best-preserved Swahili settlement in East Africa, retaining its traditional functions. Built in coral stone and mangrove timber, the town is characterized by the simplicity of structural forms enriched by such features as inner courtyards, verandas, and elaborately carved wooden doors. Lamu has hosted major Muslim religious festivals since the 19th century, and has become a significant centre for the study of Islamic and Swahili cultures. It is in Kenya.

Good nigjht people

Found more patriotic people

Some pictures I fpond soewhere, one guy is at the alps, some skiing event. Very patriotic people.

iblawi:
Are you jealous?

Why would I?? She will probably inbox me after seeing these beautiful Kenyan pictures. And btw Iansweets thats iceskating.

ianSweet:
Why are Nigerian slums not world renowned to the extent of attracting humanitarian aids and agencies from all over the world?
Simple! because slums are almost only found in Lagos and their population is so small compared to the non slum dwellers.

Savage blood drinking Kenyan, read this link below, even the BBC can confirm to u than Makoko has been destroyed and the inhabitants relocated!

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-18870511

I can boldy assure u that any shitty pic u see of Lagos online is probably a decade old picture.
Lagos was completely abandoned by our Federal govt once the capital was relocated to Abuja and the increasing population in Lagos started affecting the infrastructures, however the Lagos state government has buckled up their shoes and have proven to the Nigerian federal govt that with or without federal or oil money, Lagos can still work and make progress.

This is now evident for the whole world to see.
I hope u can see the amazing Eko Atlantic which Lagos is building? Orange island and Lagos smart city about to take off, against Abuja's only centennary city.
Lagos economy is not larger than Kenya's economy for nothing.

I do not trust Nigerian calculations, but lets wait for eco atlantic. But Westlands has more high rise buildings being built. Like Avec has 176m, 141m, 93m, 86m, 83m and 81m. All these buildings are underway, all at once

shizzy7:
4th girl.


Am I right

3rd one I hope

iblawi:
Hmmmm am even tempted to collect your number. No Kenyan girl is as beautiful as you.

Look who is hitting on her

iblawi:
Just tell her you've admiring her. I don't see any relationship between nairaland and Facebook. We don't get girls like that in Nigeria. You have to be bold.

Maybe I will get her number in my dm. Crossing my fingers here

I know Nairobi has slums but show me ant nigerian skyline phote that can beat these Nairobi pictures

http://worldpopulationreview.com/world-cities/lagos-population/

Guess you guys cant see that

Makoko slums
That woman rowing the boats must be Iansweets

http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-nigeria-the-wealthy-have-moved-to-the-new-capital-abuja-lagos-has-9219577.html

Yet you cannot see your own isht, here screaming about Kenya

How you guys travel

I know this is not a slum but it is typical Lagos