persius555:


Yes, I take FarahAideed comment to be very factual. My concern about this war is why the hierarchy has not deemed it necessary to plant mines around our critical bases. Boko Haram, a rag tag group used these tactics, which was why Sambisa Forest became a fortress of some sort for their carnage. The use of these mines slowed down movement of our troops advancement buying BHT valuable time to carry out ambush. If BH is deploying such why are we not, considering the fact that metele is a border town to the chadian force, and they had tactically withdrawn from these war, leaving our base exposed. A five kilometers mined field radius around that base would have seriously damaged numbers of approaching BHT AA mounted gun trucks.

It doesn't baffle me how BHT are able to encircle a base like that. They know the first line of defense are shallow dug trenches which can be defeated by high calibre gun power. I bet BH would not carry out attacks in the dead of dawn if they knew they base was fortified with mines as those AA trucks they rely so much on will end up in pieces.

Mines around our bases would deter Boko Haram. The army authority should look into it.

alezzy13:


The point I've been making. I don't believe the weapons BH had were substantially better than ours, but there was a major difference: GUTS, ORIENTATION. From the videos I've sseen, those guys were fighting like wounded lions, it was all out, no holds barred. They were chanting, howling, yelling. . . Even me watching had goosebumps.

I'm not any means holding brief for this govt, and of course I totally support the need for higher grade sophisticated weapons, but beyond that we need to work on the orientation and training of these soldiers.

Rotimi47:
Nigeria Air Force is a problem in our fight against Bokoharam as they don't usually show up and when they do is either they quickly run out of ammo or turn up after Bokoharam have overran our Military positions.

PatrickOkunima:


Are you referring to the Amnesty program? If yes, then you have no idea what transpired. The Amnesty program was a demonstration of goodwill from the president. It was a stick and carrot approach, of which the program was the carrot aspect of it. The stick part which you do not know is that the military launched an assault on all known militant camp, killing a good number of them.

Before then, these guys thought they were a match for the military, because they succeeded in killing some of our soldiers in small numbers. Some civilians even used the opportunity to taunt us. That we are lazy, and that the militants are more equipped than the military.

I tell them, "After God, is Government. The day the Nigerian government decides to put an end to this nonsense, it will do that, using the Nigerian soldiers."

And behold, sometime in 2009, something happened that made the government say "enough is enough." I cannot share what happened on this forum. It happened in Delta State. If you ask a military person who served in Niger delta at that time, he may tell you the story.

I will say the same on the Boko Haram issue, the day the Nigerian government decides to end Boko Haram, that day will be the beginning of the end of Boko Haram, and it is the Nigerian Soldiers (Army, Navy, Airforce) that will make it happen.

At the moment, the government is still using the lives of the soldiers to play politics and make money, which is one of the reasons the soldiers are not happy. One of the factors killing their morale.

I hope you get my point?

Gossipninja:




He said apart from human loss, “the soldiers that went for the evacuation lost a battle tank and a gun truck to the insurgents.”

FarahAideed:


Spot on !!!! We really need to retool our military strategy ..

Corrinthians:
Our military capabilities shouldn't be at par with that of our enemy. Whatever the case may be, we must strive to have the upper hand materially and otherwise.

Having those materials we are talking about won't only enhance our physical capabilities, they'd also boost the morale of our fighters knowing they have superior weapons and advantage over their enemy.

That's what I'm saying.

MajorJeffery:
It's still all about lack of adequate training. Running from boko haram was one mistake too many. If all of them had stood their grounds and made their bullets count, we wouldn't be typing these too many RIPs.
Nigerian soldiers are resilient and always ready to pay the ultimate price, just give them the required training and gadgets.

During my UN mission days, the ones I did work with were all in high spirits.

Corrinthians:
In all honesty, I feel what we have in our arsenal are only fit for the museum. These antiquated weapons been given our gallant men, like someone pointed out can only be effective against unarmed civilians.

I was thinking, how many Night vision goggles are even available to these guys? How many night vision binoculars?

Wouldn't it be better our Airforce conducted some reconnaissance on the location of those blood suckers after which they send in a well armed Calvary to obliterate them at night?

That attack should serve as a major impetus for a holistic change of approach towards confronting these demons. We can't afford to keep recording such huge losses after the meagre gains we make.

So so sad.

samuelchimmy:
sir you've made a great point here, I think every of the possible cause of this great lose outlined here on this thread in one way or the other generally affected this out come, but the most significant of them all is the bolded above, this is the singular cause of the huge casualties, why this is the case I don't know....

Do you think there could be moles sabotaging the NA?

PatrickOkunima:


Anyone who is not prepared to risk his life has no business in the military. So, the enemy being in possession of an anti aircraft should be enough reason for a fighter helicopter to run away from battle? The person flying that helicopter should face court martial.

“The first batch of 95 clients who were discharged in February have been successfully reintegrated,” he said.

bukatyne:


Infact, anything medicine you take affects the brain's chemical composition.

So what do you propose in lieu of birth control?

They called on the state government to save the community from the trouble, saying that the animals forced their ways into their rooms, destroying window and door nets, food stuffs and other items

kimjongJezebel:



Op let me add something to the above ... Apart from the fact that Danjuma didn't trust Buhari, Obasanjo told Danjuma clearly that he can never work with Buhari as his Deputy that he(Buhari) is too rigid, too independent and not bendable to opinion of others, that he can appoint him into other position but not as his Deputy. That was why Yaradua was given double promotion. This is the absolute truth and is verifiable

sarrki:
OK we Don ear,

However middle belt has been compensated through IBB & Abdul salami

Dinvictus:


Please you are wrong, read , research and ask medical personals around you. Babies should sleep on their backs.

tendy08:
@Blowback

Part of the info you put out there is erroneous and I thought to point it out, so you can correct that.

The recommended sleeping position for infants below 6months is, lying on the back or at most, by the side. Putting infants on their tummies is a no no, as the position narrows their airways and makes it difficult to expel regurgitated food, while asleep.

Here's a link for more info. You can also check online to garner enough information https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/sudden-infant-death-syndrome/symptoms-causes/syc-20352800 on this.

reminiscing:

Ogbeni shut up,were you there.I too know

hatchy:

Na wa oo....

mekaboy:




‘’What happened was that the abduction itself was a breach of the ceasefire talks between the insurgents and the government, hence it became a moral burden on the abductors. Any report that we paid ransom or engaged in prisoner swap is false,’’ he said.

http://thenationonlineng.net/schoolgirls-released-unconditionally-says-lai-mohammed/