₦airaland Forum

PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA SPEAKS WITH EMBALO

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday evening spoke with Umaro Sissoco Embalo, shortly after the Guinea-Bissau leader survived a military attempt to overthrow his government.
The president congratulated Embalo on surviving the coup attempt and commended the loyal troops in Guinea Bissau for their show of patriotism leading to their “spectacular victory” over the disloyal elements of the military.
According to a statement by his special media aide, Garba Shehu, President Buhari condemned the attempt to subvert the established constitutional order in Guinea Bissau and extended the goodwill and support of the government and people of Nigeria to the Guinea-Bissauans and the Embalo administration.
“I look forward to working with you to strengthen the existing bilateral ties between our sisterly nations, and the defence and promotion of democracy and its values throughout the sub-region, and the entire continent,” President Buhari told Embalo.
In the course of the conversation, President Embalo assured President Buhari that the situation had been brought under control and that “all is well, and normalcy has been fully restored.”

QuietMynd:
Wat da heck is happening in guinea biza biza

Situation is under control. President is safe. President Buhari has just spoken with him which goes a long way to reassure the region.

Ghana's leadership of ECOWAS under President Nana Akuffo Addo is weak.

The Republic of Ghana other than the speaking of fine Queens English lacks the diplomatic finesse, weight, financial and military muscle to make anyone in Mali, Guinea or Burkina Faso pay attention.

Everyone expects Nigeria to always pick up the baton everytime but since the ECOMOG wars that cost over a billion dollars and in which some 1000 Nigerian servicemen perished bringing peace, stability and democracy to Liberia and Sierra Leone including having permanent combat troops on Standby in Guinea Bissau, successive Nigerian Presidents since Obasanjo have shied away from taking leadership roles in the African Union and ECOWAS knowing doing so heaps a lot of pressure on Abuja to intervene with the full weight of its diplomatic and military power in any crises. The expectation has been that established institutions will hold the forte and everyone will play by the rules but sadly the world has never worked that way.

So far Ghana has not fully deferred to Nigeria in its chairmanship of ECOWAS like Liberia did under Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's tenure as ECOWAS chair during The Gambian imbroglio which saw Nigeria effectively taking over the airspace of The Gambia, funding and galvanizing regional military deployments to its border which saw the flight into exile in Equatorial Guinea and political oblivion of erstwhile strongman His Excellency President Sheikh Prof. Dr. Alhaji Yahya Jemmus Junkung Jammeh.

Africa and ECOWAS need Nigeria's leadership. President Muhammadu Buhari must respond.

Military Command & Academia

UN Names Nigeria’s Maj. Gen. Sawyer UNISFA Force Commander

New Force Commander, UNISFA, Major General Benjamin Olufemi Sawyerr

The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, has announced the appointment of Maj. General Benjamin Sawyerr of Nigeria as the Force Commander for the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei, UNISFA.

This was confirmed Tuesday, 1 February, 2022 by Air Commodore WM Maigida, the immediate past Acting Director of Defence Information while handing over to Major General Jimmy Akpor who, on Friday, took over as the new Director of Defence Information.

TheFact Nigeria reports that UNISFA is a United Nations peacekeeping force in Abyei, and was approved on 27 June 2011 by the United Nations Security Council in United Nations Security Council Resolution 1990 after a flareup in the South Kordofan conflict earlier in June 2011.

Abyei is an area of 10,546 km2 on the border between Sudan and South Sudan that had been accorded “special administrative status” by the 2004 Protocol on the Resolution of the Abyei Conflict (Abyei Protocol) in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) that ended the Second Sudanese Civil War.

Sawyerr, who takes over from Major Gen. Kefyalew Amde Tessema of Ethiopia, has a military career spanning more than 34 years with the Nigerian Army, including serving as the Director of Defence Information of Nigeria’s Defence Forces since 2021.

Erstwhile Commandant of the Nigerian Army Armour School in Bauchi State, North-East Nigeria between 2020 and 2021, the new UNISFA Force Commandant held the position of Brigade Commander twice in North-East Nigeria. He was also Commanding Officer of the Nigerian Battalion with the United Nations Mission in Liberia between 2009 and 2010.

Sawyerr also served as the Director of Plans at the Nigerian Army Headquarters between 2019 and 2020, and Deputy Director of Doctrine and Combat Development from 2017 to 2018.

He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in Nigeria and a Masters in Defence and Strategic Studies from the University of Madras in India.

TheFact Nigeria

Nigerian Soldier on COIN Ops

Early Days In Mali

Captured ISWAP Guntruck, the days of large scale rampaging islamafascists ISWAP terrorists in Guntrucks in the North East are over. Thanks to precision weaponry both from the Nigerian Army & the Nigerian Air Force.

NAF A-29 Super Tucano Kainji Air Force Base

Nigerian Navy Ship LANA Departing Spain


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAuJ3tf1uyQ

NN Multi-purpose OPV/Light Frigates

“Dearsan Shipyard was selected based on its track record and the conviction that the shipyard would be able to construct a platform that could be deployed as an OPV in peacetime, while having the capability and flexibility to be quickly outfitted with sensors and weapons to re-role the platform for warfare and maritime defence purposes at a cost-effective price,” he said.

jl115:
....at best they are light corvettes at best, typical corvettes weigh between 2000-3500t....certainly not light frigates in fact the Meko200 is a light frigate at nearly 4000t that's 4Xs the OPVs in your article.

Different Navies different classification. These are not aircrafts. Check out the Israeli Navy.

jl115:
show me the frigate

Brace yourself the Nigerian military has taken delivery of most of the items on its strategic modernization programme. In this case the Navy is keeping diligently with it's short, medium and long term acquisition goals. A great delight to see irrefutable evidence.

jl115:
OPVs not light Frigates

A pity you suffer comprehension problems. You didn't see the difference between peace time roles and war time roles potentially giving us a max 6 number of Frigates in any eventuality something we have said for years now confirmed by the Navy itself. This is real.

Multi-purpose OPV/ LIGHT FRIGATES On Order


JANES DEFENSE WEEKLY

The Nigerian Navy signed a contract with the Turkish shipyard Dearsan covering the delivery of two new 76 m offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) on 3 November.
It released a video of the signing ceremony during which Chief of the Naval Staff Vice Admiral Awwal Gambo said the order is a milestone in achieving the navy's 2021–2030 strategic plan. He described the OPVs as high-endurance vessels capable of maritime interdiction, surveillance, special forces operations, search and rescue, disaster relief, and providing fire support to land forces.
“Dearsan Shipyard was selected based on its track record and the conviction that the shipyard would be able to construct a platform that could be deployed as an OPV in peacetime, while having the capability and flexibility to be quickly outfitted with sensors and weapons to re-role the platform for warfare and maritime defence purposes at a cost-effective price,” he said.


The Nigerian media reported that both OPVs are expected to be delivered within 37 months.
In a statement, Dearsan said the ships will be based on its OPV 76 design, configured according to Nigeria's requirements, built entirely at the shipyard's facilities, and equipped with Turkish systems.
When contacted by Janes , Dearson provided specifications for the Nigerian ships that were slightly larger than the ones listed on its website for the OPV 76. While their length remains the same at 76.8 m, they will have a beam of 12 m rather than 11 m, a draft of 3.3 m rather than 2.9 m, a displacement of 1,250 tonnes rather than the 1,100 tonnes, and a crew of 47 rather than 43.

jl115:
The Nigerian navy does not have Frigates

Puzzlying how you lie and misinform with a straight face for your country on a public fora. Quite shameless. Meanwhile here's mounting evidence to disprove you at every turn.

Here is existence of an NN Frigate in dock to be replaced with a new one by NN Navy planners


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cUMrmlc240

kikuyu1:
AARRGHHHH!? Assuming it's actually true: wtf do you post this ishyt at least once a week?

What an irony of statement when apparently their own internal sources love to shove it as often as possible in the face of their own elites. Actually we in Nigeria having known the crises for years and reeling it out for timely remedy even though hated for it as can be gleaned on Nairaland are only trying to help as it's a lot better having a little cousin South Africa in the mould of Britain to the US as an ally to fight the common enemies of Africa's destiny in future wars than have to shoulder all the responsibility as often is the case when little sub-saharan republics unravel into full blown conflict.

SOUTH AFRICAN GRIPENS STILL GROUNDED AS OF TODAY JANUARY 28TH 2022
https://www.defenceweb.co.za/aerospace/aerospace-aerospace/saaf-gripens-still-grounded/

In effect SA has no frontline fighter Jet in the skies, pilot redundancies as a result, left with some 12 surviving unservicable Gripens of the original 26 bought the rest since cannibalized. The Lord have mercy if Zimbabwe decides to shred all SADC pacts and mobilizes to invade.

MAN1960ii:
The GFP ranking is fvcked up, I took my time to study the ranking my self and I discovered that the ranking is a child's play, in 2021 GFP said Nigeria have 2,000 armored vehicles now in 2022 GFP said Nigeria have 2,019 armored vehicles and this is not true because the Nigerian army alone received up to 300 armored vehicles not including other forces.. The total number of our active personal has been the same since 2018 while the nigerian army has been recruiting thousands of troops just last year Nigeria army alone recruited 8,000 men in the first six months and another 4,800 past out in November bring the total numbers of troops recruited to 12,800 not including other force and that's one third of the entire south African army.. there are many things that I saw in their 2022 update that makes me believe that Global fire power ranking is a child's play and one of those things are 1: ranking a declining South Africa military ahead of Almighty Algeria


What do you guys think about my investigation?

And by the way you did a good one here.

Yet someone still cluelessly showed up claiming GFP is close to accurate because apparently the NA numbers of men and materials you submitted have been wiped off in combat
When reality is most of the new lads haven't even seen combat. Meanwhile the NA continues to stand up more combatant troops and inducting new non-attrition equipments none of which was accounted for in the GFP estimates of manpower & hardware. These guys have no clue how Nigeria works.

MAN1960ii:
South Africa can't even maintain it's existing military platforms. From grounded Gripen fighter jets to being unable to pay workers.. such a pity

https://www.defenceweb.co.za/featured/denel-pmp-cannot-pay-january-salaries/

https://www.defenceweb.co.za/aerospace/aerospace-aerospace/saaf-gripens-grounded/#

Makes you wonder where was GFP

Nigerian Navy In 5 Mins

Africa's Largest Fleet

Active High Tempo Naval Operations

SBS Special Warfare Operators

Naval Air Operations

Africa's Unrivaled Gaming Changing Maritime Domain & Surveillance Capability

Naval Engineering & Ship Building

Professional Officer & Naval Ratings

Naval infantry & Training

Hydrographic Survey

Full Spectrum Naval Warfare LSTs, Frigates


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMAzd1bzb3E

Nigerian Army Commander of MNJTF, Chad

South African Air Force Fleet Grounded With No Gripen Fighter Jet Serviceable

https://www.defenceweb.co.za/aerospace/aerospace-aerospace/saaf-gripens-grounded/

The Federal Government of Nigeria has confirmed signed contracts for the initial delivery of 12 attack variants of the M346

- Ashibel P. Utsu, Director of Air Force Affairs, Federal Ministry of Defence, Abuja


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5ctCqRavoU

Defence Diplomacy

The Armed Forces of Nigeria and that of Sao Tome and Principe have expressed commitment to strengthen the existing bilateral defence collaboration between the armed forces of both countries. The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor made this known when he played host to the CDS of the Armed Forces of Sao Tome and Principe, Brigadier General Idalecio Pachire who was on a visit to Nigeria.

The meeting between the two Defence Chiefs centred on the critical role which both nations Armed Forces are playing in securing the Gulf of Guinea. Gen Irabor pledged commitment to further tackle issues of piracy and other forms of criminality within the corridor of the Gulf of Guinea.

Other areas of collaboration discussed during the visit were capacity building of Sao Tome personnel, joint exercises and training assistance among others.

The Sao Tome and Principe Defence Chief equally visited the Nigerian Navy Headquarters as well as the Defence Intelligence Agency. Both Nations have long standing history covering diplomatic and military collaboration which has been sustained over the years.

While the blind deny reality we continue to provide evidence that is there for all to see. The feared Gudumbali & purported HQ of the caliphate captured swiftly by NA SpecOps

ARMY RECRUITMENT: Nigerian Army Will Recruit Only the Best - COAS

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt Gen Faruk Yahaya, has said only the best candidates who are medically and physically fit will be recruited into the Nigerian Army (NA).

The COAS gave the assurance today Tuesday 25 January 2022, when he visited the Nigerian Army Battle Fitness Centre (NABFC) in Falgore, Kano State, where the ongoing screening exercise for 82 Regular Recruit Intake is being conducted.

Lt Gen Yahaya charged the recruitment officers to leverage on the experience garnered from the previous recruitment exercises to improve upon the conduct of the ongoing recruitment and ensure that the goals of the exercise are not compromised.

Gen Yahaya also assured them of equipping the centre with more training aids and facilities to further enhance training at the centre.

The Director Manpower Planning, Maj Gen Umar Musa, while briefing the COAS, pointed out, that over 3,800 candidates are currently undergoing screening at the centre, adding that the main goal of the exercise is to recruit young and physically fit Nigerians to fill the manpower needs of the NA.

The COAS also took a tour of the centre during which he inspected completed as well as ongoing projects at the centre. Gen Yahaya also interacted with the candidates and left them with some words of encouragement.

Accompanying the COAS during the visit ate the General Officer Commanding 1 Division Maj Gen Kabiru Muhktar, Chief of Administration (Army) Maj Gen Usman Mohammed, Chief of Operations Maj Gen Olumide Akinjobi, Provost Marshal (Army) Maj Gen Robert Aiyenigba and the Chief of Military Intelligence (Army) Maj Gen Ibrahim Salihu

ONYEMA NWACHUKWU
Brigadier General
Director Army Public Relations
25 January 2022

Meanwhile the Nigerian Armed Forces continue to out perform spending on paper


COAS COMMISSIONS MULTIPLE PROJECTS IN JANGUZA BARRACKS ... Commends Troops of 3 Brigade

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt Gen Faruk Yahaya has commissioned multiple projects in Janguza Barracks, Kano. The newly completed projects, which include 72 units of Corporals and Below Quarters (CBQ), 30 units of Single Officers' Quarters (SOQ) and 5 blocks of Company Offices and training shades were officially inaugurated today 26 January 2022 during COAS' maiden working tour of 3 Brigade area of responsibility.

Speaking during the commissioning ceremony, General Yahaya stated that the visit is in tandem with his command philosophy, to enable him interact with troops and obtain first hand information that will enhance his command and administration of the Nigerian Army (NA). Gen Yahaya disclosed that the dearth of personnel accommodation in the NA is receiving adequate and prompt attention with the construction of befitting accomodations across formations and units of the NA, adding that the welfare of personnel is paramount to his command.

During the working tour, the Commander 3 Brigade, Brigadier General Sinyinah Nicodemus gave the COAS a brief on the Operational engagements and security situation in the Brigade's area of responsibility. The COAS in his appraisal, commended troops of the Brigade for discharging their duties with diligence.

The COAS was accompanied during the visit by principal staff officers from Army Headquarters and the General Officer Commanding 1 Division Nigerian Army, Major General Kabiru Muhktar.

ONYEMA NWACHUKWU
Brigadier General
Director Army Public Relations
26 January 2022

NAF Multi-role 4.5 Cadre JF-17 Thunder

Nigerian Army Type 89 IFV In Combat Theater

kikuyu1:
Seriously! The entire post is a perfect example! You go on and on and on repeating the most childlike assertions with complete confidence but say NOTHING of substance. Come with facts and figures we can discuss as adults! Smth like this earlier post I had on random per capita defense expenditure:



Those comparisons are from OSI,ie ,the 'net. We and Saffas outspend you nearly 4x as does PNG. Fyi,one of the first things young niggas learn is don't ishyt talk people,especially those you don't know . The way you show constant contempt for those who don't slavishly agree with your POV reveals that you overestimate yourself, a recipe for endless drama and complications in life.

Back to the facts. While I've seen pix of new barracks housing it seems many if not most bases have a srs housing issue.


https://thenationonlineng.net/state-of-military-barracks/


https://africacenter.org/publication/obstacles-military-professionalism/

This situation indicates a very very real budgetary shortfall.

Before your latest diatribe I actually held you in some light but seeing your retort to my response not only exposes your bias and intolerance to intellectual depth but shows your arrogance and ignorance even further. Mind checking your language of childlike assertions, an epitome of the vices mentioned above.

Let me help you please look up the meaning of opaque. Your missive here has nothing to do with my post if you understand what opaque means. Facts and figures become irrelevant.

You might want to check yourself for overestimation, arrogance and pride and the concomitant effects because I'm doing good.

Meanwhile logistics generally is always continuous challenge for a large army and the Nigerian army is doing very well. Thanks.

SitRep: Gentlemen, The Offensive

DESTRUCTION OF ISWAP CALIPHATE

The Nigerian Army on Wednesday said troops have neutralised terrorists and destroyed the “purported ISWAP Caliphate”.

It said this was done by troops of 401 Special Forces Brigade in conjunction with 19 Brigade Baga while on offensive clearance operations between Cross Kauwa and Gudumbali in Borno State on Tuesday.

“BREAKING: Gallant Troops of 401 Special Forces Brigade in conjunction with 19 Brigade Baga while on offensive clearance operations between Cross Kauwa & Gudumbali in Borno State yesterday 25 Jan 2022 neutralised terrorists and destroyed the purported ISWAP Caliphate. Details Later

“Additionally, in the early hours of today 26 January 2022, troops of 25 Task Force Brigade Damboa, Borno State, destroyed and burnt identified Boko Haram/ISWAP Night Market at Gumsuri,” a statement on the official Facebook page of the Nigerian Army read.

SitRep: Gentlemen, The Offensive

DESTRUCTION OF ISWAP CALIPHATE

The Nigerian Army on Wednesday said troops have neutralised terrorists and destroyed the “purported ISWAP Caliphate”.

It said this was done by troops of 401 Special Forces Brigade in conjunction with 19 Brigade Baga while on offensive clearance operations between Cross Kauwa and Gudumbali in Borno State on Tuesday.

“BREAKING: Gallant Troops of 401 Special Forces Brigade in conjunction with 19 Brigade Baga while on offensive clearance operations between Cross Kauwa & Gudumbali in Borno State yesterday 25 Jan 2022 neutralised terrorists and destroyed the purported ISWAP Caliphate. Details Later

“Additionally, in the early hours of today 26 January 2022, troops of 25 Task Force Brigade Damboa, Borno State, destroyed and burnt identified Boko Haram/ISWAP Night Market at Gumsuri,” a statement on the official Facebook page of the Nigerian Army read.

For Kikuyi1 And Any Humble Learner

This is not a drill these are real facts. Is this some of kind of brinkmanship I read. I get it some of you want to be heard so you come here and reel out inanities begging for facts.

Listen young man get it into your thick skull your country Kenya can never outspend Nigeria on defence not in a million years except there ceases to be a Nigeria. How many times would different authors here and other experts in reputable mediums tell you Nigeria's cumulative budget is opaque. Please tell us how much China has as its defence budget and if the world's intellengstia agrees with it. Even when its glaring the acquisitions Nigeria makes outstrips what is on paper you guys still come here to measure sleeves. Their are Army procurements known but no one knows exactly how many and for good reason.

If you don't like my tone your condescending language brought it on. You guys can be so insecure and base. What is "homotional & school boy one-upmanship" about evidence of Nigeria's military prowess that are real facts. How much low can you guys go. E dey pain abi.

There's a whole configuration of elements that go into making a war. Buying shiny new machines is one of them the other being what those machines can actually do and the operators. Most of the arms the North Africans are buying cannot perform the whole spectrum of what they can potentially do because of restrictive clauses in the purchase contracts except for Algeria's which also has its drawbacks being mainly Russian weapons. I have said a lot about this over the years educating you guys mostly anyway for no pay just for fun. Nigeria's Super Tucanos are great assets better than anything you have flying in the KDF but clearly people now know what goes into buying from certain climes.

Nigeria has elements of national power that outstrips all of North of Africa combined. Its people, its resources these are what makes and sustains wars. That's why Nigeria's ongoing strategic shift of procurements when mature will bring in hard assets that counter balances Egypt, Algeria and any other African power.

South Africa is the only important country in Africa apart from Egypt that Nigeria sees as having any short term potential but in the geopolitical race for relevance it is clearly no longer a viable competitor as predicted by The Africa Report a decade earlier. It stands no chance. It does not have the population size nor resources both human and material to compete in the future which reflects also on its military. I can't keep educating you. Learn and grow up.

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BEHOLD THE CURRENT NIGERIAN AIR FORCE



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HOT NEWS

BEHOLD THE CURRENT NIGERIAN AIR FORCE


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