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duni04:
You're part of a tribe of scoundrels, thieves, kidnappers, drug-pushers and fraudsters. Nigerians are vilified in India, China, Vietnam, South Africa, Thailand, Kenya, Indonesia, Zambia, Spain, Portugal and all over Eastern Europe, because of the criminal antics of the Igbo race. You people are born criminals! You're born with so much evil in your hearts, exemplified by this Nnamdi Kanu fellow. A man who smuggled illegal materials into the country like almost all igbo men do. A man who we all saw on camera, soliciting for weapons to shed innocent blood. A man who abandoned his 8 month pregnant wife in the UK to consort with prostitutes in Festac Lagos where he was caught. It is no surprise at all that this same man has become the hero of a tribe of criminals, thieves and kidnappers.
There is a popular saying that a pack of thieves can never appoint a priest as its head, they will appoint a thief like themselves to head them. The Igbo tribe of South Eastern Nigeria has appointed Nnamdi Kanu as the head of the tribe. Its no surprise at all.

THEN LET THEM GO.

enough of this useless wailing

jln115:
Why would I lie, when the truth hurts more?

what truth?

jln115:
They've been in Congo since the early 2000s mate! When did Nigeria receive its first Mi24....2001?

lie from the devils chambers.
have shame at least once.

chie8:
Ebonyi cannot be left out, insists Umahi.

Construction of three solid fly-overs is ongoing in the state capital of Ebonyi state, Abakaliki by His Excellency, Engr. David Nweze Umahi. "The rapid development of Ebonyi state is an urgent priority to me; hence, the step being taken so far, I cannot back down and I will not back down," he stated recently.

Photography & Editing by:
Maria Ude Nwachi (Afikpo Chic).


Source: http://www.trezzyhelm.com/2017/01/ebonyi-governor-umahi-constructing-3.html?m=1

BIG CONGRATULATIONS from Anambra (light of the nation).

some state dey construct 1 flyover for over 5 yrs with cracks all over it.

TrueHeart365:
which makes it heavier ( slow speed) and less maneuverable than the rooivalk.

why do you think the russians developed thesor mi-28 and ka-50.

this argument is baseless and abeg let's post on topic.

this is not the who has a bigger d1ck in africa thread

some research won't do you any harm before commenting

"A Russian Mil Mi-28N. The Mil Mi-28 along with the Ka-50 represented the first dedicated attack helicopter of the Soviet Air Forces in the 1980s."
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_helicopter

sorry man the Mi35 is faster than the rooivalk.

TrueHeart365:
but seriously, some Nigerians here need to behave abeg.

no be everything be quarrel. how can you compare mi-35 to rooivalk.

they are not of the same class abeg.

one is a dedicated AH and the other isn't

please wot is the Mi35 a transport helicopter?

MikeCZA:
If you don't know something refrain from making comments. Cause you end up spewing nonse..nse like the above!

Picture: ThoroughTec, they'll be providing the army with the Badger IFV simulators.

free me.
your attack helicopter rooivalk is only of the same as the Chinese n Indian AH program.

tommorow you will say your MBT is in de same class as the T90 ,Abram tank n leopard 2 tank.

jln115:
Old? Its only been in service for 5 years bro!!

Google before making ret@rded comments.

Mr retarded .
don't forget ur rooivalk development was between 1990~2007.
26yrs old

so Google well b4 displaying ur ignorance.

Patchesagain:
Uhhh... buddy

Mi24 is the designation for the domestically used Hind (Russian Air force) which is better than the export version (Mi-35 or Hind E/D)
https://books.google.com/books?id=qt47BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA18&lpg=PA18&dq=hind+Mi-24VK&source=bl&ots=7p8unAJf9f&sig=iBE25vpLAyY9zmaLfi-kME64ax4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiKhp7TzbLRAhVqwFQKHbYfDEYQ6AEILTAG#v=onepage&q=hind%20Mi-24VK&f=false

I said Mi35p

jln115:
Rooivalk out preforms every AH in the world in terms of raw performance(google is your friend), and the Avionics were upgraded to Mk1F standard somewhere around 2013, so IMO its up there with the Mi28 and Ka50 at the very least.

please stop deceiving urslf.


ur rooivalk is in pair with the Mi24 series.
its not even up to the Mi35p.

rooivalk is an old bird.

take heart. wot goes around comes around.

take heart. wot goes around comes around.

tdayof:
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 6 1999. AN UNFORGETTABLE DAY IN THE HISTORY OF SIERRA LEONE.
In the days leading up to that fateful day, the whole country had collapsed like a pack of cards under the combined invasion of the RUF and the AFRC. By Christmas Day 1998, the rebels led by the late Solomon A.J. Musa were at Waterloo and Freetown was under siege. As though by some divine intervention, S.A.J Musa died a mysterious death on the outskirts of the city before the year rolled over. His death delayed the attack on the city as we were later informed. Following reports of his death, we knew it was just a matter of time before all hell broke loose. The civil society coalition was now working with ECOMOG, the Kamajors and many more people. We no longer had an Army. Our military had turned against us and they were on the move to slaughter us. Several street demonstrations and meetings were held at various parts of the city to strategize on how to protect the city. The city was completely full and later we learnt that a chunk of the rebels had already entered in the city as civilians and were just waiting for instructions to attack.
When I visited State House on 5th January together with Allie Bangura and others (after we came from the check point mounted at Rokel) to inform the government that even the Gbethis who had been asked to man checkpoints had no torchlights, not to talk of arms and ammunition, the chaos we met at State House told me that it was all over. We were sitting ducks. There was so much panic at State House and people were running helter-skelter. We could not talk to anybody. I went home feeling extremely despondent and accepting for the first time that the city was about to fall. I got a call that evening from Alpha Timbo who was then Secretary General of the Teachers’ Union informing me that he was not going home to Kissy after spending the day at the Ministry of Education negotiating for teachers’ salaries. He told me he had information that that night was crucial for us. I shared with him my experience at State House. He was worried that his family was still at Kissy and he had no idea what he could do to keep them safe. That evening I gave a defiant interview on VOA and BBC attacking the invading rebels. Nobody went to sleep.
I got my first call at around midnight from Alpha Timbo breaking the news that the rebels had entered with an attack in Wellington. I got out of bed, got dressed and decided to monitor the invasion on outskirts of the city. My next call came from the late Hassan Barrie, President of The Sierra Leone Labour Congress who called to inform me that his neighborhood had fallen. I also received calls from coalition members when Clay Factory fell, and all the IDPs were pushed out onto the streets. Shortly thereafter, when the checkpoint at Kissy Dockyard Ferry junction manned by ECOMOG (which we thought was a very strong defence) fell, we knew we were in trouble. The ECOMOG soldiers had been overwhelmed by the number of civilians on the streets and just could not open fire. My next call was from Marie Bangura (now Marie Bob Kandeh). She was staying off Fourah Bay Road and came out to watch the movement of people. She was the first person to give me a clear description of the strategy the rebels were using.
The rebels had actualized their assault on the city by using innocent civilians as human shield. Thousands of people were on the move, marching towards the city center some with vehicles but carrying most of their belongings, whilst the rebels hid amongst and behind them. I asked Marie not to leave her location, but to stay behind and monitor the situation and give us more details. She agreed and became a very good source of information for us.
Prior to December 1999, the Civil Soceity coalition that had fought the RUF/AFRC government had been reactivated. This particular morning, we were frantically making phone calls. Dr. Julius Spencer and Allie Bangura had mostly been working with the ECOMOG troops to keep their morale up and also coordinating with our Ambassador in Nigeria, Joe Blell for more support and reinforcement. The Head of ECOMOG based in Freetown was General Amadu. The Head of ECOMOG West Africa was General Timothy Shelpedi.
Mrs. Fatou Jalloh, who was my landlady at my Liverpool Street office was the next person to call me. Central Freetown had fallen. The size of the human shield had doubled according to reports from Mrs. Jalloh. It was at this point that we realized that if we did not make a stand, the entire city would fall. We coordinated with ECOMOG and advised them that the defense of the city must be strengthened at the Congo Cross bridge. Based on our advice, ECOMOG decided to deploy all tanks and artillery at the Congo Cross bridge.
By dawn, the entire city was awake and continuously on the phone. ECOMOG had assembled all its troops at Congo Cross Bridge to defend the rest of the city. As the history books have recorded, that was where the final battle for Freetown took place. When the crowd of civilians arrived at the bridge, they were commanded to lie on the floor and ECOMOG cordoned off that area and all civilians were detained for several hours. Later, I was informed that the battle at Congo Cross was quite a fierce one and very destructive. Allegedly, my name was one of the names on the “most wanted” list the rebels had drawn up as they prepared to march on the city. Our names were found in the pockets of some of the slain rebels.
As the rebels retreated from Congo Cross bridge, we got reports of civilians who had been forced to come out and wave white bed linens, or any white material as a sign of peace and also to dance for the rebels in rebel controlled areas in Eastern and Central Freetown. We kept receiving information about people who were being slaughtered in their homes, houses being burnt alive with people still inside, incidences of rape, and the amputation of civilians by the retreating rebels. Some of the rebels from the battle at Congo Cross bridge fled into the Ascension Town vicinity, others headed towards Hill cut Road and some ventured into Tengbeh Town. On that gloomy Wednesday morning, even the military barracks at Wilberforce came under artillery attack. At some point, I had cause to call for reinforcement at Tengbeh Town and two armored cars were deployed about two hundred yards from my house at Tengbeh Town. For two days, series of battles took place around the city. By the end of the first day, Freetown was divided into two parts - the east and central part under the control of the RUF and AFRC coalition, and Western Freetown starting from Congo cross under the control of ECOMOG. People in rebel controlled areas started using all known as well as discovering all unknown side roads to move to the western part of the city.
Those 48 hours after the initial invasion of the city were the most nerve-wrecking for me because the electricity supply had been cut off and the phone lines had given up the ghost. I was totally incommunicado.
On the third day, I sat my twelve-year-old son down and tearfully informed him that there was a great possibility that I would not survive the rebel incursion. I handed him a notebook with all the names of my friends around the world who he was to contact should he make it out alive; all the foreign currency I had on me; my cheque book in London and gave him directives to jump the fence and hide in our neighbor’s compound when the rebels came for me, and subsequently find a way to go to Guinea. He had instructions on who to contact when he got to Guinea.
On the 10th January, the much expected knock on my gate came. I was in the process of saying my final goodbyes to my son and dispatching him to the neighbor’s compound when I heard Dr. Julius Spencer's voice. Our gate was opened and he entered fully dressed in military attire. He informed me that the government had fled and that we are on our own. I got dressed and we all assembled at the Wilberforce Military Headquarters. Within the day, we reached out to all our coalition members including Alpha Timbo, Allie Bangura, Festus Minah and many others. An office was given to us and FM 98.1 became our main means of communication to mobilize people. Hundreds of young people responded and we set up shop at the Vine Memorial Secondary School and developed strategies as well as rallied support for a demoralized ECOMOG, who were being sent reinforcement from Nigeria. Nigerian soldiers were being parachuted by helicopters into the city in their hundreds. We were defiant and determined to win back total control of our city.
We managed to open the National Stadium after the rebels were pushed back beyond St. John and made an announcement for all IDPs to assemble there. I walked from the National Stadium beyond Ascension Town bridge to inspect the queue of people, picking out old people, mothers with young babies, wounded people, to bring them up front the queue at the Stadium. It was a very painful experience. All these people had lost their houses and had barely managed to escape to the west end to seek refuge. The next biggest task was to pick up the corpses on the streets and to bury them in mass graves. We turned to young people with "omolankes" who volunteered to pick up the corpses littering the streets, which by now were being devoured by stray dogs and vultures. We requested help from the British war ship along the Atlantic Ocean, which delivered disinfectants in 5 gallon containers to clean the city and rid it from the stench of the dead corpses. Our Ambassador in Nigeria, Joe Blell, played a crucial role in helping us to negotiate with the Nigerian government to send us reinforcement. Nigeria at this time was undergoing its own transition after the death of General Abacha in June 1998, but General Abubakar the Interim President was gracious enough to send thousands of young Nigerian men, who came to rescue us and made the ultimate sacrifice to bring us peace.
With no government to man the affairs of the State, the Civil Society coalition had to stand in the place of a government and stir the ship. We visited Cline Town with ECOMOG tanks to inspect stores that had food supply. By this time, the rebels were on the retreat out of the city. We contacted several NGOs to provide blankets and other items to the thousands of people at the stadium.
After a few days, President Kabbah resurfaced and we held a joint meeting between the Civil Society coalition that had managed the crisis and the Government at his Hill Station residence. The meeting was chaired by a humiliated and subdued President. The most angry member of our team was Alpha Timbo, who did not mince his words in lambasting the incompetence of the government and their failure to listen to all the warnings that had been given to them. President Kabbah apologized and we all asked him to call President Abubakarr of Nigeria to thank him for his response to our request to send more troops without even a phone call from our own President. The rest my dear friends is history.
We lost a lot of young people during the assault on Freetown who came out to join the Nigerian troops who were parachuted into Freetown. State House for instance was lost and taken more than 5 times. These young men and women drew maps of the city to help the Nigerian troops to acquaint themselves and understand the streets and geography of Freetown. These were thousands of young volunteers. My greatest regret is that we have never celebrated these heroes and have never tried to document them. In hindsight, it is undeniable that it was the people of Sierra Leone, thousands of them who paid the heaviest price of the war.
Today, on this very solemn day, I want us to remember all those we lost to the war especially the students and civil society members who stayed behind to confront the AFRC, when most of us fled into exile in Guinea after the 1997 coup; the civil society members and people who gave their lives to save the city after the January 6th attack and finally the people who confronted Foday Sankoh at his house in May 2000 and got killed, when it was realized that he intended to derail the peace process.
As we remember January 6 1999 as one of the worse days during the 12 year civil war in our country, I want to use this opportunity to thank all the thousands of Sierra Leoneans, mostly young people, but also men and women who responded to our call all those years ago to save our motherland. Most of them were killed and we never got the opportunity to mourn them properly and document their story and heroism. We owe it to them to protect Sierra Leone.
Most of us who worked together at that time are now in different political parties. Unfortunately, as politicians we always refuse to learn from the lessons of the past. I have recently decided to talk on some of these issues because our country faces very serious political crises especially within the opposition party. As our electioneering process is set to commence, we must always remember that many Sierra Leoneans paid the ultimate price for this peace we now enjoy, and as such it is imperative that we jealously guard it at all cost.

true African spirit of strength and sacrifice.


Kudo to ECOMOG,hope they are prepared for Gambia exercise(op dictator exist).

Dalek:
NCAN will be disappointed... but we know what we know. )

yes there are Igbo.

I think d best solution so far is dis shot at sight.

it will reduce dis non sense

CHIDOKA 2017

CHIDOKA 2017.

how sure that all those drug traffickers are Nigerians. after all every black man will claim to Nigerian when caught committing crimes.

chinko pple please wen next u catch those sets of Nigerians shoot dem at sight

ivory coast soldiers just misbehaving.


http://www.google.com.ng/url?q=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-38542532&sa=U&ved=0ahUKEwiKxJDfgrHRAhVB9mMKHWyLBIIQqQIIDjAA&sig2=Uzhb_znKywp-pKDen8OcGA&usg=AFQjCNGo6VUNXEIvfPkkRMsWhQS8E-22eg



http://www.google.com.ng/url?q=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/01/ivory-coast-deal-reached-army-mutiny-170107165531494.html&sa=U&ved=0ahUKEwiKxJDfgrHRAhVB9mMKHWyLBIIQqQIIEDAB&sig2=ieoFp747trl3h2p16MXy8g&usg=AFQjCNFFk-eYzAS2vhszIOYmQBmgn5MIRQ.

iblawi:
OK.

I know Rooivalk is better than most variant of Mi-35/MI-24 in terms of capabilities but MI-35M seems to have all those capabilities the Rooivalk boast of too.

Till you have the time and energy sha cause I really want to know.

correct
the Mi-35M is for more advance than the present rooivalk

iblawi:
Bros don't bring politics into this. Am sure we are talking of achievement of the Nigerian Air Force in 2016.

Nigeria military is owned by Nigerian government not PDP or APC.

Odunayaw:
bro I don de notice you
come wetin b ur wahala...why r u still living in pre May 29,2015
isn't it funny how Nigerians get more political than the politicians
You can keep your "past administration" "present administration" poo to yourself already
you are boring me out!

please put politics aside.

just like to see a formidable Nigerian military force

kabe1:
Oga please enough of this nonsense. The aircrafts were bought with Nigerian money, not belong to any political party.

please go and take a nap.

must you turn it political.

jteku:
The NAF has achieved a lot in the year 2016. The achievements covers improvement in platforms and operational capabilities, infrastructural development, training and professionalism. Some of the major achievements of the NAF from Jan-Dec 16 are as follows:

a. The induction of Super Mushshak ac (SMK) into the NAF inventory on 5 Dec 16 as a primary trainer ac.

b. Acquisition of additional 2 new DA-40 ac in Apr 16.

c. Reactivation of ATR-42 ac NAF 931 that was damaged about 2 years ago.

d. Acquisition of A-Jet ac NAF 478 in addition to the operable 7 A-Jet ac fleet in Jun 16.

e. Induction of 3x EC-135 helicopters handed over to the NAF by NNPC in Mar 16.

f. Acquisition of 2x Mi-35M helicopter with capabilities for night operations.

g. Successful degradation of the insurgents and liberation of Sambisa Forest.

h. Successful extraction of the Chibok Girls from SAMBISA.

i. Establishment NAF Emergency Hospital at the Bama IDP Camp.

j. Weaponization of 3 x A-Jet aircraft.

k. Upgrade of Mi-17 Helicopter for strike capability at night.

l. Weaponization of Mi-17 Helicopters.

m. Construction of Pintle Mounts for BMG 12.7mm guns on EC-135 Helicopter.

n. Training of 1,020 personnel overseas and 4,868 locally.

o. Training of 252 pilots and 357 Engrs/technicians overseas and 131 pilots and 643 Engr/technicians locally.

continue ur propaganda.

70% of the work u posted here are works of past administration.

Airborne360:
more are coming, NAF has a lot of needs aside airframes too. Trust us, we wont buy bits if the funds were available.

pls lets forget those propaganda.

when we see the airframe den we knw otherwise.

PapiNigga:
Read what she wrote on her social media page:
"My boo, my heart, my baby, my life, my something, my everything, I love you so much, the love is deep kisses"


http://www.certifiednaija.com/2017/01/naija-lady-gushes-on-her-trump-like.html?m=1

wot nonsense is dis

iblawi:
We were expecting 4 in December 2016 but I don't know why we got just 2. The rest will be delivered in batches till 2018.

I don't think so.

" The Nigerian Airforce says it has acquired two Mi-35M attack helicopters from Russia".


http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/219772-nigeria-buys-new-aircraft-russia.html

present administration maybe canceled the past admin order and ordered just 2 last year.
they are being economical with the truth.

http://alert5.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/b274052a-aef0-4663-94ae-fd434ef45bf21.png

greatiyk4u:
Truly nothing last forever

A whole Tompolo hiding?

why will he not hide.
ijaw pple like their Western broda are cowards.

tompolo run run run

iblawi:
The Nigerian Airforce says it has acquired two Mi-35M attack helicopters from Russia to fight terrorists and criminal gangs.
The Mi-35M is a rugged helicopter that offers round the clock combat use of guided and unguided weapons in regular and challenging climate conditions which is equipped with the latest navigation suite, target sights system, laser range finder and location finder.

“The aircraft have already been delivered awaiting official induction after which they will be launched for operations,” the Chief of Air Staff, Sadique Abubakar, said at a media briefing in Abuja on Friday.




http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/219772-nigeria-buys-new-aircraft-russia.html

so its now only 2 as against 16 stated.

where then is the remaining fund for the remaining 14 Helios

Naijalabel:
After series of protest by aged pensioners in Imo State.
The imo state government led by Rochas Okorocha had gone ahead to compel pensioners in the state to forfeit 60% of their entitlements and take home only 40%.


Six different categories of pensioners were owed between 22 months and 77 months by the state government.

“Civil pensioners are owed 22 months, local government pensioners 23 months, retired primary school teachers 32 months, IBC pensioners 44 months, retired permanent secretaries 22 months and Alvan Ikoku pensioners 77 months,’’

The government is now using its agents to force pensioners to sign document it prepared, which by extension will make any pensioner that signs the document to forfeit his/her 60 per cent arrears.


See copy of a pensioners letter below.

Where is NLC ?

http://naijalabel..com.ng/2017/01/photo-imo-state-pensioners-to-forfeit.html?m=1

how do we expect corruption to die with issues like dis .

dis is pure wickedness.

rochas ur case is with god .
the next spiritual slap u will receive I doubt if u will survive it.

Adminisher:
Nigeria won't be buying Chinese drones for sometime. They rush products to market too fast, don't perfect prototypes enough and don't work out reliability issues rigorously.

I would rather partner with Ukraine, Israel or UAE companies who can give us share of the work or establish a co-development center for UAVs

pls remove Ukraine and Uae the don't have d capacity.
Israel will b limited by US.
China is the best choice for the main time.

junnyjake:
My spirit is extremely vexed right now, and what you are about to read is just straight from my heart, I am not giving a damn about what anyone think of me.

I have been in the north for almost a decade, in fact I'm from the middle belt. I have experienced the ugliness of what crisis in the north is like, you are separated from the comfort of your bed for days you don't sleep at night, continuous gun shots and it's like your phone ring tone, someone you were with some minutes ago might be butchered in the next hour, if he's lucky he's shot.

I have seen worse, and the revelations are not the reason for this article but rather to show you how much I feel for those currently in southern Kaduna.

Christians are being killed since last week in southern Kaduna, and the governor of the state is saying nothing about it.

The president would have announced his condolences if it were another country, and even offer to support them in fighting terrorism. It's Nigeria, the lives of its citizens equates that of cattles. Pathetic.

And of course I won't forget to come for those delusional dimwits who were parading every social media with the hash tag 'pray for France' Brussels and what have you, some of them went as far as putting a France flags on their facebook profiles.

You won't see any of them praying for the people of southern Kaduna, their brothers and sisters, it's so painful that my eyes are full of tears.

Now tell me how many Germans, Belgians or french gives a damn about you? Who's going to join in the campaign to highlight the injustice metted on Christians in the north if not you?

make una take heart
God be with u pple