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bidexiii:
Anyone remember this ?, when Russian delegates where in the country;
[/b]Russia Pledges Military Support, Weapons, Expertise to Boost Nigeria’s Counter-terrorism Operations[b]

Russia Pledges Military Support, Weapons, Expertise to Boost Nigeria’s Counter-terrorism Operations

The Russian Federation has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening military cooperation with Nigeria, offering advanced weaponry, operational assistance, and strategic counterterrorism expertise to bolster Nigeria’s ongoing fight against insurgency.

The pledge was delivered on Monday by Lieutenant General Andrei Averianov, Special Representative of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Russian Minister of Defence, during a courtesy visit to Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, at the Defence Headquarters in Abuja.

According to a statement by the Director of Defence Media Operations, Brigadier General Tukur Gusau, the visit marks a significant milestone in Nigeria-Russia defence relations.

Lt Gen Averianov described Nigeria as a strategic ally and regional powerhouse, noting that Russia has closely monitored Nigeria’s counterinsurgency campaigns and stands ready to provide comprehensive military assistance. He cited Russia’s experience in combatting asymmetric threats across operations involving 39 adversary nations as a foundation for the offer.

“Russia is willing to share new counterterrorism techniques developed during its operations, while also providing Nigeria with a full range of required weaponry,” Averianov said, emphasizing the importance of global collaboration against terrorism.

He also acknowledged the evolving nature of global threats—from conventional warfare to terrorism perpetrated by groups such as Boko Haram and Al-Qaeda—and reaffirmed Russia’s desire to help secure the future for generations in Nigeria and beyond.

General Musa welcomed the delegation on behalf of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and expressed gratitude for Russia’s commitment to support. He stressed the need for expanded bilateral cooperation in special operations training, intelligence sharing, equipment maintenance, and logistics support.

[/b]Highlighting the challenges faced by the Nigerian Armed Forces, Musa noted that several Russian-made military platforms currently in use were unserviceable due to a lack of spare parts. He appealed for urgent assistance in deploying Russian technicians for in-country repairs or arrangements to return the equipment to Russia for servicing[b]

The CDS also emphasized the need for increased training exchanges, including sending Nigerian officers to Russia and inviting Russian instructors to Nigeria, particularly in specialized fields like amphibious operations and the use of fast-attack craft.

He concluded by commending the Russian delegation for delivering equipment and dispatching experts to oversee testing, describing the gesture as a fulfillment of Russia’s strategic partnership promise to Nigeria.

The high-level engagement signals deepening military relations between the two countries as Nigeria continues to grapple with insurgency threats across its northern regions.

This interaction was in April or May this year if I remember well.

Oga Chris will do well to use this your write up as a foundation stone for planning the real request.

I take it his response to the visitors was basically diplomatic and avoiding looking or sounding desperate, but desperate times call for desperate measures.

Nigeria is in a desperate pickle and needs urgent and heavy assistance!

May God and men provide 🇳🇬 victory over these IS wannabes

bidexiii:
Well said mate but African/Asian milititaries who rely on Russia/Chineese hardware should learn from Algeria.
Algeria is a special case among Russian-equipment users because it is not just a buyer; it has built a deep, decades-long sustainment ecosystem around Soviet/Russian aviation. That is why its air force has not collapsed under sanctions pressure. Here is how Algeria specifically keeps its aircraft flying.

1. Algeria Built In-Country Aircraft MRO Long Before Sanctions
Algeria anticipated supply risks years before 2022 and invested heavily in domestic Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) capability.
What this means in practice
Algeria can perform:
Depot-level maintenance (not just routine servicing)
Engine overhauls
Avionics repair
Airframe life-extension.
Russia is mainly needed for major upgrades and certain proprietary components, not daily operations.

2. Algeria Negotiated Technology Transfer, Not Just Purchases Unlike many African buyers, Algeria insisted on:
Technical documentation
Maintenance manuals
Local technician training
Hands-on experience during induction
Algerian technicians were trained in Russia and at home for decades.
So today:
Algeria does not rely on Russian technicians being physically present
Russian support is now advisory and indirect, not hands-on
This is a huge difference from countries that only bought aircraft without industrial depth.

3. Large Pre-Sanctions Spare Parts Stockpiles
Algeria planned conservatively:
It stockpiled years’ worth of consumables and critical spares
It bought spares in bulk when oil revenues were high
It deliberately avoided “just-in-time” logistics
For aircraft engines especially:
Algeria holds multiple spare engines per fleet
Engines are rotated, overhauled locally, and returned to service
This allows sustained flight operations even if new Russian shipments slow down.

4. Third-Country & “Non-Western” Supply Channels
While Algeria avoids public sanctions violations, in reality it uses alternative supply paths:
How this works;
Spare parts and sub-components arrive via:
Friendly states that do not enforce Western sanctions. Commercial intermediaries
Re-export hubs (Middle East, Central Asia, parts of Asia). Some parts are classified as dual-use, not strictly military, Because Algeria itself is not sanctioned, enforcement pressure is weaker.
This does not require direct Algeria-Russia transactions every time.

5. Cannibalization & Fleet Management (Quiet but Effective).
Algeria operates large fleets, which allows:
Cannibalization of damaged or grounded airframes, Rotation of aircraft In-between.


6. Russia Still Supports Algeria — Just Differently
despite sanctions.
Russia still provides:
Technical advice
Design authority approval
Upgrade planning.
Often done:
Via defense attachés
Through private or semi-civilian contractors
Via non-sanctioned subsidiaries
This support is less visible but still real.

7. Why Aircraft Like the Su-30MKA Are Easier to Sustain, The Su-30MKA (Algeria’s backbone fighter) was: Customized specifically for Algeria
Designed with maintainability in mind
Built on a mature Su-27 platform with massive global experience.
It does not depend on Western electronics or supply chains, unlike many modern fighters.
This makes sanctions less lethal to readiness.

8. The Trade-Off Algeria Accepts
Algeria’s system works — but with limits:
-What works well
-Day-to-day flying
-Training
-Air policing
-Regional deterrence
What suffers major African/Asian Airforce avionics modernization, Are access to next-generation sensors, Long-term upgrades beyond current standards.
So Algeria can maintain, but modernization is at a slower rate.



SUMMARY; Algeria survives Russian sanctions in aviation because:
It planned decades ahead.
It built real domestic MRO capability.
It stockpiled spares aggressively.
It uses non-Western supply channels.
Russian aircraft are inherently easier to sustain without OEM hand-holding.
Countries that only bought Russian aircraft without building industry are struggling.

Nigeria defence ministry should learn from them honestly.

General CG Musa (RTD) and Air Marshal SK Aneke need to read this.

Well written and can be a beginning guide for the NAF

bidexiii:
Even the airforce is not left out, Look at all the Mi-35m fleet that are all grounded.

The Russia Ukraine war is a perfect explanation for this.

Little or no ability to conduct PDM either at home or in Russia because of sanctions.

Flowing from above, 3rd country PDM will definitely be fantastically expensive.

Remember also that countries eg India with the S300/400 have had to adapt/change plans because of this.

Indonesia has also done same for heavyweight fighters, switching to a mix of Rafale and F15EX due to the current impossibility of maintaining their SU27/30 fleet as we are experiencing with the Mi35s

2000-59

You go fear scoreline.

End this war sha, too much blood spilt between brothers, for literally nothing!

bidexiii:
Getting these capabilities is not the problem, Can the NA maintain such capability is my fear.

Air Force Maintenance Group can teach them how.

Not like the airframes are completely new in Nigeria!

VonSmallhausen:
Good one!! What would have been beautiful would have been a major chopper borne ground attack of 150-200 troops while the terrorists are still disorganised to mop up and destroy any vehicles that survive the airstrike, and wipe out the confused terrorists. But unfortunately, I dont think the NAF has enough choppers to airlift 200 troops along with enough logistics for a solid firefight.

This is what Army Aviation should be equipped to do.

A dozen Mi17 or Super Puma would be a good starting fleet for aero mobile assault operations

No stress to execute because even now the refinery has USD incomes.

Aliko the Giant!

Richtaiwo:
He was a Lieutenant Colonel during GEJ's administration. He has risen to the rank of General. Is that not too fast? Na like this dem dey give rank for army?

Lt Col-Col-Brig Gen-Maj Gen.

5 years per rank is not bad

stuffs2002:
The police officer would have faced serious disciplinary issues if he had defended himself by shooting the soldier.

The real problem is that the Officer is unfit and a danger to his fellow patrolmen if a similarly armed man can floor him and achieve rifle as easily as was seen in the video.

What then will happen if the Airman was un armed?

Once dem don achieve your rifle eye dey clear!

See as baba turn ice water as NAF Panther achieve him Kala

kabe1:
Nigerian Air Force AW109S Trekker

Walahi these Trekkers dey vex my soul as dem no bear arms

Please panic and sell your shares.
Some of us want to buy at graveyard prices!

Nayib Bukele Issa man

Jorussia:
A retired military officer doesn't have any authority to issue directive to serving military personnel.

As a a former service chief, he ALWAYS has the equivalent of a fire section (9-12 soldiers/ratings/Airmen) under command till he dies.

This is his retirement benefit as enshrined in HTACOS 2024.

Personal aide, Orderly, Driver, Gardener, Cook, Steward, Security/escort team are all serving uniformed men.

All other General rank officers like his seniors who are General/Admiral/Air Marshall and his juniors whom are Major General/Rear Admiral/Air Vice Marshal and Brigadier General/Commodore/Air Commodore all also have their own provisions made under the same law.

So yes, serving officers ARE required to take legitimate/lawful orders from retired officers in the right circumstances.

OChimex:
Just shut up and dont talk what you know nothing about.
The ranking is not weather related, its standard of living.
Cold season doesn't stop people living good life. Heated cars, heated office and heated house.

Pele o, assistant creator of the world who knows all.

OChimex:
Lol. Nigeria mentality. "Nothing Putin can do about Nature" same way you guys think nothing much your leaders can do to make life better for you guys.
Saint Petersbug is there, that's Russia's second most economic hub.
Their is something he can do about it, okay. Make life better for Russians. Money he wastes in wars alone can give make their lives better. Russia economy is crappy, thats why not so much people want to go their.

Okay, I mis counted. My bad.

Doesn't change the fact that Yekaterinburg and Novosibirsk are two of the coldest cities in the world!

The two cities are already below 10 degrees Celsius, in October.

As in normal winter weather in France, Germany, UK and the likes in Western Europe.

When winter starts proper it WILL reach MINUS 20 degrees Celsius.

What can ANYBODY do about that?

OChimex:
3 Russian cities?

Putin should focus on making Russia liveable instead of wasting money on building weapons and fighting wars that is unnecessary

They are 2....and they are also some of the coldest places in the world.

Not much Putin can do about nature.

fineboynl:
It’s long overdue. I would suggest 5000 and 10000 for a start. After a years or 2 we can add 20000.

More of 5k then fewer 10k. and make 20k very scares to see.

When obj introduce 1000 the value today would be like 30-40k. People shouted then. Because it almost amounts to 10$ at the time. Considering dollars also devalued too.

If you give anyone 1k then they will look it in the sun or through touch light just to tell you of it value as at then. But not anymore today.

The only alternative is to redenominate the naira by removing 2 zero or bring higher denomination. If you withdrew 100k in the market. You can’t even use it to buy anything tangible which shouldn’t be.

In fact it should have been done last year.

Higher denomination doesn’t translate to more money in circulation. It only means money on circulation os compressed and scares to see around.

In response to people saying it will cause inflation like zimbabwe
it’s not what caused the inflation there. The face inflation by western sanctions. Same sanctions with Venezuela. Ghana face inflation too and they add 10k notes. Inflation is why they print higher denomination because it pointless to print valueless currency like we are doing today. They print higher denomination to counter the inflation. Not the higher denomination cause the inflation. If 20 billion is in circulation and you mob it up with higher denomination with the same 20billion it won’t cause inflation. Alternative is to remove some zero from the currency.

Obj add the option to remove some zero but the senate rejected it. So they introduced higher denomination.

Nigeria is overdue for a Naira revaluation.

If we are honest, one of the main reasons why the Naira is so adept at losing value is the fact that Nigerians are quick to raise prices, but don't reverse the increase when the cost factor that caused it has been dealt with or eliminated.

Hilux is the official world vehicle for bad behavior!

Disenfranchised:
The report actually stated that Coca-Cola paid less than $700m in the acquisition of chivita yet Freeidioticstuff is yapping about $1b.

He think say this nah apc propaganda. Big big companies like Coca-Cola keep a metriculous and transparent records of their transactions.

They paid $695million but Coca-Cola themselves are on record as calling it a deal that values Chivita at a billion dollars.

https://nairametrics.com/2016/01/31/deal-coca-cola-usa-acquires-40-of-chi-ltd-chivita/

bidexiii:
Your narration , "how you take know ?"

Any keen student of Nigerian history can postulate this one

So the coup rumours were true then.

CDI and CoAS (now CDS) being sole survivors of the purge tells that story.

Zhunnurayn:
Can the airforce or navy stage a coup and run a country

It's possible but highly unlikely for the reason I stated before.

The Army, in all countries with standard military doctrine, is ALWAYS the largest force with Navy and Air Force as supporting arms.

What we are failing to appreciate is that a coup, attempted or successful is TREASON worldwide.

TREASON is a heinous crime against the state/government, and since time immemorial the punishment for this is DEATH.

Failed coup plots have always borne this price WORLDWIDE, until modern times where has become life imprisonment with hard labour for the kingpins.

In Nigeria, failed coups are always investigated by the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) and Directorate of Military Intelligence (DMI), which represents the Army.

Nigerian Army is inevitably present in every coup as the biggest force of the three.

DIA is there on behalf of the President and Commander In Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Regardless of tribe and persuasion.

Remember that this is the person you plotted against and failed O!

Anyhow, DIA is run by the Chief of Defence Intelligence (CDI).

The CDI reports DIRECTLY to and outside of the normal military structures to Mr President through the Minister of Defence.

jogsman01:
didn't go thru the right channel

I captured in Abuja since last year March and it's still not ready.

Definitely followed all the right channels and yet

jubrilELsudan:
RIP IN ADVANCE TO HIM CAUSE ANYTIME GOVERNMENT SAY THEIR PERSON DEY GET BETTER E MEAN SEY THE PERSON DON QUATER TO QUENCH

You sabi their scope wella..... Na so dem tell us TA Lagbaja dey come, next thing we saw was acting COAS, before we say jack see Lagbaja see burial!

Hemanwel:
Even though I am not in support of this administration, I am happy to hear that Mr Wale Edun is getting better. May God grant him speedy recovery.

However, I would suggest that if Wale Edun is incapacitated to carry out his ministerial responsibilities, Mr Yemi Cardoso, the CBN governor, should replace him as the Finance Minister, so as to continue with the economic blueprint of Mr Wale.

Or, is Yemi not qualified?

And then who takes over the CBN?

That is actually the place that needs stability like mad, reason why Buhari left Meffy there despite his issues!

Lurker4Long:
Lithuanian Taurus Not Related to Paramount Products and Infringes Copyright

The South African company Paramount Group has accused Lithuanian Aurida of copyright infringement and illegal copying of the design of the Marauder armored vehicle.

It is about the Taurus model, which Aurida presented as its own development, Paramount International Communications Director Nico De Klerk told Militarnyi.

Paramount’s legal team has already sent Aurida an official letter of claim. In it, the company demands to immediately cease all copyright infringing activities, including the production, display, marketing, sale, import and export of the Taurus armored vehicle.

In addition, Aurida has to remove all information about Taurus from public sources – websites, social media, catalogs, exhibition stands and other materials – within 24 hours of receiving the letter.

If the company fails to comply within 7 days, Paramount threatens to take tough legal action. These include a lawsuit for copyright infringement, unfair competition, and misleading consumers.

Paramount also plans to inform the relevant supervisory and regulatory authorities about the situation. We are talking about both Lithuanian and South African structures.

As a last resort, the case may be referred for criminal investigation. Paramount is ready to contact the law enforcement agencies of both countries.

The TAURUS armored vehicle prototype was first presented in early September 2025 at the MSPO exhibition in Poland.

The vehicle is built on the basis of commercial components that are modified for military use. In particular, it uses a 6.7-liter Cummins engine with a capacity of up to 480 hp, a ZF gearbox, axles from Axle (Exels) and Meritor, etc.

As stated, the company in Lithuania performs up to 80% of all machining and manufacturing of the armor steel hull, as well as the final assembly of the armored vehicle.

The armored vehicle is protected according to STANAG 4569 Level 3 – it can withstand 7.62×51 mm armor-piercing bullets and an anti-tank mine with the equivalent of 8 kilograms of TNT under the wheel.

It is capable of carrying 7 troops and can be optionally equipped with a combat module.
https://militarnyi.com/en/news/lithuanian-taurus-not-related-to-paramount-products-and-infringes-copyright/

Pic 1 - The real deal
Others - The fake

Very blatant and poorly hidden.

Shame on the Lithuanians!

But hey, Africa now has world beating products, imitation is the best compliment and all that jazz!!

SpaceX:
The rich marrying the rich, people don't know it's a sin to be a classist.

Being even comfortable, never mind rich, and marrying poor man pikin is the biggest mistake one can make.

Especially worse for a man

Akinglobal:
there was never a storage vessel

Stop eeeet.

Bonga FPSO is what?
Erha FPSO is what?
Agbami FPSO is what?

This is the first FULLY indigenous owned one doesn't mean there has never been any!

Read and learn before talking and misinforming people please

adams123:
how is this fully owned by Nigeria when Nigeria only has 55% share?

I'm sure they meant fully Nigerian owned.

NNPCL owns 55%, however the other companies controlling the 45% are all wholly Nigerian.

So yes, that statement is correct technically.

KingDashx:
See as territorist hold better kala
No be M4 be this..

Heckler and Koch G3 actually.

The basic rifle of all Nigerian military forces before AK47 became widespread