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viper6695:
. Thank you

Welcome

Kadiru080:
I'm a current serving corp member, my pop was scheduled for october but was extended by 2 weeks which is probably first week of November. Hopefully if shortlisted can i still go for the selection board cos it was stated in the advert that only those who are to pass out by october can apply.

It is the people that were supposed to pass out October(Batch C2) that are now given additional time(Batch C1 was supposed to pass out September 26 or so), though I don't think the POP for Batch C2 will enter November, maybe late October.

So since the army is aware of the changes in NYSC timetable and they(the army) have initially announced that those who will pass out October should apply, then the NASB will definitely find a way to make accommodation for it. It's even very probable that the screening will come up November.

So just be hopeful.

viper6695:
Greetings ladies and gentlemen...... Quick question pls, who has an idea when the screening will commence “month and date” and is it going to be in batch i.e 1/2 according to state like that of NDA regular cadet selection board. Tnx

No one knows for sure, but it should be around November if we judge from previous timelines.

As for the second question, I am really not sure this time, but it should be done by state from antecedence. Then final list will most probably be in zonal format.

Tinfoil:
Why do s. Africans refer to black Africans as foreigners and not people from Europe or China

Why do they complain of black Africans taking jobs and not Europeans or n.americans who work white collar jobs in SA

Why do are there strict visa requirements for Africans going to s.Africa and not Europeans

1. One major reason is because of the visible criminal activities of a large number of African immigrants, unfortunately, the common grassroot people are the most affected by the vices of drugs and human trafficking perpetuated by a sizable number of immigrants in that country. The number of black foreigners who engage in drugs may be few by percentage (for example, over 800 000 Nigerians reside in RSA, and only a very small fraction can be said to be involved in illegality), however, even that small percentage can be a quite significant number is real terms (for example, even if it is only 1% of Nigerians engaging in drugs and human trafficking in RSA, 1% of 800 000 is still 8000, and that number of criminals is enough to do serious damage to any country, coupled with other indigenous criminal syndicates and security problems). These criminals, due to their brazen impunity and pernicious nature, have sadly become the face of all African immigrants in the country. So even the law abiding and productive majority are lumped together and targeted in an evitable case of class hate.

This was seen in Nigeria,in the 70s' and early 80s', when the Shagari government, preying on popular sentiments and in a bid to divert attention from the incompetence and corruption of his government, labelled all Ghanaian immigrants criminals and sent them packing. In truth, there were criminals among the Ghanaian immigrants and many of them were involved in humans trafficking, prostitution, armed robbery and fraudulent activities(419), but you can well imagine that it certainly wasn't all of them or even a majority of them.

2. African immigrants do indeed take up the jobs of indigenous South Africans. Mostly due to the cheap labour they offer,amd sometimes,the skills they bring to the table. It is the same in Nigeria today,when Togolese, Senegalese and Benioese immigrants take up almost all the menial jobs that the locals feel entitled to, this sort of development breeds resentment in any society. So in addition to being tagged criminals, African immigrants in RSA have the dubious honour of being blamed for high unemployment rate in the country. It is classic mob mentality, not just a South African thing,but a common human reaction.


3. On your third point. Well, I do agree with you that perhaps, restrictions on getting South African visa should be reduced in the spirit of inter-continental trade and unity. However, you can imagine the influx of immigrants that would ensue if RSA were to open it's borders to everyone unrestricted. Africa is a festering mass of chronic poverty and inequality, in essence, it is a huge IDP camp sprawling across a continent. Allowing unrestricted entry would further strain RSA as a nation, pile up it's inequality issues and ultimately lead to chaos. As it is now, locals are already complaining and vandalizing properties, imagine what will happen if more African immigrants in a bid to seek greener pastures and escape the crushing poverty in their countries, flock into RSA in droves.

It is also to be noted that Nigeria has a very restricted visa acquisition process, getting a Nigerian visa is so hard that even as an American, you have to apply tirelessly and pay several rounds of levies to come here on a three months vacation. It is even harder for Africans who come from non-ECOWAS countries, and I think it is because of the same issues I earlier stated.


In conclusion, one thing we have to take note of in all of this is the fact that people are usually emotional about issues, that is why the masses are referred to as the hoi polloi. People most of the time do not know what is best for them, even when they do, they don't know how to get it. That is why a classical democracy is a tyranny of the majority,because the majority is subject to whatever social flux and emotions are prevailing at any given time.

That is why politicians take advantage of it and manipulate people, diverting attention from their own failings. Part of this is what we are seeing in South Africa today.

Toju200:
The Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) has urged the military that purchasing military hardware from other nations puts Nigeria at a disadvantage.

A statement from the Bureau said the BPP Director General, Mamman Ahmadu told the top brass that visited him that “military hardware purchased from other nations puts the country at a disadvantaged position which could compromise the country’s security due to the fact that the basic technology is resident in the country of procurement, who will be unwilling to easily avail other nations of such technology.”

According to the BPP DG, “building a military industrial complex in order to design and produce indigenous military hardware which will be founded on sound research and development (R&) will reduce reliance on sourcing spares from other nations and thus abate the possibility of exposing the nation’s military flanks to the enemies in the time of emergency.”

He then urged the Nigerian Military to look inwards to develop the country’s own military hardware.



Mamman Ahmadu made this call during a courtesy visit by Major General J.O. Oni, the Director Procurement, Defence Headquarters (DHQ) and his team to the BPP.

Mamman Ahmadu opined that the development of the internal capacity in the military is key to building a virile military base that will lead the country into a nation to be taken seriously by the rest of the world.

The BPP boss stated that the military must look inward to develop its own military hardware just like some other developed nations of the world that have very strong force.

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Mamman Ahmadu while appreciating the efforts of the Nigerian Military in ensuring strict adherence to the Public Procurement Act, 2007 emphasised the significance of the military to any nation, stating that the whole world has benefitted tremendously from military research.

He said that some of the terms such as strategies, value engineering used in the civilian arena “are the by – products of military research and some other terminologies in our vocabularies today.”

Maj. Gen. J.O. Oni in his response stated that a lot of Research and Development need to go into the production of military hardware.

He said a number of privately owned companies in Nigeria must be encouraged to be able to produce military equipment and emphasised that it is not what the military can handle alone. Stating that Research and Development (R&) is key to military development.

He emphasised the fact that even if the government is willing to provide the fund for research to have a military industrial complex, his fear is whether Nigeria has the capacity to be able to undertake the responsibility.

Setting up a verile MIC is a long term process that requires humongous funding and diplomatic wrangling, but the issue with democracies is that governments have limited time to formulate and actualize such goals, so they prefer to focus on short term politically rewarding agenda. Apart from the contemporary west, only in autocracies, semi-democracies and monarchies(governments with more elastic longevity) will you see a semblance of strong government sponsored MICs.

The western MICs are being aided by privately funded R& D in the areas of military technology, and that is the best way for Nigeria to build our own. That way, constant change in government will have little effect on advancement of military technology. However, Nigeria must also be prepared to buckle up on the international politics front, foreign affairs is far beyond testosterone-induced scuffles with South Africa that our governments seem to enjoy, we have to be willing to interface with countries with advanced defence industries, inter-governmental partnerships that will open doors for private defense companies to acquire sophisticated technologies, covertly procuring sensitive blueprints,and even subterfuge if the occasion calls for it. That is how you build a powerful MIC within the shortest possible time.

bxboss:
10pm news!! 12/09/2019

RIP to the valiant men.

Nicheey:
Loool. see why we need namibia? Or zimbabwe?...
Like zimbabwe wey the economy dey life support,just promise em stuffs,or dash em like 1billion $. Walai em dey we singing i surrend,i surrender to your ilekebi o!

Not that simple bro...RSA once threatened to invade Botswana that was making moves to allow a US AFRICOM permanent military base within it's territory, and they rescinded their intentions immediately.

It depends on who they perceive as the bigger and more powerful dog, and in southern Africa, RSA fills that role and fills it quite robustly. I don't see even Zimbabwe or Namibia allowing any of the other African titans set up base in their territory, no matter how bad things get. RSA casts a more vast shadow than anyone else can as far as they are concerned.

Nicheey:
. But wait oo,we fit capture cape town, loooool

Capture fire.

For academic purpose, conducting a large scale amphibious landing to capture Cape Town is out of it, South Africa has a blue water navy, unlike Nigeria that is still nursing a coastal guard(we don't even have Aradu anymore), our vessels will the kissing the bottom of the Pacific faster than pharaoh's chariots. Or is it by air?, You've got to be kidding me What do you want to escort the C-130H(that is coincidentally undergoing maintenance) with?, Alpha jets?, F7s?, or those crop dusters we will receive from the US on the eve of Jesus' second coming?, Apart from the lack of range, those toys would get blown out of the sky and swept into flaming heaps in time for the 9'O clock news. They may even decide to send some birds up north to make some critical oil installations disappear in a puff of black smoke.

What about the fallout on the international politics front, right now, only unstable allies like Saudi Arabia, Israel(due to their frigid relations with RSA) and Pakistan would assist us. Even Iran would fully back RSA. The rest of the world(especially the west) would be calling for peace,while simultaneously slamming sanctions. Most of the BRIC nations still see RSA as the face of Africa.

The only advantage that the FRN has right now is manpower, which is useless in such a far flung conventional war.

QuietMynd:
Humor
North Korea sent the remains of american soldiers to the U.S.

The Kim dynasty of DPRK are the most erratic species of humans currently on earth. Textbook examples of loony dictators. Imagine sending dog bones as remains of dead soldiers

I support the tenacious zeal for nuclear armament though, at the end of the day, the threat of mutual annihilation will make us all agree to do away with those horrible weapons. In the mean time, let's all arm ourselves to the yansh

In the wake of the decision of the President Election Tribunal to dismiss the case by PDP and it's Presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, against the APC and it's flagbearer, President Muhammadu Buhari, the lead counsels for Mr. Atiku has rejected the verdict of the election tribunal and vowed to take the case to the Supreme Court.

The below picture captions the moment during a brief press session where they revealed their decision to further table the case before the highest court in the land.

Joke

The PEPC decisions seem to be sound so far

boogie2910:
nawao some people sha, go to your local government council and sign ur form. if you are not in your state browse your state liaison office in the very state you are go there and sign ur form.

People feel getting a military personnel to sign their forms will give them a better chance at being selected. Hence, the desperation to get one.

jln115:
OK Im done

Sorry for feeding the troll guys, honestly thought me and Agaugust were going to be able to have an actual intellectual debate for once...... Guess I was wrong, again!

No no...in the absence of pictures,we do need someone to clown around and provide temporal amusement.

Texman21:
one is quoting me,i admire your knowledge of weapons if i am going to start a defence company i will hire you if you refuse i will kidnap you just like they do in movies

Kidnap an Indian?, Heard they have very strong jazz wouldn't want to mess with that stuff

Praizeupdates:
A young chef Ayomide Idowu rumoured to be a gay narate his ordeal after he was ganged raped by some gay men in lagos and was later locked up by the police after reaching out to them for months in Badagry prison. He is seeking for justice from nigerians.

See more below

Gist From Praizenews ; http://www.praizenews.com/gay-chef-narate-his-ordeal-as-he-was-ganged-raped-by-gay-men-in-lagos/


Cc lalasticlala Mynd44 Seun

Bloggers sef, did the chef state that he is gay?, Why call him "gay chef"?

Erin e pa mi, awada kerikeri...

Now I confirmed that this guy is just trolling and having fun.

Fani Kayode is an uncouth lunat!c, I will advice you to delete that biliously hateful article and prevent unnecessary provocation. It was people like FFK that made the past administration fail woefully in government, a man good at nothing else than concocting putrid articles, making slanderous statements and laying gaseous accusations.

This issue has been well attended on this thread, and I don't think here is the place to further stoke emotions over an insignificant issue.

mediclife1987:
Oh you mean it spreads all the way to Akobo?

That Ojoo barracks(Adekunle Fajuyi) big die. I think it's the Airforce barracks along that Akobo road.

mediclife1987:
Waoh I sabi that barracks for Akobo-Ojurin. Is ds where the zonal screening will be or where the 6months main training?

The barracks is at Ojoo. Though I think there is a gate at Akobo side.

Major General Joseph Okunbor(Rtd.) died some days ago in a hospital abroad. He was former Director of policy, DHQ, Chief of logistics and Nigerian Army Provost Marshal, amongst other positions.

He later founded a chamber of military law after his retirement at Ibadan, along Akobo road.

Personally knew the man, a very eccentric and jovial man, whose political ideas really inspired me for a time.

RIP gallant soldier. Hopefully the family values you more in your absence than in your presence.

Algerian1:
Algerian delegation visiting the Su-57 stand in MAKS air show last days

These guys are really serious fast catching up with the Egyptians.

seankafor:
thanks for clarification.

That's donkey years thoor

43 years is a short time when it comes to history, especially in the life of a nation.

seankafor:
has the Nigerian navy ships had any sea shore combat experience ?

Yes, in 1967 during the Biafran war, the Nigerian Navy shocked Colonel Ojukwu when NNS Nigeria and NNS Ogoja cannoned Biafran installations in Bonny and in a spectacular amphibious landing, took over the oil fields in the area. Biafra's flagship BNS Ibadan was also grounded and destroyed while engaging NNS Ogoja off the Bonny coast.

Some people apparently think we are still in the 70s' where countries can nationalize and seize private companies at whim without extremely dire consequences. Apart from the fact that the suggestion is downright ridiculous and simply not proportional to the magnitude of the event at hand, it is also not practical.

Emotions without common sense can be destructive. Prior to making these sort of contributions, one has to be of sound mental health.

For academic purpose, there are better ways of frustrating a company out of business(through tax hikes, license withdrawal and inhibitive regulations).

Covert1:
Apparently the Federal Government is doodling again and back to its old ways of ineptitude. Right now the first course of action should be to cancel the planned State Visit of President Muhammadu Buhari in the face of renewed xenophobia in South Africa. Recall the ambassador. Expel South Africa's High Commissioner from Abuja. Give a threat of nationalising South Africa's interest in Nigeria and deploy a mechanized infantry battalion of the Nigerian Army to Malawi or eSwatini as a precaution to protect its citizens in an eventuality of total break down of law and order in South Africa against Nigerians there. President Ramaphosa will get the message and do something.

This is something a PDP Atiku presidency would have done. But this APC administration can't be trusted.

When I started reading this post, I thought, "dude is about to shade someone", at the middle, I thought, "okay, maybe he is trying to be sarcastic or issue a jibe at some poor random re!tard", then I got to the ending and was marvelled at the staggering level of...I don't even know what to call it.

But then again, in a population of over 200 million, some will definitely turn out to be incurably dense, it is just sad that they are usually the loudest.

All these actions you stated should be taken for what?; A crisis that was largely aggravated by social media hysteria and fake reports?, A crisis where it has been recorded that no Nigerian was killed?. Deploy which mechanized infantry?, The ones we don't even have enough to stave off BH attacks?, By what means do you intend we project such a military expendition?, Under what agreement would either Botswana or Eswatini allow a Nigerian military contingent with the intent of armed intervention on their soils?.

Lord have mercy!. I just can't laugh

jln115:
They actually did the crushing........Well until they lost all their foreign backing!

It was mostly a back and forth thing, though UNITA has the upper hand in terms of territorial possession for a long time. However, the MPLA was in control of the nation's economy and oil wealth throughout the period.

Odunayaw:
And at that prime was unmatched by anything Angola had (Man & Support). Ugly history nonetheless.

If the dominoes hadn't fallen for UNITA's backers there wouldn't have been any 'crushing'.

True enough. Though I won't use the word "unmatched". The MPLA had a lot of support from Cuba, USSR and even Nigeria at a point, to the extent that withdrawal of US assistance to UNITA was part of Gorbachev's cold war demands.It was basically an impasse between the two sides.

But I get your point.

AskiaHarem:
Is that an Islamic terrorist group with connections around the world or just some frustrated ragtags?

Quite more sophisticated than BH/ISWAP and Al-baghdadi's ISIS put together. At it's prime, it was a conventional military force fully backed and armed by the US, Israel, South Africa, and many neighboring African countries.

Odunayaw:
Unita crushed? But Nairaland en

UNITA's military capacity was actually crushed.

Blue3k:
Lol if they didn't want to be noticed they should've put a tarp on it. Why would they be mad about you taking a picture of public opperation.

They actually attempted to shield the boats with tarpolenes, but the wind must have tossed them open in transit

The getting mad part, well these guys are usually sensitive about such things. I wouldn't want them to think I am spying or something.