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Fresh indications have emerged that military troops deployed to fight Boko Haram insurgency in the North-East are using outdated weapons and equipment, including failing Shilka guns procured during the administration of late Alhaji Shehu Shagari, who was the President of Nigeria between 1979 and 1983.

This development, according to top military officers who spoke to Sunday PUNCH on condition of anonymity, has exposed Nigerian troops at the battlefront to attacks by the terrorists, especially ISWAP fighters, who are said to have more sophisticated weapons.

They noted that it was also responsible for the heavy casualties the country had suffered in the anti-insurgency war in recent times, noting that there were times the Shagari-era weapons failed during operations.


The top military officers explained that Shilka, an artillery gun mounted on fighting vehicles, being used by the Nigerian troops at the battlefront are outdated but that they were refurbished and deployed for the operation.

They noted that such refurbished arms could not withstand the modern ones used by the insurgents and that there were times they packed up during operations.

One of the officers said, “The Shilka guns were acquired under Shagari’s government.

We have many of them but they are outdated, so they were refurbished, even though a lot of their components are missing.

However, they were deployed in the North-East for the anti-insurgency war like that, hence they fail during battles.


“Recently, Boko Haram even stole one from the troops.

So, while we are battling with the refurbished Shilka, ISWAP fighters deploy the latest technology to attack us, and you know the President said a week ago at an ECOWAS meeting that how the terrorists deploy more sophisticated weapons is a matter of concern.”

Another officer, who is currently engaged in operations in one of the toughest operational zones in the North-East, also told Sunday PUNCH that apart from Shilka, they used to have in their inventory Tank 72, also known as T-72, which was made in Russia and manufactured in 1971 but sold out in 1972. T-72 are Soviet-era tanks.

He added, “They were procured by former President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration towards the 2015 elections and they were used to capture lost territories, but unfortunately, the tanks came without spare parts.

“From time to time, we cannibalised one to fix another until they broke down and they were withdrawn from operations because there were no spare parts.

What we have now is called Vickers MBT (Vickers Main Battle Tanks).


https://punchng.com/we-need-better-arms-to-fight-boko-haram-military-commanders/

tillaman:
This is well detailed Explorers!!
This Tut na Flexing pharaoh, see gold omo if I was part of the excavation team I for don comot that him golden beard, they bury all these pharaohs with gold and lots of valuables, I for don pack everything on code especially if he has a ring on! No time abeg

But since 1922 and they just opened it now? Mehn those people are patient yo

It has been opened before, they just moved out.

3,000 years old unbroken seal that secured king Tutankhamun's tomb.

Imagine being an archaeologist exploring ancient shrine or tomb and stumbling upon this 3,245-year-old unbroken seal.

Such was the sight that greeted Howard Carter in 1923 as he prepared to enter King Tut's astounding shrine for the first time.


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https://www.nairaland.com/4164655/excavation-king-tutankhamuns-3000yrs-old

The face of Tutankhamun was an Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, and ruled between 1332 BC and 1323 BC.



Tutankhamun was an Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, and ruled between 1332 BC and 1323 BC.

He was the son of Akhenaten and took to the throne at the age of nine or ten.

When he became king, he married his half-sister, Ankhesenpaaten.

He died at around the age of 18 and his cause of death is unknown.

In 1907, Lord Carnarvon George Herbert asked English archaeologist and Egyptologist Howard Carter to supervise excavations in the Valley of the Kings.

On 4 November 1922, Carter's group found steps that led to Tutankhamun's tomb.

He spent several months cataloguing the antechamber before opening the burial chamber and discovering the sarcophagus in February 1923.

When the tomb was discovered in 1922 by archaeologist Howard Carter, under the patronage of Lord Carnarvon, the media frenzy that followed was unprecedented.

Carter and his team took 10 years to clear the tomb of its treasure because of the multitude of objects found within it.

For many years, Tut embodies ancient Egypt's glory because his tomb was packed with the glittering wealth of the rich 18th Dynasty from 1569 to 1315 BC.

The outer gilded coffin in the sterilization tent before it was opened to begin the extensive restoration process in the restoration laboratory of the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza.


An Egyptian archaeologist works on samples with the coffin behind. The tomb of Tutankhamen was discovered completely intact in 1922.

Egyptian Minister of Antiquities Khaled El-Enany (right) looks underneath the gilded coffin.

The coffin has suffered damage to the golden layers of plaster with a weakening of the golden layers.


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The casket was removed in a tight security operation, and fumigated for seven days.

Restoration will now continue using non-invasive equipment to repair cracks to the golden layers and fix weakened areas

After mechanical and chemical engineering has taken place, any layers of plaster that have broken away will be replaced in their original location.

Restoration process of the tomb will last eight months as Egyptian archaeologists inspect the base of the coffin. Tutankhamun, known as the 'Golden Pharaoh', ruled from the age of eight to 19 and was known as the boy pharaoh

It is the first time the coffin of 'King Tut' has been removed from the 3,300-year-old tomb since it was discovered in 1922.

The crook and flail (pictured) were symbols of the king's right to rule.

The outer coffin of Tutankhamun has been removed from its sterilisation tent before it undergoes a painstaking eight-month restoration process.

The gilded sarcophagus of the ancient Egyptian Pharaoh now lies in the restoration laboratory of the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza, which lies on the outskirts Cairo, Egypt.

Pictures reveal the intricate reliefs on the foot of the golden sarcophagus which were carved into the outer wood covering of the coffin.

Inside the box-like structure of the sarcophagus were three coffins to house the body of the king.

The innermost coffin is made of solid gold, while the middle coffin is made with gilded wood, inlaid with multi-coloured glass.

A closer look at the reliefs on the foot of the golden sarcophagus of the ancient Pharaoh.

Tutankhamun was buried in the Valley of the Kings and discovered by British archaeologist Howard Carter in 1922.



https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7489607/amp/Tutankhamuns-coffin-taken-sterilization-tent-leaving-tomb-97-years-ago.html
Lalasticlala, Mynd44

When Georgia authorities pulled over a Florida driver during the weekend, they made a gruesome discovery in the back of the truck, the decomposing body of his missing wife.


Jones has been charged with 2nd degree murder in his wife's death.

The husband of a missing Florida mother and her four children was held without bond for their death on Wednesday after being caught with her body his van.

Michael Jones Jr., 38, has been charged with murdering his wife Casei and their four kids; Aiyana, 1; Mercalli Jones, 2; Preston, 5; and Cameron Bowers, 10.

He was arrested in Georgia on Sunday after crashing his vehicle. When police began searching the van, he told them there was a dead body inside. It was missing Casei's.

He then took them to where the four children were nearby in woods.

Michael is the father of the two youngest children.

They had been missing along with their mother for more than a month.




https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7482045/Florida-man-drove-bodies-wife-4-kids-Georgia.html
Lalasticlala, Mynd44

eodavids:
Thanks Boss.

You know I just discovered that this is a big money here in Nigeria. A lot of money is being made from similar second hand bicycles here, and they popularly call 'em "London used".

I just needed to know how it can be brought to Nigeria and the possible landing cost.

Thanks anyway.

Yea, but we don't know if the companies want to sell or scrap them. One can just buy in hundreds or thousands then ship in container.

One of the companies is ofo china. If you can just contact them and their willing to sell, wont be a problem.

The landing cost, those who are in the business already can say that.

Anyhow, one will still need #millions doing that.

eodavids:
Explores, please I need your attention!

Some months back, you posted some picture of heaps and or dumps of Bicycles...

Pls we are interested in getting those bicycles. How can you link us up or connect us with the right people..

I am Waiting please.

I mean by buying them at affordable cost. Thanks

I don't really have the idea, saw it on documentary, made some searches and brought it here.

The bikes belongs to some transportation companies in china and i think or will suggest that visiting China and the companies will be the best idea.

Here’s how people reacted.

She noted that Canada isn’t perfect...

But the original poster stood up for Canada and explained why it’s an awesome country to live in.

But somebody didn’t like that one bit and insulted Canada in the worst way possible.

One twitter user fredsonora called Canadians moose-fornicators and even insulted their ham and curling.

Luckily, Twitter user Sharlene, who goes by the moniker sfergs_, was there to step in to defend Canada. And she did this by explaining why it is one of the best countries in the world.


In the beginning, she was glad her family emigrated to Canada.

Clean sa, God come bless me with this car.

A furious gang caught a suspected rapist then tortured him by making a pit bull terrier eat his genitals.

The man in his 30s was set upon after reportedly sexually assaulting a woman in Mexico City, Mexico.

Horrific footage shows how he was stripped naked, handcuffed and pinned to the ground as five men surrounded him.



Shockingly, a white pit bull terrier with brown markings then began mauling the man's genitals tearing off and eating his entire penis and testicles.

The victim is heard screaming 'stop, leave me now, leave me' while the group watch.

One of the gang then covers his mouth with a rag to stifle his cries for help.

A second dog, a brown pit bull, appears but does not join in.




https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7443201/Mexican-gang-castrate-rapist-setting-pitbull-him.html
Lalasticlala, Mynd44

People are shooting each other for food and water'

Damaged houses and debris is seen on devastated Great Abaco Island.


Hundreds of people wait to be evacuated at the Marsh Harbor port, Bahamas on Friday.

Half of houses in Bahamas have been destroyed by hurricane Dorian.

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ReneeNuttall:
I knw,but 14 hours on a plane is hell.I will take sleeping pills while onboard.

Lol... What if you're flying to Australia?

Freeport, Bahamas international airport after.

Astronauts shared this snap of them monitoring and capturing the path of Hurricane Dorian from the Space Station.

Powerline, transformers replacement trucks can be seen ahead hurricane Dorian.

Powerline sparks in flood in South Carolina.

Flooded streets

U.S.


Hurricane Dorian continues to slam the Carolinas with winds of 110mph, 'life-threatening' floods and tornadoes, as it's feared more than 700,000 people will be left without power.


Powerline men already working to restore power.

Men are seen recovering items from their once stood home.

A home in Freeport barely remains standing after the roof was torn off and it was pelted by debris.

Humanitarian and Disaster Relief troops from Britain are seen delivering water on Thursday.

Search and rescue helicopter takes off from rubbles.


US Coast Guard personnel wheel an evacuee on a stretcher after the victim was rescued from Abaco Island during Hurricane Dorian on Tuesday.


Volunteers walk under the wind and rain from Hurricane Dorian through a flooded road as they work to rescue families near the Causarina bridge in Freeport on Tuesday.

Hundreds of cars were smashed to pieces by the Category 4 Hurricane which flattened entire communities.


Damaged planes at Bahamas airport.

Boats are seen strewn across Marsh Harbour on Grand Abaco Island on Thursday

Rescue workers recover the body of a victim of Hurricane Dorian on Thursday.