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NIGERIAN ARMY PROMOTES SENIOR OFFICERS

The Army Council has today approved the promotion of 227 senior officers from various ranks to the next higher ranks in the Nigerian Army.

Those promoted include 21 Brigadier Generals to Major Generals, 93 Colonels to Brigadier Generals and 113 Lieutenant Colonels to Colonels.

Those promoted include Brigadier General CM Abraham Acting General Officer Commanding (GOC) 2 Division, Brigadier General OU Obono, Acting Corps Corps Commander, Nigerian Army Artillery Corps, Brigadier General PJ Dauke Acting GOC 3 Division and Brigadier AA Nani Acting GOC 8 Task Force Division, as well Brigadier General JB Olawunmi, Acting Coordinator, Nigerian Army Aviation Corps, Brigadier General CC Okwonkwo, Commander 48 Task Force Division Engineers, Brigadier General MSA Aliyu and Brigadier General AM Jalingo, who were all promoted to the rank of Major General, amongst others.

Among the Colonels promoted to the rank of Brigadier Generals are Colonel IY Dogara, Colonel EO Aikhomu, Colonel Aminu Bande, Colonel IFD Briggs, Colonel PA Alamba, Colonel UU Bassey, Colonel UT Musa, Colonel AS Ndalolo, Colonel AI Taiwo, Colonel Y Hassan, Colonel IOO Olotta and Colonel UT Utaru.

Others include the Acting Director Army Public Relations, Colonel SK Usman, Acting Director of Chaplain Service (Roman Catholic) Colonel CC Iroegbu, Acting Director of Chaplain Service (Protestant), Colonel DD Danfulani, and Acting Director Islamic Affairs, Colonel SG Mustapha.

Promotion in the Nigerian Army is an annual exercise by the Service to qualified personnel who have distinguished themselves over stipulated period of time.

Earlier in the year, the Nigerian Army carried out several promotion exercises for other categories of its personnel. These include the Junior Non-Commission Officers (JNCOs), Senior Non-Commission Officers and Warrant Officers category, as well as Junior officers from the rank of Second Lieutenant to Lieutenants, Lieutenants to Captains and from Captains to Majors.

The approval of the promotion by the Army Council for the senior officers today, is the last for the year.

The promotion exercise is expected to re-energise the beneficiaries towards the discharge of their onerous tasks and responsibilities.

Thank you for your kind cooperation.

Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman
Acting Director Army Public Relations

Troops recover cache of arms, ammunition in N’Delta



https://www.today.ng/news/nigeria/228930/troops-recover-cache-arms-ammunition-ndelta

Xbee007:
Bidexiii, I thought we don't post terrorist propaganda here?

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Honestly I never thought of it that way, I'll remove the pics, Tnks man.

Photos released by AQIM showing the Grad rocket barrage in Timbuktu

AQIM claims two attacks in northern Mali


Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) has claimed two attacks that occurred yesterday which targeted the airports of Timbuktu and Gao in northern Mali. The jihadist group claimed a suicide attack in Gao, while a rocket barrage targeted a French base at the Timbuktu airport.

In Gao, a suicide car bomb detonated at a checkpoint close to UN facilities at the airport. No one was killed in the blast, but nearby UN buildings were badly damaged. According to Reuters, the car bomb was able to make it past checkpoints at the entrance of the airport. “A U.N. security source said that the attackers had passed through the regular checkpoints by using vehicles with a U.N. label,” the wire news service reported.

Al Murabitoon, a battalion of AQIM which has been led by Mokhtar Belmokhtar, was quick to claim the assault on social media. The last successful suicide bombing in Mali was on May 31, also in Gao perpetrated by Murabitoon. In that assault, one Chinese peacekeeper was killed. The assault began with a suicide bombing by a local Malian fighter, while three others, identified by AQIM as two locals and one foreigner, then breached the perimeter killing three other people. [See FDD’s Long War Journal report, Al Qaeda has launched more than 100 attacks in West Africa in 2016.]

Recent reporting has suggested that Belmokhtar was recently killed by a French airstrike in southern Libya. This has not been confirmed by either independent reporting or a statement from AQIM. If it is confirmed, then the suicide bombing in Gao shows that Murabitoon still has the capabilities to coordinate attacks.

In Timbuktu, grad rockets were fired at the French military base at the airport. It is unclear if any rockets actually landed in the perimeter of the base, but AQIM did release several photos of the incident on social media. The photos show the jihadists setting up and firing the rockets in the Malian desert. AQIM has conducted several rocket or mortar attacks on military bases in the Timbuktu Region. Last month, several mortars were fired into the UN camp in Ber. Last year, AQIM claimed an extensive rocket barrage that also targeted the Ber camp.

Elsewhere in Mali, Ansar Dine, which is a largely Tuareg front group for AQIM, claimed an IED attack on French forces near Abeibara in the Kidal Region on Nov 27. The jihadist group has claimed at least a dozen other similar strikes in Abeibara on French forces this year. Additionally in Kidal, a vehicle from the nominally pro-Bamako militia GATIA struck an IED near Kidal city earlier today. At least five members were killed in the blast that is suspected to be the work of Ansar Dine.

So far in 2016, Mali and the wider West African region have seen at least 228 al Qaeda-linked attacks. Much of these have occurred in Mali’s north, but over 40 have been in the southern part of the country. At least 19 incidents have occurred in neighboring states such as Niger, Burkina Faso, Algeria, and even the Ivory Coast. This represents a significant increase in the al Qaeda-led insurgency in northern Mali since last year, which has also spilled over the borders more frequently than the prior two years.

Islamic State looks to regroup in Libya after losing Sirte


http://www.reuters.com/article/us-libya-security-islamicstate-idUSKBN13Y1VM?il=0

frumentius:
Now we're talking. I recall reading somewhere that 5 Gazelles were bought from France and that the Nigerian Army wanted to weaponise them. Paramount, French and Israeli companies competed for the contract and it was rumoured Paramount's FLASH system was chosen.
As you rightly say, none of that would be possible with borrowed assets.

May be they are being reconfigured and don't forgot once the army where trying to get attack helicopters, may be because of the tight budget they choose to reconfigured them somewhere and that's why we av not being seeing them, just saying.

Henry240:
What ever the status of those helicopters, they were in no shape or force the sort of assets the Nigerian army need. They were just a short term solution to a short term problem.

They lacked the sort of power, efficiency and maneuverability required of helicopters operating in that theater. They were always a bad choice.

I totally agree with u, they where water of resources.

COOL AIR FORCE DUDES.

ssaengine:
From now on, all "Nigerian" equipment posted here must be accompanied by an invoice, proof of payment, bank slips, and DOD signature. So atleast we all know they actually belong to Nigeria, unlike those missing helis.





Kidding

I don't think the gazelle was part of hardware borrowed, remember one of then was reconfigured, his it possible to alter what you borrow . In my own opinion the NA owned the gazelles.

The huey used by the 72 MSF might be borrowed but not the gazelles.

Six Egypt police officers killed in checkpoint blast in Cairo


http://omojuwa.com/2016/12/six-egypt-police-officers-killed-checkpoint-blast-cairo/

Twin bomb blast kill many in Adamawa town


Read more at http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/general/twin-bomb-blast-killed-many-in-adamawa-town/175243.html#2dTJ2zJ21dzPk5tU.99



'Thirty killed' in Nigeria suicide attack

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-38263837?ocid=socialflow_twitter

NA NEW GUN TRUCK CONFIGURATION.

jakeporeshenko:
New configuration for NA gun trucks ?

Nice configuration.

NA BYKERS & CION..

Vikkie14:
One unnamed diplomat later told The Intercept that the U.S. drones were “an absolute game changer.”
I don't give a damn to whatever help(signit or elint) they rendered, bunch of glory seeking folks. What 'game changer' do they brought? You provide 'eye in the sky' for us, yeah so do our surveillance platforms.
Yeah! We know that there are alot of things we are not privy to but, stop making it look like you West change the tide in our favour....syria speaks most.
Get outta ere, Glory hunters.

I got the link from beegeagles twitter handle and he and every body who commented where angry including me. And our point was why did the NAF and Nigeria defence did not comment or say anything on these.

Has you rightly said they are glory hunters....and I say too - GET OUTTA HERE-

Henry240:
Point of correction, not people, people is a broad term. Your question should be why do South-Africans display so much stupidity and type bullshiit in this thread?.


My solution is, you ignore them, let them remain in the dump they belong. It works well for me.

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Henry240:
Beauty!!

Nice find.

A FULL PICTURE OF A NA "UGV" MINE SWEEPER : BOZENA - 5.

Soldiers feared dead after al-Shabaab use remote controlled bomb on military convoy


Soldiers from the African Union Mission for Somalia (Amisom) are feared dead, after their convoy was hit by a roadside bomb.

According to sources from Somalia, the incident occurred near Bulo-Mareer district in Somalia’s southern Lower Shabelle province on Thursday, December 8.

Terror group al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility for the attack.

In a statement posted on its affiliated websites, the militants said they used a remote controlled landmine to attack the Amisom soldiers.

Amisom is yet to release its own statement concerning the attack.



https://www.tuko.co.ke/224082-soldiers-feared-dead-al-shabaab-remote-controlled-bomb-military-convoy.html

10 Al-Shabaab terrorists killed in southwest Somalia


The Somali army killed at least ten Al-Shabaab terrorists and injured several others on Thursday during fighting in Goof-Gaduud area near the southwestern town of Baidoa town, an army commander said.

Gen Ibrahim Yarow told reporters the army and South West State forces repulsed the terrorists and recovered weapons during the fight, Xinhua reported.

"Al-Shabaab terrorists attacked our base here early Thursday, then heavy fighting broke out and we repelled them. We killed 10 Al-Shabaab fighters and wounded several others. We lost some soldiers and the situation is calm at the moment," Yarow said.

According to the sources, five government soldiers were killed in the attack.

CION

Joint operation between Nigerian & cameroonian troops yesterday in a bordering town.

MEDICAL OUTREACH

The 115 Special Operations Group, Port Harcourt recently carried out a medical outreach programme at Rumuodara to support people within the host communities. The programme is aimed at promoting cordial civil-military relations. Over 500 people were attended to by NAF medics.

TROOPS CLEAR LIVESTOCK RUSTLERS CAMPS AND ARREST KIDNAPPERS IN ZAMFARA STATE

In the continuation of Operation SHARAN DAJI, troops of 1 Division Nigerian Army have intensified clearance operations against suspected armed bandits and livestock rustlers within its area of responsibility.

In line with this, the troops have within the last 3 days destroyed several armed bandits/livestock rustlers camps and motorcycles in Bungudu and Maru Local Government Areas of Zamfara State.

They neutralized 9 armed bandits/livestock rustlers during the operations within the area. Similarly, they arrested 2 suspected armed bandits, Awidi Mohammed and Mummuni Mohammed and recovered stolen 292 cows, 44 rams and 17 donkeys from them.

Similarly, the troops also arrested one Abdullahi Abubakar, a suspected key accomplice of the notorious armed bandit called “Buharin Daji.”

Following the peace talks initiated by 1 Division Nigerian Army, with relevant stakeholders and Miyetti Allah, repentant cattle rustlers are providing valuable information in ongoing operations.

In addition, based on the intensified military action, armed bandits and cattle rustlers are making overtures to surrender through the State government.

Thank you for your kind cooperation.

Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman
Acting Director Army Public Relations

Substantial successes recorded against Boko Haram – UN official


http://thenewsnigeria.com.ng/2016/12/substantial-successes-recorded-against-boko-haram-un-official/

NNS Burutu P174, a 38 metre Suncraft Sea Eagle Offshore Patrol Craft of the Nigerian Navy .

Air Power Rescued Nigeria’s War on Boko Haram


https://warisboring.com/air-power-rescued-nigerias-war-on-boko-haram-8f68e8059fcd#.egc02k97r

Odunayaw:
from a lil info I got from pestering a Lt serving in d theatre
the motorbike is kind of a company in NASOC or so

NASOC......

Odunayaw:
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Nice bullet proof vest.

NIGERIAN AIR FORCE PROMOTES 78 SENIOR OFFICERS


The Air Force Council has approved the promotion of 78 senior officers to the next higher ranks in the Nigerian Air Force (NAF). The promotions comprise 14 Air Vice Marshals, 19 Air Commodores and 45 Group Captains. Those promoted to the rank of Air Vice Marshal include the Air Component Commander OPERATION DELTA SAFE, Air Commodore Paul Dimfwina; Commander Presidential Air Fleet, Air Commodore Saddiq Kaita; Director of Legal Services at the Defence Headquarters, Air Commodore Mahmoud Ahmed; Chief of Accounts and Budget at Headquarters Nigerian Air Force, Air Commodore Clement Ogbeche and; Principal Air Staff Officer to the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Commodore Abubakar Bagare. Others include Air Commodores Mohammed Idris, Charles Oghomwen, Napoleon Bali, Remigus Ekeh, Abdulganiyu Olabisi, Ibukun Ojeyemi, Bello Garba, Tunde Awoyoola and Cletus Udeagulu.

The senior officers elevated to the rank of Air Commodore include Group Captains Hassan Abubakar, Tajudeen Yusuf, Ebinbowei Yinkere, Abubakar Adamu, Ibikunle Daramola, Ilemobola Amodu, Abubakar Abdulkadir, Sunday Aneke, Bgmibgbmitawuza Solomon, Lanre Oluwatoyin, Ayoola Jolasinmi, Titus Dauda, Olanrewaju Shobande, Sani Rabe, Dominic Danat, Anthony Nweke, Sayo Olatunde, Nanjul Kumzhi, and Bukkan Sani.

The promotions are in line with one of the key drivers of the vision of the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Baba Abubakar, which is to promote and inculcate the core values of integrity, excellence and service delivery among NAF personnel. As an annual exercise, the NAF undertakes promotion exercise to motivate officers and men towards rededicating themselves to duty, the Service and the nation at large. While those promoted to Group Captain rank have already been decorated in their respective units, the decoration ceremony for the 33 newly promoted officers of air ranks has been scheduled for Wednesday 14 December 2016 at the Headquarters Nigerian Air Force (NAF), Abuja.

chinese8107:
wow is this wild animal or raised? some countries have law to protect wild animal

Yeap wild animal but in naija we call them BUSH MEAT. If our guys don't make good use of them then the bad guys will....

And sambisa forest was once upon a time a game reserve now turn battle ground. How many wild life have being killed by artillery and air bombardment.