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Nigeria has been losing Soldiers sincs WW1.... the first ship of British Nigerian regiment that was sailing to fight for Britain hit a mine at sea,,,, all troops onboard drowned.... wasted.... today, we get the glory.

Thousands Nigerian troops died to defeat Germany in Cameroon... wasted troops for a war that don't concern us,,, yet today it is proud history for NA.

10,000 Nigerian soldiers died in Burma, to defeat Imperial Japanese army. Wetin concern us with Asia,,,,, Today, we get the glory defeating Japan.

Nigeria lost 1 battalion in Libaria and another 1 battalion in Sierra Leone...... yet today, we earn the respect. In fact the first set of soldiers that landed in Liberia, almost all were wiped out....

The army is growing.... there are challenges,,,, no army in the world has everything they need.....

Make una relax,,,,, DHQ are not sleeping,,, they are planning. Take it from someone who knows.

People just come here to talk crap,,,, that are too many to denounce and themselves too indolent to learn or research....

Sack service chiefs
Soldiers are dying
Buy 1million MRAPS, lol
Officers don't care
We need 700,000 soldiers, lol
Ihejirika was .....
Minimah was ......
Buratai is .......
We don't have good weapons

Comments from people, many of whom are average O'level certificate holders..... sorry o, i did not mention anyone.

Sometimes, I feel ashamed being here...,,, too much ignorance,,,, smh.

komekn:
You don't examine the facts or do you seek knowledge. You have a narrative and irrespective of the information that questions your narrative.

You take a confrontational stance against rational based and sincere views. And then you abuse and denigrate the contributors.

You think if l shout the loudest, l win the arguement. You are being very misguided that's not patriotism.

In my opinion you are a sycophantic apologist almost part of the NA propaganda machine.

Lol. Oh boy, you too much

ugo4u:
People wey dey busy dey run street for airport/seaports the unlucky ones are condemned to offices where dey pick koboko from passport runs. NIS sometimes last year graduated a set of combatants who were issued Tavor rifles and sexy camos, one would have expected them to be stationed in volatile border communities and rotated as time goes by but Lai Lai! they've converted them to be following their Senior Ogas as escorts. There is a unit that I always see pass my area regularly, well armed and kitted NIS men, if you see them you might mistaken them for black US soldiers but na VIP protection them they do, one of the officers even had an altercation with a street guy and the idiot pulled out his commando knife and be forming KingKong when he is meant to be in northeast.
Police/NSCDC/NIS are totally almost useless had it being KPIs are being carried out on gov't agencies them for don shutdown many. We need a total overhaul of the entire system, and it starts from the way we conduct recruitments. The army has its own problems but so far they and the Airforce have justified to a reasonable extent the money spent on them (Recurrent expenditures).
Navy and Customs are Siamese twins, na enjoyment those ones dey, why the Navy and Airforce have more welfare packages and incentives for their officers than army remains a mystery to me, it could be maybe because of their small size but I just don't get it.

Immigration and NSCDC matter, I will sort them out very soon. Their mumu.ness go reach highest levels very soon

Leopantro:
The flight originated from UK.
UK government cannot employ an agency to airlift people again?
Thanks for your concern but word from the grapevine is that the issue has been settled and they will still leave over the weekend.
Unlike Nigeria the doctors will be going to a place where they will be appreciated.
I have a friend who got the letter informing him of the flight arrangements and the visa waiver a few weeks back.
Another one quietly left two months ago.

Same process was done for doctors in Zimbabwe last week.

This guy,,,, so you support greedy Nigerian doctors emigrating when we need them most abi. You seem like you support their move,, just wait till Coro hits you and your peeps,,,, then you would regret yourself...

I am very stupid, I swear.

komekn:
Agreed without reservation or question.

First of all three is a long standing hangover from military rule. That hangover that was birthed from mistrust and indeed the quest of the army airforce and navy to hold on to political power.

The police have always been closer to civilian and they have more manpower. So there was concerted action to downgrade and limit the power and capacity of the police so they cannot contend with the army or neutralise any attempt to prevent a coup.

I was expected a Jonathan Goodluck to know this but he did not think strategically. Former General will keep the status quo.

In Iraq it was the Federal police who were right in the forefront of the battle for Mosul.

The police are more often than not fighting with criminals who are on par with them with regards to weaponry. In general all the police have are AK47's. Criminals gave upgraded but we have not upgraded the police.

In this regard l would immediately restructure the Nigerian mobile police. You are probably taking about 30,000 personal ( guess work) in the Mobil police.

In addition l will stop Mobile police doing guard duty for politicians and manning road blocks, etc.

It will not take a huge amount of retraining. It's the equipment they should have. Immediately procure 1500 assorted armoured vehicles. They will be given 30,000 new assault rifles with optic sights as standard, grenade launchers, 50 Cal. sniper rifles, LMG, paper body armour, Rpg7's, heavy motorised precision mortars.

The mobile police will hold territory and ensure that we have completed control. Then the army has to be more focused on search and destroy not REPEL and wait for Boko to return.

At the moment from the way Boko Haram are able to carry out ambushes it loos like they are laying seige on our Forward bases.

As soon as combatants leave the safety of the base they are easy targets. So Boko at literally controlling the surrounding territory and we are sitting in our super camp bases it seems.

With regards to Boko Haram having pre warning or better intelligence, l doubt it.

I have never seen or had a first hand report of what happens or the modus operandi of Boko in carrying out ambushes.

But from what l have seen l can make a quasi informed deduction of what actually is going on. We know the NA is never going to give us that detail that will not show them in the best light.

One of the first things l noticed by the NA is a notion that there is great strength in numbers, seems we move in large 50 vehicle convoys.

Possibly with a few MRAP's taking a frontal positions. And the vast majority of vehicles probably 80% are soft skinned.

Next thing l notice we follow the same routes time and time again. That means you don't need any prior notice you just need patience. They will be waiting knowing the NA will use this road regularly.

Third thing it seems, we don't have a clear offensive contingency plan to mitigate against ambushes.

Finally, once the convoy gets hit l suspect more probable is a point ambush. Then pandemonium sinks it and everybody keeps going and leave behind those that get hit. Some obviously leave thier vehicles and run through the bush to find safety. Complete chaos and confusion.

I'll leave my assumptive projection here to see what people have experienced and or if my projections are Balderdash.

So we should read all this abi,,, you sef na boko typist

bidexiii:
Video screen grab from NAF strike on Bandits in Kagara forest, Zamfara state

Thanks for this pic. I hope the complainers will see that we are not "sitting ducks". We are actually attacking with intel and air-strikes.

patwilly:
Kai! What is Nigeria turning into. If military guys ain't safe, how will it be for us civilians?

Common sense is not common. If a navy man is travelling unarmed,,,, abeg remove your uniform abeg. Because highway thieves will be threatened and may attack you... its a sad loss.

SamuelAnyawu:
How do you measure success? By a standard country like Nigeria sitting duck and wait for us to be attacked.

I don't know what measures GEJ used in 2015 pre-election. But I think we need that tempo

Bro please, what exactly is your displeasure with the army..... from March till May, we were attacking and we still attack sometimes with air strikes.... if we dont defend positions by repelling attacks, na una go still complain of ISWAP capturing towns and army bases....

Am sorry but I can't figure it out... yes soldiers died and more will die,,,, but what is your personal grudge in this war ?? Your own complain is too much, you complain more than the soldiers who are dying sef,,, wetin happen

demolition:
I would like to see you cap like this if maybe one of your siblings is laying dead beside those men.

For you to not even feel any empathy seeing so many soldiers Kia speaks volume.

Jezz

Empathy for possible lies.... guy, what is your level of education

remi1444:
I wanted to believe the Army Media guys when they said 2 KIA but the pictures flying around online punctures the credibility of the figures they'll sell to us in the future.

I doubt everything i see online... those pics say nothing bro... wait for factual info.

SamuelAnyawu:
It's not easy making so many military friends here and watch them go down like flies.

If I was based in Lagos maybe I wouldn't care as I don't know the soldiers personally going down.

I cannot be here and watch Soldiers I have so become so close to going down and I no go carry am for head.

If you no dey happy for me being unhappy over the so many unecessary death of our soldiers jump into Benue River bro.

Nobody here don mention me to stop complaining na. You just can't hide your feelings.

I remain here full time calling out the incompetence of our leaders

Thank you

No no no bro, your own is something else... relax. It is not just about army,,, you hate Nigeria so much....

You can be unhappy but stop spitting venomour condemnation....over possible lies,,, or join the army and rise to General so that you can change things....

SamuelAnyawu:
We have lost over 50 Soldiers at Damboa-Maiduguri road in two weeks.

A Giant of Africa will sit down and wait for terrorists to attack our base and we Repel.

Chadians lost it soldiers and Derby swore to push them out of Chadians borders and called them Martyrs. Summoned all his Generals for Operation Boma wrath.

Here we lose soldiers in numbers and we feel less concerned.

I repeat from January 2020 till date, if we compare the number of Soldiers killed and number of Bokoharam killed Nigerians will be in deep shock.

Make we continue to dey celebrate Incompetence.

Person go dey Ojota, Owerri and Portharcourt dey cap say you dey lie about Northeast.

Just visit the Northeast and ask anyone about the ongoing war and wait for a reply.

Nonsense

Bro, you carry this matter for head pass other Nigerians,,,, wats up na. .

The way you condemn sef,,, I don dey suspect you. You are not more Nigerian than northern and southern soldiers,,,, yet you complain pass them... wetin na

Litmus:
Wait for more info and resist being led by your prejudices

Sensible guy.

SamuelAnyawu:
We have lost over 50 Soldiers at Damboa-Maiduguri road in two weeks.

A Giant of Africa will sit down and wait for terrorists to attack our base and we Repel.

Chadians lost it soldiers and Derby swore to push them out of Chadians borders and called them Martyrs. Summoned all his Generals for Operation Boma wrath.

Here we lose soldiers in numbers and we feel less concerned.

I repeat from January 2020 till date, if we compare the number of Soldiers killed and number of Bokoharam killed Nigerians will be in deep shock.

Make we continue to dey celebrate Incompetence.

Person go dey Ojota, Owerri and Portharcourt dey cap say you dey lie about Northeast.

Just visit the Northeast and ask anyone about the ongoing war and wait for a reply.

Nonsense

Me, I have yet to verify the figures. Until then, I will respect myself... too many lies fly online bro.

ugo4u:
Nothing one won't see in this country, I watched that Army documentary on nta and its like it was aired to launder more of the COAS image than that of the army. They even used a picture of a Chilean special forces member descending from chute that went viral when one roforofo blog said it was the COAS . The whole thing to me is like a politician doing PR during elections campaign for a second term. abi is someone indirectly canvassing for tenure elongation?
E. b. things

Lol, this has happened because the media reported that Buhari said "service chiefs' best is not good enough". I read the story in the papers how Buhari scolded the service chiefs,,,, meanwhile they have done well,,, all of them...

Anyone in government knows that a lot has been achieved and many improvements are ongoing...

It woukd take at least another 8years to completely upgrade the Nigerian army, Navy and Air Force.... it is a gradual process, regardless of what bad mouths people are saying.

Even with $1 Trillion ; no army can reform in 1 year.... so yes, it was a PR documentary to highlight the achievements of Buratai.... in the face of media lies... no vex abeg oh

whatever you expected to see? You can find on Youtube.

bidexiii:
What do you think guys

Wow,,,, on each of those monsters, there are two Cobra APCs.... you start to wonder how many Cobras have been lost in this war.

Anyway,,,, am glad it is an internal war that has exposed the army... on the outside,, they remain unbeaten and will remain so.

komekn:
Never assume that they are always making use of them.

You don't have too look far, visit s police station and see the ingrained, systemic, institutional corruption and incompetence.

Is that an organisation that people are always making use of thier brains.

True, but all the engrained, systemic, corruption are not exclusive to the police. They are everywhere in Naija, within institutions and citizens, ,,, including you... ....

Yet we all have brains.

kikuyu1:
Wait! An Oz negotiator named Ihejirika and Northern leaders as actively supporting BH.

http://saharareporters.com/2014/08/31/australian-negotiator-insists-modu-sheriff-ihejirika-sponsor-boko-haram-exonerates-buhari

To me it makes sense! There must have been high level treason when BH began gaining strength. Why would Davis lie in this case?

Smh. In the early stages of boko haram, Ali Modu Sheriff used them to win election,,, like many other govs including Peter Odili.

But that Boko haram later grew and metamorphosed into a bigger force that started fighting Nigeria. So, the early boko haram that was used to rig election was different from the ones that starting fighting Nigeria... same happened with Peter Odili's election armed thugs who later became militants and grew in strength and weaponry.

Gen. Ihejirika did not sponsor Boko Haram. His appointment as army chief caused some resentment .... and the way he fought them raised serious concerns in the north,,,

ugo4u:
I wonder what all these armoured carriers are doing in less volatile region down south up to the North central. Most of this vehicles are parked in banks, and police barracks when they ought to have being massively deployed to support the operations in the northeast. Even if the police don't want to participate in the fight against Bokoharam let them kuku hand over their armoured vehicular assets to the military abeg.

Xbee007:
These vehicles have been parked for years in police HQ Abuja.

There is a reason they are parked there.... the police generals have brains too...

Who has a meaningful topic for us to discuss please.

Good thread

SamuelAnyawu:
We can Replace the Army Chief with the GOC of 7th Division I do not think a GOC of 7th Division will need three months to understand the technicalities of this Ongoing War.

You don't choose for the president na. And why replace Buratai ? Please continue giving us info.... You know little.

dragon2:
That is why service chiefs should be properly rotated out, after serving their term.The longer they stay the more politicised the forces become, even if they(the service chiefs) didn't intend it.

Sometimes, we should understand that people in government know better and have more info/advise than we ever will.

I support the retention of the Service Chiefs because the immediate past provides evidence against sacking wartime chiefs.

The greatest error of Goodluck Jonathan was removing Gen. Ihejirika..... and this is a fact. Ihehirika pummelled boko haram so badly that northerners were shouting. Under him, boko haram remained caged and they stood no chance. This fact is well known in the army.

Immediately Gen. Ihehirika was removed and replaced with Gen. Minimah,,,, and ACM Alex Badeh replaced Adm. Ola Ibrahim as CDS, the war went down... and spiralled out of control that boko haram started holding territories,,,, and soldiers started fleeing ..... something that never happened under Ihejirika.

When you sack Gen. Buratai and AVM Sadiq Abubakar,,, the new service chiefs would need at least 3 months to set-up and consolidate their machinery.... that is 3months of refresh for boko haram,,, as happened with Gen. Minimah. And we take the war back to square 2.

Please understand that govt is govt and they know more than you ever will ....

Please, changing service chiefs now does not help you. It does not affect you.... Nigeria needs them to remain there for now...President Buhari is not stupid

bidexiii:
A photo of the Medium-range Air Defense System (MSP) Pitcura 2 mother of the Egyptian Air Defense Forces.

When your enemy already knows your weapons, they will plan to counter it....

Egypt shows everything they have,,,, smh

Deebwebb:
Most people are regretting,cos till now nothing has changed and nothing will ever change,the Fulani's owns Nigeria and they know,the only people giving them leadership problem is the Igbo's and if they secede the rest regions will understand the true meaning of apartheid regime,master-slave regime..the nepotism will be open,among the three big tribe only the Igbo's are ready to go to war,even if later the Yoruba's start agitating for odua republic they will never go to war,they hate fighting or anything war with there life,so the rest will be doom..just like the regions south Sudan left in Sudan when they left,they are still crying till date...

Fulani do not own Nigeria. They own you...

bidexiii:
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bidexiii:
Yeah he his still the GOC 7th Division NA.

Na wao.

The same man who didn't care when his officer Col. Elemele was ambushed and killed. He openly celebrated it.

Please guys,,, is Maj. Gen. Bulama Biu still the GOC of 7th Division, Nigerian Army

komekn:
Actually saying that ISIS captured USA supplied Tanks and a whole range of armoured vehicles.

Is not true, actually what happened the long standing sectarian differences in Iraq are well known and very bitterly deep.

The Sunni majority in cities like Mosul simply surrendered thier arms to ISIS and the relationship of the Sunni with ISIS is open to never ending debate.

So on this occasion you are very wrong.

Haha, I had several articles open on my tab and copied the link of the one I was reading... instead of the other tab....

But the point is Valid... Isis took Iraqi army tanks.

You can do research,,,,,, and verify whether some Iraqi tanks were seized or not. I would never take the pain to educate anyone here. Its not worth my time okay. am a busy man.

Anyway, good luck using MBTs to fight bandits on guntrucks. Expert soldier

Whyem15:
Please stop embarrassing yourself. The link you provided said nothing about ISIS capturing tanks in battles. What the link is all about is Iraqi government giving tanks to popular mobilization fronts that are loyal to Iraqi government and backed by Iran to fight ISIS. The link even stated that all the tanks were returned to the Iraqi government.

Some of you are just very rude and trashy sha. Oh boy, you can research whether Isis captured tanks na.... do your research my boy. I need not even post a link, I perhaps copied another link I was reading... Help yourself bro. Ehnn. Use the internet,,,,,, to learn.

Good luck.... to this matter.