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End of Boko Haram in sight, Buhari assures international community


http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/217238-end-boko-haram-sight-buhari-assures-international-community.html?utm_source=&utm_medium=twitter

Odunayaw:
Am impressed

Super Mushkak: Boosting local training of Nigerian Air force pilots


http://www.theinsidar.com/index.php/security/item/19-super-mushkak-boostin-local-training-of-nigerian-airforce-pilots

MEDIA BRIEFING ON OPERATION ON LAFIYA DOLE


Please be informed that Major General LEO Irabor, Theatre Commander, Operation LAFIYA DOLE, will update the media on the ongoing clearance and rescue operations.
The briefing will be conducted tomorrow Wednesday, 7th December 2016, at the Media Centre, Operation LAFIYA DOLE, Maiduguri, from 2.00-3.00pm.
NTA and Channels Television will show the event live.
You are kindly requested to watch and inform others.
Thank you.
Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman
Acting Director Army Public Relations

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NPF PERSONNEL (TRAINED IN THE NORTH EAST EUROPE) IN CION.

cutievik:
From 10 to 20 now make this man talk wetin he fit do ooo....

I think what the air chief was saying is they are expecting 20 aircraft (different platforms) not only the super Mushshak.

CDS PLEDGES HIS COMMITMENT TO BOOST PERSONNEL WELFARE

The Chief of Defence Staff ( CDS) General Abayomi Gabriel Olonisakin has pledged his commitment to provide adequate accommodation and world class sports facilities for military personnel to ensure that they are well accommodated, and physically and mentally fit to carry out their constitutional responsibilities.

General Olonisakin made the remarks when he commissioned two restructured lawn tennis courts, Defence Garrison signage point and the Garrison complex building at the Mogadishu Cantonment Asokoro, Abuja. The CDS stated that sports promotes physical fitness and enhances productivity. He enjoined all military personnel to participate in all sporting activities to boost their mental alertness.

The CDS who was represented by the Chief of logistics (COL) Defence Headquarters, Major General AO Okoh commended the Garrison commander Brigadier- general H.O Otiki for embarking on tremendous transformation of the Defence Garrison building and sports facilities within the complex.

While responding to question from the pressmen on the perennial accommodation problems in the barracks, the COL explained that the scarcity of accommodation in the barracks are largely due to the large intake of personnel in military to prosecute the war on terror. However, he assured military personnel that the Defence Headquarters in conjunction with the sister serviceS are poised to commission some blocks of quarters for both officers and men very soon.

Highlight of the events include the inspection of some sports equipments within the Garrison complex, a novelty Tennis match and group photographs. Some senior officers that witnessed the event are the Army Headquarters. Garrison Commander, Major General J S Malu, Commodore H I Umar of Defence Headquarters, Director Defence Information, Brigadier General Rabe Abubakar and representatives of the Commander Naval unit Abuja and NAF camp Mogadishu Cantonment.

AIR CHIEF MARSHAL SOHAIL AMAN (CAS PAF) ARRIVAL AT MD UMAR BLUE ROOM

Nigerian Army To Begin ‘Operation Rescue Finale’ In Northeast


https://www.channelstv.com/2016/12/05/222880/

PF2


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqiA0fnBorQ

Fynline:
NAF


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e65NPVvXdj8


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2SxaACJapk

Like the 2nd video the most

NPF ANTI TERRORIST SQAURD

Look @ these proforce made APC, they stronger and rugged than the okota & panhard APC.

Henry240:
Do we have the infrastructure to produce those high end rifles locally, no we do not.

Yes, the cost of production is usually higher than the cost of importing on some items, rifles fall into this category. The cost goes higher when the infrastructure to produce some of these things don't exists.

All I'm saying is, you guys constantly advocate local production rifles, and I'm specifically referring to rifles, but the cost to benefit ratio shows that it is not economically viable to go into an already saturated market such as rifle production.

Honestly to some extent I agree with you. Virtually we don't av the infrastructure and may be resource to bus so end riffles but don't you think we can start from some where..? Am not saying it's going to be easy, let's start inproving little from our OBJ with wooden parts to polymer at least we can start from there..

Coming to the armoured vehicles, especially APC I don't know what is wrong with our generals why would they inport vehicles like honkers & toyota hilux when there is proforce.

If we sit down and calculate the cost of each toyota hilux, the cost of importing them and modification/configuration into military use the deference would not be much in investing in proforce and saving the lives of our troops.

The CAS is seriously fighting the advocacy for finding alternatives for foreign hardwares for local made and as you rightly said the army should start doing something no matter how tight the budget might be. Let's starts from ammo,grenade, shells of different sizes & categories, APC, MRAP's and commandos rangers these I believe our proforce is capable of producing to standard.

Countries like china,pakistan and India are always there but we would always turn to the wrong set of people? DICON as always being on and off l, reason for these I don't know why I thought our partnership with Israel would bring forth good changes but honestly it's still the old DICON that I know, no improvement.

Henry240:
The both of you have been going about this local production of rifle matter for weeks now. What i want you guys to help me with is, the benefits of a local production of say, a Beryl, a Tavor or an AK-74/Ak-103.

Here are the lines i want you guys to work with.

- Cost of making them in Nigeria than buying from abroad, price difference could be as much as 2,000 dollars a unit. For example imported cost, 3,000 dollars per rifle, locally made variant of that rifle would come in at 5,000. Fact, or let me bring it down to $ 4,000.


- When there are lots of rifle suppliers available.

- Would it not make better sense to invest the money in the production of all types of Ammo and shells which we use, differnt types of Armoured vehicles and locally made ships.

If I get you right you are saying the cost of production locally is higher than importing them....

Why would that be;"per-unit/quantity cost + importation cost" can you please shed light on these.

On the production of armoured vehicles the best thing to do is to partner with a private company like proforce and invest heavily on continuous research, like other developed countries do.

APPRECIATE A SOLDIER'S SERVICE.

#NA

frumentius:
Dear Henry, stop. All those pictures and all I see is master and student.

Who cares what you see.....

The Russians are too good when it comes to building rugged, deadly yet beautifully fighting vehicles.

@nemesis2u

Beautiful naval ships pictures and categories, nice work.

Odunayaw:
DICON makes a clone of the -47
but hey we all know its accuracy issues (and its aesthetics )

God bless u mate.

We r talking about a more efficient,rugged & accurate riffle. Not those rusty riffles that looks like knock off..

chinese8107:
I am wondering why you want a license, cloning a AK-47 or similar gun needs little technology,even some blacksmith work shop in Afhannistan can make,as long as they can buy some important patrs like seamless steel pipe from outside.
most of these made 'AK-47 knock-off 'without license.no Russian authorization .

And making an AK-47 knock-off is meanless ,because they are everywhere, some of them sold at dumping price lower than the cost in black market.AK-74 is more accurate less recoil but not many coutry want to use 5.45mm ammo.

Of course we produce AK'S in DICON, but we are not talking about those AK riffles. I was referring to the AK 74/104 version or the beryl riffle below;

#T72

africaken254:
you have your friend with the Arab league,so leave us with our?! we know how much you love to kiss ............

Ethiopia The 2S19 "Msta-S is a self-propelled 152 mm howitzer

Beautiful.

LTGEN:
Thank you Mr HENRY
In time of trouble you will know who your friends are.
In times of Battle an officer earns the moniker " Battle Tested" because of the decisions he / she made that were crucial to the success of winning the war. IF boko haram brought out the absolute worst in some officers it also brought out the absolute best in some officers.
Lost in the hubaloo of celebration is what PAKISTAN did for Nigeria, LOGISTICS, LOGISTICS AND LOGISTICS
The CAS was not just criticizing America but also African countries that Nigeria had helped in the past that stood by idly ( read Angola, South Africa, Tanzania, and Ghana whose only " help " was to criticize.
This is the G2- G2 transaction between Nations and not coincidentally it involved PAKISTAN ( Not INDIA who kept a deafening silence despite being responsible for staffing the Initial NDA)
The JF 17S are coming no CAS leaves his country just to hand over trainers , the situation Nigeria is in to day is MAN- MADE in order to get out of it , what is required is Relationship that need to be built upon between the four Countries.
1. Pakistan.
2. Russia.
3. China
4. United Kingdom.

I disagree with you on NO-4 : united Kingdom.

What benefit have we gotten from them. His it because they ate helping in terms of military personnel training. In the dark days they where not there for us has our colonial masters .

NIGERIAN ARMY RECRUIT TRAINING DEPOT PASS OUT 5,890 TROOPS; LARGEST INTAKE TURNED OUT SINCE INCEPTION IN 1924


https://beegeagle./2013/12/16/nigerian-army-recruit-training-depot-pass-out-5890-troops-largest-intake-turned-out-since-inception-in-1924/


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Commander, Nigerian Army Corps of Engineers, Maj Gen Edmund Obi(r) inspects road construction equipment at the &gt.

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LTGEN:
I second Henry240 's comments.In answer to another person's comments about what the fuss was all about.
This is it.
1.The first real step in acquiring the JF17 past the MOU stage is now down.
2.The NAF will increase it's inventory and it's logistics base.Someone had pointed out the Cessna, that would of been a very bad procurement deal for obvious reasons.
3.Buying the plane without the excess baggage is the first step in becoming a real Air power.
4.Eventually the Leahy Law should become irrelevant. from Nigerian POV.

Honestly nothing good can come out of those american's except giving out sanctions....

A BH TECHNICAL BEING DESTROYED BY NAF RAID, ALL LEFT WAS THE BROWNNG HMG...