Gusau added: “The governor also said for each released child that is enrolled in school, their parents would get N10, 000 for 30 days of uninterrupted stay in school

Am I the only one seeing this anomaly? So what happens to millions of other disenfranchesed kids that have so far behaved well by not being mini-terrorists?

saengine:

South Africa never went to CAR to fight any war. If you guys don't want to believe that, then we South Africans are also tired of explaining it to you. The air force jets and helicopters arrived after the battle. The South African Air Force was waiting for the decision of the African Union. If the AU said Seleka took power illegally and needed to be removed, the SA Air Force would have bombed them to bits.

cry me a river!

Nigeria deployed to Sierria Leone and started the fight when ECOWAS/AU was yet to deliberate. Not solid excuse brov. Lets get over this SELEKA thrashing and move forward, it will only make SANDF stronger (if you choose to learn).

Nice machines though (...afterall you are best in photo-ops)

una no go wound me with laugh here ...

^^^

Yes o! I also learnt Aradu is due for refitting. Hope that comes to pass. Very soon each of the commands might be backed with a frigate as NN rebuilds herself from long years of misrule.

I would like that right of space be negotiated with Sao Tome and Principe for a forward operating base which also houses light air wing + army commando group to cover that zone but reports to NNS Victory (Easyern Naval Command, Calabar). If Ojukwu was able to pull off such negotiation with them during the war, I believe it will take less persuasion to get it granted. Afterall, we explore their oil for them and grant them extended military pact. So it might be high time we put ships and troops to that zone when the equipment arrive.

France and Portugal will develop heart attack immediately. lol

We cant wait.

I hope @Ndubuisi has gone to get a lawyer to sue the yeye university that gave him useless voodoo education and fake certificate, because I have just seen another fresh piece of news to rub in his olodo face.

[size=16pt]NIGERIAN NAVY TO RECEIVE TWO EX-UNITED STATES COAST GUARD AND UNITED STATES NAVY SHIPS IN 2014, ‘USNS JOHN MCDONNELL’ AND ‘USCGC GALLATIN’ NETTED – CNS; NIGERIAN NAVY ANNOUNCE PROGRAMME OF EVENTS FOR 57TH ANNIVERSARY (NAVY WEEK 2013)[/size]
Posted on May 25, 2013 by beegeagle



The USCGC Gallatin is a 115 metre 3,250 ton Hamilton-class ship. She is a sister ship to the NNS Thunder F90 which was transferred to the Nigerian Navy on May 13, 2011 and entered Nigerian service on January 23, 2012.



The USNS John McDonnell is a 64 metre 2,054 ton oceanographic survey ship

GLITZMAGG
24 May, 2013

The Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Adm. Dele
Ezeoba, said on Friday that Nigeria would get two additional warships from
U.S. Ezeoba announced this in Abuja while briefing newsmen on the activities lined up to mark the 57th Anniversary of the Nigerian Navy.

Represented by Rear Adm. Emmauel
Ogbor, Chief of Policy and Plans (COPP),
Ezeoba gave the names of the ships as US Navy Survey Ship MCDONELL and US Coast Guard Cutter GALLATIN. He said the transfer of the ships to the Nigerian Navy (NN) would be actualised before the end of 2014, adding that the joint visual inspection of the two vessels would be undertaken in May and August.

“I must put on record that the
Government of the U.S has in the last 10
years, transferred some ships to the navy as part of its capacity building support. “Some of the ships include THUNDER, OBULA, NWAMBA, KYANWA and OLOGBO. “These ships have contributed immensely to the security of the nation’s maritime environment and the Gulf of Guinea,’’ he said.

Ezeoba said the issue of maritime
resource management involved not only
the navy but other stakeholders in the
industry. He said there was collaboration between the navy and other stakeholders in providing a secured environment for maritime resource management.

“To this extent, a crucial meeting with
stakeholders in the nation’s oil and gas
sector took place at the Naval
Headquarters on Feb. 21, 2013. “The meeting was aimed at proffering
workable solutions to the numerous
challenges in the sector. As a follow up to the meeting, the NN also hosted a 2-day retreat for maritime stakeholders at Uyo, Akwa Ibom.

“At the end of the retreat, far-reaching
resolutions were reached on how to
ensure a secured maritime environment
for the nation,’’ Ezeoba said. He said it was gratifying to note that the naval headquarters had begun the implementation of the resolutions with
commendable results.

According to the Chief of Naval Staff, the
issue of training has continued to receive priority attention in the scheme of things under his watch. Ezeoba said officers and ratings were continuously attending courses, seminars and symposia within and outside the country.

He said the programme for the navy’s
anniversary include interdenominational
church services, which will hold
simultaneously in all the Commands on
May 26, and special Juma’at prayers in
the commands on May 31.

“Navy Ships will be opened to visitors on
May 29, and on the same day, there will
be special medical rhapsody in host
communities. “On the evening of June 1, there will be Ceremonial Sunset and Cocktail party as the ceremonial sunset is one of the oldest and most significant naval ceremonies to conclude days of special importance.’’

http://glitzmagg.com/i/?p=3960

Nigerian Troops Rescue Women and Children Kidnapped By Boko Haram

Posted: May 24, 2013 - 16:04

By SaharaReporters, New York

The Nigerian Army today said it has rescued several women, and children held hostage by Islamist militant sect, Boko Haram.

Brigadier Chris Olukolade stated that on May 22, 2013, during operations to rid the Bama area of terrorists, the Nigerian military raided Boko Haram camps where they rescued nine women and children being held hostage.

Following the Bama attack on May 7, 2013, Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau released that showed women and children that they had captured.

Brigadier Olukolade confirmed that the children and women rescued were the same people displayed by Boko Haram in the video.


http://saharareporters.com/news-page/nigerian-troops-rescue-women-and-children-kidnapped-boko-haram

Good news from our troops. May God continue to guide and enable them to conquer forces of evil.

souldust: ndubuisi is complaining about brain drain yet he doesnt want us to develop DICON even though we are in need of a local defence industry.

Left to me, i think we should just leave this ndubuisi alone. Let him talk to the air. This is just what i am going to do.

He gave an example of SA employing their engineers in DENEL, yet he doesnt think it is necessary for us to build a DICON to absorb the engineers we produce here in Naija.

you also see part of irrationalities in his reasoning that made me question whatever oluwole education and oga-at-the-top that put him in auditing state accounts instead of much smarter folks with genuine education. You see part of why Nigeria is in mess?

Ndubuisi711:

Having the strong military does not mean that it cannot rebel against its own government. We have seen such armies taking over their governments by force. Stability of one country is what attracts investments and not that the country has a strong military force.

Dude, I think you are deluded. Are you a learner?

First, your idea is too simple. I equally have the budgetary breakdown for last two years, and have been following for more years. One thing you should have known (if you are truly who you say you are) is that too many things are hidden away under different headings. It is "the more you look, the less you see". Can you tell me one budget that was fully implemented according to plan in the past 14 years? What about supplementaries under various guises? Guy, if you truly are involved in Nigerian government spending details as you want to portray here, you should know all these things I am telling you. What about "illegal" withdrawals and extra budgetary expenditures that were not captured in the appropriation acts,...do you or not know about them?

I am not saying that I have evidences that the govt is purchasing new platforms or not, but knowing the Nigerian Military tradition of uttermost secrecy in acquisitions, I can't equally refute it. Considering the present security challenges within and around Nigeria, it is too simplistic to imagine that Nigeria is not arming up seriously right now. The most visible was in 2009 appropriation act when part of Ministry of Niger Delta was actually for activities that should have been captured under Ministry of Defence budget. It was obvious that it was done to not create suspicion at the on-coming creek battle with the militants. Late Gen Abacha was arming up seriously under ECOMOG mandate whereas Nigeria was officially under arms embargo. I have said enough to make you to start connecting some dots you probably might have come across in line of your duty.

By the was, coup plotting will do no one, be it the military themselves or civilians, any good. It is obvious to all and sundry. It is currently a very distant fear. Mind yu, it is this very mindset nurtured by likes of IBB that ruined the fledging military and police we had up till Alhaji Shagari days. Today, all know better. The military now values professional soldiering while the civilian administration has within its short tenure seen the disadvantage of ill-equipped military. We have moved on from this your archaic mindset era.

My friend, shine ya eyes!

Ola Johnson:
Professors are supposed to be in the universities, not contesting elections but could hold appointive posts. I don't know of any part of the country where former VCs still go back to classes after their tenures. How professors have you seen or read about that contested the presidency in the US? Everybody in the SW politically conscious, no wonder subsequent government avoid any political uprising in that part of the country because it could destabilize the country. The first coups were not unconnected with events in the SW.

Clinton was a professor of Law

Al Gore returned to his associate professor position in university after losing election to GW Bush

Obama is Havard professor of Law

Eziachi:
Your experience is a good as mine. I swim and hunt every day with Awori people in Timbuktu, non of them ever trust Yoruba man or will dream of being called a Yoruba. They rather go and live in Benin Republic than for Lagos to be called a Yoruba land.
During the Abacha's era, they open the door for Yorubas to be humiliated and assassinated in Lagos by Al Mustapha and the Nigerian soldiers. On Yoruba itself, the Egbas regarded the rest of Yoruba as inferior, that why only them rules when you get the opportunity and they claim to be equal Yorubas during elections e.g Abiola/OBJ etc.
Dele Moumodu became the presidential candidate of his party, not even his wife voted for him and they said the publisher is too fat to be a proper Yoruba.
You see, we are kind of, on the same page.

lolzzzzzzzzzzz...you are so so funny!

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13volts: The military has enjoyed full access and support of the governments in the affected states. The military also enjoyed the full privileges of using force – many times excessive – on any citizen they without hindrance from the state governments in the past two years.

So what exactly has hindered the military so much that they needed to compel Mr. President to give them a state of emergency to operate under? I am at loss here – completely. What has the state of emergency achieved when it was declared under this regime in some local governments including those now under Boko Haram occupation?

I need to be convinced how declaration of the state of emergency could make Boko Haram an exception.

I will ignore the accusation of plegiarism agains you for a moment and pretend that this is your original idea.

The differece you seek for is technicalities, simple! The rule of engagement under SOE is different from initial state. The military have more powers and flexibilities. The Baga-like incidence will no more be an abnormality, but normal under SOE. Hence, civil right expectation is lesser and brutal force is nom. If you still dont get it, it is a fancy name to say we are at war in that zone!

Get a script of the president's speech and read carefully, and you ill see the declaration of war.

it is unfortunate that many residents of our dear Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states have no yet realized that they are now in a declared full-war zone. Our people say that "a wise cripple starts his exodus before the start of a forewarned war" and "when the ear hears and refuses to tell the brain, it will surely be decapitated along with the head", now "a stubborn fly will end up in grave with the corpse". To be forewarned is to be forearmed, he that hath ears, let him hear.

KPAKAM!

Thiza: A REPORT ON 1997 BY A JOURNALIST IN SIERRA LEONE AND MANY NIGERIANS WOULD DISPUTE IT:

The weekend of Friday 11 July witnessed the third serious confrontation between Nigerian (ECOMOG) troops and AFRC/RUF fighters who have recently been renamed the ‘People’s Army’. Two days earlier on Wednesday 9 July, there was a full scale battle for control of the Lungi International Airport. In a previous encounter on Monday 2 June, Nigerian troops were, by popular acclamation, given a good hiding by the junta’s militia during an all-day gun battle that ended, with a truce, after the Nigerians ran out of ammunition and the capture of over 300 of their men. During the last two clashes, however, Nigerians had the upper hand, having recently brought in fresh reinforcements of men and ammunition for their demoralised troops.

The scene of the latest battle, which continued into Monday and part of Tuesday of the following week, was at Jui, about 15 miles east of Freetown and close to Benguema, the location of one of the country’s main military training camps. Jui is host to a contingent of Nigerian troops. Nearby is Hastings with its National Police Training School, and an Airport that is currently under the control of the Peoples Army. There is a displaced persons camp close to the town. An RUF base was said to have been recently established in the area. Troops from there were deployed for the clash with the Nigerians which started after a Nigerian air force jet buzzed Freetown, flying so low that it threw the city and its outskirts into confusion and fear.

Eye witnesses told of continuous bombardment with heavy weapons and mortar fire. Civilians fled for safety, and shops and markets were closed. There were officially over 90 deaths during this battle, including civilians and a very large number of soldiers on both sides. Some reports have claimed that this figure is extremely conservative and have put the casualty as high as between 450 and 600 which, they also say, were mainly casualties of the People’s Army. But AFRC Military sources strongly denied these reports, saying they were pure propaganda and boasted that they were a match for the Nigerians. No reliable figures have been easy to come by because all sides deliberately understate their own casualties while inflating their opponent’s.

Those who were first on the scene have reported that the town was reduced to rubble and is empty after all its remaining inhabitants fled. Although calm had returned to the area by Tuesday, reporters said that the opposing armies were still in their trenches in readiness for possible renewed fighting.

Up to the time of writing this account, the ICRC was still negotiating to be allowed to enter the battleground to remove corpses for burial and the wounded for treatment. A surgeon described the victims’ bodies as "completely mangled and hardly recognisable". Casualties included policemen whose HQ was hit by a rain of missiles fired by the Nigerians, killing six of them. The AFRC claimed that in another incident a bomb dropped by a Nigerian air force jet killed a family of four in the town. The military barracks in Jui were also completely wrecked by Nigerian artillery.

The Nigerians appear also to have had the better of the clash of Wednesday 9 July for control of the Lungi International Airport. Reports said "hundreds of RUF fighters" were killed, with one quoting as many as over 300. The regime strenuously deny this but have as yet issued no casualty figures. Scores of innocent civilians also died in the crossfire. The Lungi military barracks were flattened by Nigerian battery. Lungi Town itself as well as the airport are both firmly under the control of Nigerian forces.

Fighting started after AFRC soldiers were sent to silence a pirate station which had broadcast messages by President Kabbah to the people of Sierra Leone. The finger of suspicion was pointed at the Nigerians whom the AFRC accused of facilitating and harbouring the transmitter at their base. A spokesman for the regime alleged that AFRC/RUF troops were on their way to the airport when they were engaged into an argument by Nigerian soldiers: "The Nigerians were hostile and started trading insults and then things got out of hand .. there was hand-to-hand fighting at one stage before the two sides separated and took up heavy bombardment." Another military man said that it was the Nigerians who "started attacking our men on the ground… the only thing that can bring this fight under control is for the international world to tell Nigeria to get out of our territory".

The Nigerians flatly denied these charges. ECOMOG commander General Victor Malu, speaking form Monrovia (Liberia), said "we had no reason to attack them". A statement form ECOMOG HQ in Liberia declared: "…The junta launched the fierce attack on the allegation that ECOMOG installed an FM station in Lungi. The junta’s attack was therefore aimed at destroying the station". Acting Nigerian defence spokesman Godwin Ugbo, speaking in Abuja, issued a prompt denial of the allegation that the clandestine radio station was being operated by Nigerians. He said that as far as they were concerned they did not even know of it, so the question of their funding it did not arise.

The sound of gunfire caused pandemonium in the west end of Freetown which had been tense since a speech by President Kabbah was broadcast on a pirate radio station "SLBS FM 98.1" that uses a frequency that is close to the real Sierra Leone Broadcasting Service (SLBS) Radio - FM 98.99. For nearly two days after the latest fighting the radio remained silent but resumed broadcasts on the third day.

and so?....the report only tells of a hard fought battle in an enemy's territory which Nigerian troops eventually won. To show your acute daftness, Gen Malu scured the reinstatement of Alhaji Tijan Kabbah as the country's president even after the incident after the rebels have been effectively vanquished without any territory in the country. Can same be said about SANDF in CAR?

andrewza:


SA never left goma. The DRC solders left. SA was in goma and was still conducting patrol even after goma fell to M23.

I never menstioned any thing because nothing happened. M23 rocked up UN peace keepers watched them M23 never fired a shot. Rather boring.

My friend, stop playing hide-and-seek with me! go to the report again and attend to the issues i highlit specifically against all your earlier ramblings on this thread. For your sake, I will repost it again;

A 1000-strong South African contingent is expected to be deployed to the region within a month as part of an African intervention force. It will almost certainly be drawn into conflict with the heavily armed and battle-hardened M23 rebel group after the collapse of peace talks between the rebels and the central government in Kinshasa.

One of 33 rebel groups in the region, the M23 has 40t of munitions looted from DRC army armouries in clashes in the east of the country last year.

The M23 routed DRC government forces in November in a fight for the capital of the country's eastern region, Goma, where South African peacekeepers were deployed. In the battle for Goma, South African soldiers were caught by surprise and the M23 forces - whose officers have over 20 years of jungle combat experience - were able to take the town within days.

Reported to have access to T55 and T72 Soviet-era tanks, and armed with anti-tank and surface-to-air missiles, anti-aircraft guns, heavy machine guns, armoured vehicles and rocket-propelled grenades, the M23's 5500-strong force is in the final stages of preparing for war.

The rebels have upped their propaganda war against the South Africans since warning President Jacob Zuma last month of a "catastrophic and apocalyptic" response if the SANDF engaged them.

The group has since revealed that it plans to kidnap SANDF troops to force South Africa to about-turn on the deployment.

The rebels are said to be backed by Rwandan and Ugandan military advisers and special forces, a claim both countries deny.

In March, the UN Security Council authorised the deployment of a 3000-man intervention force to the DRC to work alongside 17000 UN peacekeepers. The intervention force, which will comprise South African, Malawian and Tanzanian troops, is expected to arrive in the DRC within a month.

As opposed to the peacekeeping force, the new intervention force's mandate will see troops being able to engage rebel forces regardless of provocation in order to bring stability to the region.

Two months ago 13 South African paratroops were killed in the battle for the Central African Republic's capital, Bangui.

South Africa's most serious military disadvantages in that battle were lack of air support and poor intelligence - the same situation now faced by the troops destined for the DRC.

The SANDF has limited heavy-lift air transport capability, its Rooivalk attack helicopters' Makopa anti-tank missiles are not yet certified, and it is most unlikely that the air force's Gripen fighter jets will be deployed to the DRC. Knowing all this, South African soldiers are gravely concerned about the impending battle.

An army officer, who has knowledge of the mission's planning, said: "We train and fight hard. We know our job and are capable, but with little air support, this fight is difficult. We learned good lessons in CAR but, make no mistake, this will not be easy.

"The M23 are well-armed and have good intelligence. They will not fight conventionally. It will be guerrilla-style attacks preying on our weaknesses, and our lack of cohesion and joint training with the other forces."

SANDF spokesman Brigadier-General Xolani Mabanga declined to comment other than to say: "We are awaiting the UN's force deployment orders."

Defence analyst Helmoed Heitman said: "The M23 are not a bunch of ragtag rebels. They are superior in their jungle-fighting capabilities with backing from neighbouring countries [that are] running proxy military forces in the region.

''Our biggest problem is lack of air capabilities. We have the Rooivalk attack helicopter and Oryx troop-carrying helicopters, but we have no proper heavy-lift transport aircraft to get our equipment and troops in and out safely.

"The Rooivalk's anti-tank missile is not certified, meaning it will have to get dangerously close to the enemy for its rockets to be effective.

"We are taking our long-range G5 cannon and various armoured vehicles but these vehicles will not withstand the M23's fire-power. Their 37mm anti-aircraft guns are lethal both to air and ground targets and they have the support of tanks and special forces."

Heitman said major hindrances included the lack of intelligence. "Our defence intelligence is what got us into trouble in CAR.

"Added to this is the UN's view that this is just another peacekeeping mission. Instead of additional forces, they divided the current peacekeeping force, transferring the South African brigade to the intervention force and creating a vacuum for the rebels to capitalise on. This is not peacekeeping. It will be aggressive counter-guerrilla warfare in which people, including civilians, will die. You need numbers that are not there to bring about peace."

Heitman said the M23 rebels knew the SANDF's capabilities.

"They will not pick on us. They will pick on the possible weak links - Malawi and Tanzania - who have little battle experience. They will harass, divide and conquer." He added: "They have the strong possibility of tank and special forces support."

Maria Langer, DRC country manager for International Alert - a UK "peace-building" NGO - described the security situation as critical.

"The M23 have regrouped into key areas and are recruiting civilians for the war. They are 5km from Goma and are poised to take the town.

"Not only are the M23 around, but so are 30 other rebel groups."

Langer said: "The intervention force was designed to be a persuasive and preventative force but the DRC government sees it as a military solution."

Written by GRAEME HOSKEN for Timeslive | 13 May, 2013

http://www.timeslive.co.za/thetimes/?articleId=9054737

Thiza: A REPORT ON 1997 BY A JOURNALIST IN SIERRA LEONE AND MANY NIGERIANS WOULD DISPUTE IT:

The weekend of Friday 11 July witnessed the third serious confrontation between Nigerian (ECOMOG) troops and AFRC/RUF fighters who have recently been renamed the ‘People’s Army’. Two days earlier on Wednesday 9 July, there was a full scale battle for control of the Lungi International Airport. In a previous encounter on Monday 2 June, Nigerian troops were, by popular acclamation, given a good hiding by the junta’s militia during an all-day gun battle that ended, with a truce, after the Nigerians ran out of ammunition and the capture of over 300 of their men. During the last two clashes, however, Nigerians had the upper hand, having recently brought in fresh reinforcements of men and ammunition for their demoralised troops.

The scene of the latest battle, which continued into Monday and part of Tuesday of the following week, was at Jui, about 15 miles east of Freetown and close to Benguema, the location of one of the country’s main military training camps. Jui is host to a contingent of Nigerian troops. Nearby is Hastings with its National Police Training School, and an Airport that is currently under the control of the Peoples Army. There is a displaced persons camp close to the town. An RUF base was said to have been recently established in the area. Troops from there were deployed for the clash with the Nigerians which started after a Nigerian air force jet buzzed Freetown, flying so low that it threw the city and its outskirts into confusion and fear.

Eye witnesses told of continuous bombardment with heavy weapons and mortar fire. Civilians fled for safety, and shops and markets were closed. There were officially over 90 deaths during this battle, including civilians and a very large number of soldiers on both sides. Some reports have claimed that this figure is extremely conservative and have put the casualty as high as between 450 and 600 which, they also say, were mainly casualties of the People’s Army. But AFRC Military sources strongly denied these reports, saying they were pure propaganda and boasted that they were a match for the Nigerians. No reliable figures have been easy to come by because all sides deliberately understate their own casualties while inflating their opponent’s.

Those who were first on the scene have reported that the town was reduced to rubble and is empty after all its remaining inhabitants fled. Although calm had returned to the area by Tuesday, reporters said that the opposing armies were still in their trenches in readiness for possible renewed fighting.

Up to the time of writing this account, the ICRC was still negotiating to be allowed to enter the battleground to remove corpses for burial and the wounded for treatment. A surgeon described the victims’ bodies as "completely mangled and hardly recognisable". Casualties included policemen whose HQ was hit by a rain of missiles fired by the Nigerians, killing six of them. The AFRC claimed that in another incident a bomb dropped by a Nigerian air force jet killed a family of four in the town. The military barracks in Jui were also completely wrecked by Nigerian artillery.

The Nigerians appear also to have had the better of the clash of Wednesday 9 July for control of the Lungi International Airport. Reports said "hundreds of RUF fighters" were killed, with one quoting as many as over 300. The regime strenuously deny this but have as yet issued no casualty figures. Scores of innocent civilians also died in the crossfire. The Lungi military barracks were flattened by Nigerian battery. Lungi Town itself as well as the airport are both firmly under the control of Nigerian forces.

Fighting started after AFRC soldiers were sent to silence a pirate station which had broadcast messages by President Kabbah to the people of Sierra Leone. The finger of suspicion was pointed at the Nigerians whom the AFRC accused of facilitating and harbouring the transmitter at their base. A spokesman for the regime alleged that AFRC/RUF troops were on their way to the airport when they were engaged into an argument by Nigerian soldiers: "The Nigerians were hostile and started trading insults and then things got out of hand .. there was hand-to-hand fighting at one stage before the two sides separated and took up heavy bombardment." Another military man said that it was the Nigerians who "started attacking our men on the ground… the only thing that can bring this fight under control is for the international world to tell Nigeria to get out of our territory".

The Nigerians flatly denied these charges. ECOMOG commander General Victor Malu, speaking form Monrovia (Liberia), said "we had no reason to attack them". A statement form ECOMOG HQ in Liberia declared: "…The junta launched the fierce attack on the allegation that ECOMOG installed an FM station in Lungi. The junta’s attack was therefore aimed at destroying the station". Acting Nigerian defence spokesman Godwin Ugbo, speaking in Abuja, issued a prompt denial of the allegation that the clandestine radio station was being operated by Nigerians. He said that as far as they were concerned they did not even know of it, so the question of their funding it did not arise.

The sound of gunfire caused pandemonium in the west end of Freetown which had been tense since a speech by President Kabbah was broadcast on a pirate radio station "SLBS FM 98.1" that uses a frequency that is close to the real Sierra Leone Broadcasting Service (SLBS) Radio - FM 98.99. For nearly two days after the latest fighting the radio remained silent but resumed broadcasts on the third day.

and so?....the report only tells of a hard fought battle in an enemy's territory which Nigerian troops eventually won. To show your acute daftness, Gen Malu scured the reinstatement of Alhaji Tijan Kabbah as the country's president even after the incident after the rebels have been effectively vanquished without any territory in the country. Can same be said about SANDF in CAR?

andrewza:


SA never left goma. The DRC solders left. SA was in goma and was still conducting patrol even after goma fell to M23.

I never menstioned any thing because nothing happened. M23 rocked up UN peace keepers watched them M23 never fired a shot. Rather boring.

My friend, stop playing hide-and-seek with me! go to the report again and attend to the issues i highlit specifically against all your earlier ramblings on this thread. For your sake, I will repost it again;

A 1000-strong South African contingent is expected to be deployed to the region within a month as part of an African intervention force. It will almost certainly be drawn into conflict with the heavily armed and battle-hardened M23 rebel group after the collapse of peace talks between the rebels and the central government in Kinshasa.

One of 33 rebel groups in the region, the M23 has 40t of munitions looted from DRC army armouries in clashes in the east of the country last year.

The M23 routed DRC government forces in November in a fight for the capital of the country's eastern region, Goma, where South African peacekeepers were deployed. In the battle for Goma, South African soldiers were caught by surprise and the M23 forces - whose officers have over 20 years of jungle combat experience - were able to take the town within days.

Reported to have access to T55 and T72 Soviet-era tanks, and armed with anti-tank and surface-to-air missiles, anti-aircraft guns, heavy machine guns, armoured vehicles and rocket-propelled grenades, the M23's 5500-strong force is in the final stages of preparing for war.

The rebels have upped their propaganda war against the South Africans since warning President Jacob Zuma last month of a "catastrophic and apocalyptic" response if the SANDF engaged them.

The group has since revealed that it plans to kidnap SANDF troops to force South Africa to about-turn on the deployment.

The rebels are said to be backed by Rwandan and Ugandan military advisers and special forces, a claim both countries deny.

In March, the UN Security Council authorised the deployment of a 3000-man intervention force to the DRC to work alongside 17000 UN peacekeepers. The intervention force, which will comprise South African, Malawian and Tanzanian troops, is expected to arrive in the DRC within a month.

As opposed to the peacekeeping force, the new intervention force's mandate will see troops being able to engage rebel forces regardless of provocation in order to bring stability to the region.

Two months ago 13 South African paratroops were killed in the battle for the Central African Republic's capital, Bangui.

South Africa's most serious military disadvantages in that battle were lack of air support and poor intelligence - the same situation now faced by the troops destined for the DRC.

The SANDF has limited heavy-lift air transport capability, its Rooivalk attack helicopters' Makopa anti-tank missiles are not yet certified, and it is most unlikely that the air force's Gripen fighter jets will be deployed to the DRC. Knowing all this, South African soldiers are gravely concerned about the impending battle.

An army officer, who has knowledge of the mission's planning, said: "We train and fight hard. We know our job and are capable, but with little air support, this fight is difficult. We learned good lessons in CAR but, make no mistake, this will not be easy.

"The M23 are well-armed and have good intelligence. They will not fight conventionally. It will be guerrilla-style attacks preying on our weaknesses, and our lack of cohesion and joint training with the other forces."

SANDF spokesman Brigadier-General Xolani Mabanga declined to comment other than to say: "We are awaiting the UN's force deployment orders."

Defence analyst Helmoed Heitman said: "The M23 are not a bunch of ragtag rebels. They are superior in their jungle-fighting capabilities with backing from neighbouring countries [that are] running proxy military forces in the region.

''Our biggest problem is lack of air capabilities. We have the Rooivalk attack helicopter and Oryx troop-carrying helicopters, but we have no proper heavy-lift transport aircraft to get our equipment and troops in and out safely.

"The Rooivalk's anti-tank missile is not certified, meaning it will have to get dangerously close to the enemy for its rockets to be effective.

"We are taking our long-range G5 cannon and various armoured vehicles but these vehicles will not withstand the M23's fire-power. Their 37mm anti-aircraft guns are lethal both to air and ground targets and they have the support of tanks and special forces."

Heitman said major hindrances included the lack of intelligence. "Our defence intelligence is what got us into trouble in CAR.

"Added to this is the UN's view that this is just another peacekeeping mission. Instead of additional forces, they divided the current peacekeeping force, transferring the South African brigade to the intervention force and creating a vacuum for the rebels to capitalise on. This is not peacekeeping. It will be aggressive counter-guerrilla warfare in which people, including civilians, will die. You need numbers that are not there to bring about peace."

Heitman said the M23 rebels knew the SANDF's capabilities.

"They will not pick on us. They will pick on the possible weak links - Malawi and Tanzania - who have little battle experience. They will harass, divide and conquer." He added: "They have the strong possibility of tank and special forces support."

Maria Langer, DRC country manager for International Alert - a UK "peace-building" NGO - described the security situation as critical.

"The M23 have regrouped into key areas and are recruiting civilians for the war. They are 5km from Goma and are poised to take the town.

"Not only are the M23 around, but so are 30 other rebel groups."

Langer said: "The intervention force was designed to be a persuasive and preventative force but the DRC government sees it as a military solution."

Written by GRAEME HOSKEN for Timeslive | 13 May, 2013

http://www.timeslive.co.za/thetimes/?articleId=9054737

blitz8701: Its funny how now the SA media and Heitman is now all of a sudden used as referencing by nigerians, when a couple of months ago nigerians on this forum labeled both the sa media and mr heitman as full of it (propaganda that is). Well all I can say is that the media and mr heitman are nt all knowing oracles of the SANDF,we just for now need to sit back and watch what will happen when a rebel army fights a government that has many years of combat experience and air support with air servalence drones. No matter how experienced u are in so called jungle warfare if u come against an army that has an effective artillery, ul loose hundreds of fighters, they will first shell the h#ll out of u then move in to finish u off. The un is behind us and the AU. What air force does m23 have? Do they have body armor? Night vision etc? I'm nt saying SA will nt suffer casualties ofcorse they will bt SA will kill thousands of those rebels u just watch and see. I'm sure M23 is used to seeing SANDF soldiers in i riding around in white UN vehicles and poorly equipped. Now they will face special forces,fighter jets,and helicopter gun ships. I'm no expert in military stuff bt I can reason. U have to understand that SA is nt only fighting to eliminate rebel elements in the DRC which is very important ofcorse bt we are also fighting to regain our pride that we lost marginally in the car. Were fighting for our pride. In order for our troops to be respected again in africa we have to defeat these bandits.
They may have all that hard wear listed by the sunday times bt is it sustainable? Is it enough to defeat a government? We have to win this war or our foreign policy will go to the dogs.

That's all I wntd to say. If any of you choose to insult me you won't get a reply from me.

t's either your brain doesn't work or your finger has found ways to outrun it. Read through the earlier post I made and edit that thrash you posted.

andrewza:

Ease try again.

SA was part of UN. UN ROE. Fire only if fired apon. No UN forces where fired apon. Hence we could do nothing. M23 knew that.

You are not just daft, but a very dishonest person. It is the second time I am posting a documented fact for you at which you repeatedly failed to respond to the fact, but summarily slithered away from it like the snake you are.

Now I challenge you again, Andrewza, respond to the issues raised by your own SANDF officers about the incompetences of your military intelligience, Rooivak, Makopa and routing of your troops in Goma. Afterall, you have sing praises to high heavens about your "supernatural" weapons, which have just been exposed as inefficient by your own military men.

[size=18pt]SOUTH AFRICA CAUGHT OUT N.A.KED! Andrewza come and start another round of lies to deny this coming from your own military about your ineptitude SANDF[/size]

A 1000-strong South African contingent is expected to be deployed to the region within a month as part of an African intervention force. It will almost certainly be drawn into conflict with the heavily armed and battle-hardened M23 rebel group after the collapse of peace talks between the rebels and the central government in Kinshasa.

One of 33 rebel groups in the region, the M23 has 40t of munitions looted from DRC army armouries in clashes in the east of the country last year.

The M23 routed DRC government forces in November in a fight for the capital of the country's eastern region, Goma, where South African peacekeepers were deployed. In the battle for Goma, South African soldiers were caught by surprise and the M23 forces - whose officers have over 20 years of jungle combat experience - were able to take the town within days.

Reported to have access to T55 and T72 Soviet-era tanks, and armed with anti-tank and surface-to-air missiles, anti-aircraft guns, heavy machine guns, armoured vehicles and rocket-propelled grenades, the M23's 5500-strong force is in the final stages of preparing for war.

The rebels have upped their propaganda war against the South Africans since warning President Jacob Zuma last month of a "catastrophic and apocalyptic" response if the SANDF engaged them.

The group has since revealed that it plans to kidnap SANDF troops to force South Africa to about-turn on the deployment.

The rebels are said to be backed by Rwandan and Ugandan military advisers and special forces, a claim both countries deny.

In March, the UN Security Council authorised the deployment of a 3000-man intervention force to the DRC to work alongside 17000 UN peacekeepers. The intervention force, which will comprise South African, Malawian and Tanzanian troops, is expected to arrive in the DRC within a month.

As opposed to the peacekeeping force, the new intervention force's mandate will see troops being able to engage rebel forces regardless of provocation in order to bring stability to the region.

Two months ago 13 South African paratroops were killed in the battle for the Central African Republic's capital, Bangui.

South Africa's most serious military disadvantages in that battle were lack of air support and poor intelligence - the same situation now faced by the troops destined for the DRC.

The SANDF has limited heavy-lift air transport capability, its Rooivalk attack helicopters' Makopa anti-tank missiles are not yet certified, and it is most unlikely that the air force's Gripen fighter jets will be deployed to the DRC. Knowing all this, South African soldiers are gravely concerned about the impending battle.

An army officer, who has knowledge of the mission's planning, said: "We train and fight hard. We know our job and are capable, but with little air support, this fight is difficult. We learned good lessons in CAR but, make no mistake, this will not be easy.

"The M23 are well-armed and have good intelligence. They will not fight conventionally. It will be guerrilla-style attacks preying on our weaknesses, and our lack of cohesion and joint training with the other forces."

SANDF spokesman Brigadier-General Xolani Mabanga declined to comment other than to say: "We are awaiting the UN's force deployment orders."

Defence analyst Helmoed Heitman said: "The M23 are not a bunch of ragtag rebels. They are superior in their jungle-fighting capabilities with backing from neighbouring countries [that are] running proxy military forces in the region.

''Our biggest problem is lack of air capabilities. We have the Rooivalk attack helicopter and Oryx troop-carrying helicopters, but we have no proper heavy-lift transport aircraft to get our equipment and troops in and out safely.

"The Rooivalk's anti-tank missile is not certified, meaning it will have to get dangerously close to the enemy for its rockets to be effective.

"We are taking our long-range G5 cannon and various armoured vehicles but these vehicles will not withstand the M23's fire-power. Their 37mm anti-aircraft guns are lethal both to air and ground targets and they have the support of tanks and special forces."

Heitman said major hindrances included the lack of intelligence. "Our defence intelligence is what got us into trouble in CAR.

"Added to this is the UN's view that this is just another peacekeeping mission. Instead of additional forces, they divided the current peacekeeping force, transferring the South African brigade to the intervention force and creating a vacuum for the rebels to capitalise on. This is not peacekeeping. It will be aggressive counter-guerrilla warfare in which people, including civilians, will die. You need numbers that are not there to bring about peace."

Heitman said the M23 rebels knew the SANDF's capabilities.

"They will not pick on us. They will pick on the possible weak links - Malawi and Tanzania - who have little battle experience. They will harass, divide and conquer." He added: "They have the strong possibility of tank and special forces support."

Maria Langer, DRC country manager for International Alert - a UK "peace-building" NGO - described the security situation as critical.

"The M23 have regrouped into key areas and are recruiting civilians for the war. They are 5km from Goma and are poised to take the town.

"Not only are the M23 around, but so are 30 other rebel groups."

Langer said: "The intervention force was designed to be a persuasive and preventative force but the DRC government sees it as a military solution."

Written by GRAEME HOSKEN for Timeslive | 13 May, 2013

http://www.timeslive.co.za/thetimes/?articleId=9054737

Iranian Azim Aghajani convicted over Nigeria arms


An Iranian businessman has been found guilty of smuggling weapons into Lagos and sentenced to five years in prison by a Nigerian court.

Rockets and grenades were among the arms found inside 13 shipping containers of building material in 2010.

Court documents said they were due for re-export to The Gambia.

Nigerian Usman Abbas Jega was convicted alongside Azim Aghajani, alleged to be a member of the Revolutionary Guards.

They were convicted on four of five charges relating to the shipment, reports the AFP news agency.

The final destination of the weapons has not been established.

There has been speculation that they could have been intended for The Gambia's neighbour, Senegal, where there is a low-level rebellion in the south.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22515062

@ Rossike

Nigerdock is functioning efficiently and even thriving. Are you suggesting we must not have any other shipyards but Nigerdock?

the bolded in quote below suggest otherwise.

VENTURES AFRICA – In a bid to revive the Nigerian maritime sector, the federal government of Nigeria has revealed plans to build a shipyard in the country.

The shipyard when completed is expected to generate employment for youths and ultimately improve the nation’s economy, while arresting capital flight that would, in turn, bolster the country’s economy as new ships and ship docking services would be available in the country.

The project which has received approval from necessary authorities will also have facilities for dry docking ocean vessels.

Director-General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Patrick Akpobolokemi, said the establishment of the new shipyard is expected to drive sustainable development and step up capacity building in the maritime sector of the economy so that Nigeria can be a strong force in the maritime sector globally.

“We will not only build ships, with a facility for dry docking in the shipyard, we are bringing in the private sector because we want to avoid the pitfall that goes with government single-handedly handling this kind of business.”

“Our belief is that if it is successfully completed and managed, we will not only create employment opportunities but also arrest capital flight as many vessels calling in Nigerian ports will now have a facility for dry docking instead of going elsewhere to do it.”

Aside generating employment and improving the nation’s economy; Akpobolokemi said the new venture is expected to also enable cadets from the Maritime Academy of Nigerian (MAN), Oron, Akwa-Ibom to have opportunity for practical training experience during their sea time.

what was the purpose of Nigerdock?

@ don buchi,

my error,...my apologies.

emmatok:
I have been supporting your post until you. MMade the comment above.

Are saying that Yoruba Muslims are superior to Yoruba Christians.

Go check the history of the Yorubas you will always find great Christians.

Please don't allow these peeps pollute us with their religious views.

where did he say anything as you accused him of in the above? If you have a half working brain, you should know that excellent people are neither bound by religion or ethnicity, but it is individual achievement. what has christianity or islam got to do with success and sagacity? I guess you are from SS/SE, beause it is such mental fever of ethnic and religious narcissism that is currently ravaging people there.

NB: mind you, I am from there.

na2day!:
Any group of people that hides under the veil of ethnicity and religion to chose their leaders instead of competence are doomed!
Religion or tribe is inconsequential so far, the development that people wants to see is apparent!
I'd rather make sheik makthoum, the sheik of Dubai the president of Nigeria, if he will make Nigeria like Dubai (FYI, many of our brothers, especially from the east are there hustling and they are not complaining about the religion there), rather than Good luck Jonathan whose destiny is to make Nigeria , another somalia

My point is this: religion does not matter, in as much as the development we crave is there for all to see !

God bless you sir!

shymexx:

That's what most of them don't know. Islam was prominent amongst Yoruba's way before Christianity and Uthman Dan Fodio. And a lot of Yoruba Muslim scholars schooled In Timbuktu under the tutelage of Baba Ahmed, when Songhai reigned supreme in West Africa.

I am sure that if you ask them, they will swear that Christianity was in SW before islam.

One of my very learned uncle unfortunately had this thought until i corrected him and asked him to check up the records. He was shocked and that changed a lot of things about his opinion. Today he is a researcher in Islamic/Arabic influence in Nigeria polity and culture in a foreign institution.

Prof Corruption:

The problem with people like you is pure ignorance, nothing more.

Krendo, Fasola did not serve as Attorney General to Tinubu, he was Chief of Staff. How can religion be a deciding factor for Tinubu and Fasola when both of them have christian wives? If these individuals do not see religion as personal relationship with the Almighty, would they have married from other faiths? So Fasola and Tinubu are against Christianity? Is that your argument? Start your campaign by asking their wives to divorce them.

Lagos has produced a christian governor (democratically elected), a fine Epe Man called Chief Michael Otedola from NRC in early 90s.

Religion is the least of our worries in SW.

Thank you sir for lecturing the doofoos.

shymexx:

Who are these "people of Lagos?"

Perhaps, if you've done a thorough research about the people from Lagos and not continue to dwell in your own stupidity - you would have noticed that most of the people from Lagos are Muslims. A lot of them converted to Christianity, but most still have tons of Muslims in their families.

Why can't you take your searchlight to your state of origin and leave Lagos alone?

You are very correct! Not just in Lagos, but in larger swath of SW. Christianity came in only couple of centuries ago very long after Islam, in actual fact, nobody is sure of how long islam has been in SW, but very very long before Uthman dan Fodio's jihad.

emiye: For some regions, religion is a dominant theme in voting, infact not only religion, bt denomination.

Catholic, Anglican, methodist e.t.c SMH.

my brother, this is very pathetic. I am so ashamed for my SE/SS kinsmen that never see beyond the vile vail of religion and ethnicity. all men beyond their religion doctrine and tribe is condemned by default, yet are quick to accuse others of same crime.

Yesterday the Hausa-Fulani muslims were the extremist, today it is the we SE/SS christians.

don buchi: Atiku you have truly made your country our Nigeria ungovernable just as you promised us.

Can you cite ONE reference where Atiku said the above? If you can't, then what separates you from the Aluu barbarians?

idupaul: You taught governors the art of being disloyal to the president and constitution and inturn the Governors imported arms to create personal armies which have metamorphosed into MEND, Boko Haram and now Ombatse...thank you for turning Nigeria to another Somalia ..

what has your tripe got to do with the issue being raised and is Atiku responsible for other people's actions? That's daft,...hope you know that.

andrewza:

Can you even read. I posted a dirrect word for word quote from a source homerac7 posted.

I did not even give my opion on it. Just a direct quote.

fraud [frawd]
(plural frauds)
noun
1. crime of cheating somebody: the crime of obtaining money or some other benefit by deliberate deception
2. somebody who deceives: somebody who deliberately deceives somebody else, usually for financial gain
3. something intended to deceive: something that is intended to deceive people
a story that was subsequently exposed as a fraud

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Suspected members of Islamist sect, Boko Haram, on Tuesday, attacked Bama, Borno State, leaving 55 people dead, the Joint Military Task Force said on Tuesday.

The gunmen, according to Reuters, killed 22 police officers, 14 prison officials, two soldiers and four civilians, while 13 of the sect’s members died in the clash with the task force members.

Spokesman for the JTF, Sagir Musa, confirmed this to Reuters.

The suspected terrorists were said to have freed 105 prison inmates during the attack which reportedly began at around 5am.

The JTF, which took journalists to Bama to assess the damage caused by the terrorists, added that three children and one woman, were among those killed during the multiple attacks in the town.

Sources in the town claimed that about 300 suspected members of Boko Haram stormed the town, first attacking the 200 Tank Battallion, a military Barracks.

The suspected terrorists were, however, repelled by soldiers, who killed several insurgents who were forced to retreat with the corpses of their members.

They were unable to take away 10 of their members’ bodies.

One other member, who was injured, was tied to the stake when the JTF and journalists visited.

Bama’s police station, military barracks and government buildings were razed, an eyewitness in Bama said.

Bama is a small, remote town in northeastern Borno State, where Boko Haram first began its uprising in 2009.

Meanwhile, Senate Joint Committee investigating the Baga massacre on Tuesday visited Maiduguri, Borno State capital, en-route the site of the tragedy.

Our correspondent learnt that members of three standing committees of the Senate namely: Police Affairs, Defence, National Security and Intelligence, were in the state on a fact-finding mission.

The state Commissioner for Information, Mr. Inuwa Bwala, confirmed this in a telephone interview.

“Members of the committee are here. They just arrived Maiduguri. We are going into a meeting that is all I can tell you for now,” Bwala said.


http://www.punchng.com/news/55-killed-in-boko-haram-attack-on-bama/





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Maiduguri - The Joint Task Force (JTF) successfully repelled an attack by suspected Boko Haram terrorists on 202 Battalion Barracks in Bama, Borno on Tuesday morning, its spokesman, Lt.- Col. Sagir Musa, said.

Musa made the development known to newsmen in Bama, Bama Local Government Area of Borno

"About 200 suspected Boko Haram terrorists at about 5 a.m. on Tuesday arrived Bama in some 18-seater buses and Hilux vehicles mounted with anti-aircraft machine guns.

"They attempted to carry out an attack on 202 Battalion Barracks in Bama.

"The attacks were repelled and 10 terrorists were killed during the exchange of gunfire," Musa said.

He said that the military also lost two soldiers during the encounter.

He explained that the terrorists appeared in military uniforms pretending to be serving soldiers before they were identified.

"They came in army uniform pretending to be soldiers but we were able to detect them before they did any harm to us," he said.

Musa said that the terrorists divided themselves into groups with a group unleashing terror on the nearby Bama Prison, killing 14 officials.

"The terrorists killed 14 Nigerian Prison Service (NPS) and freed 105 inmates serving various jail terms," he said.

The terrorists also attacked the Bama Divisional Police Station, the Police Barracks as well as a local magistrate court and the local government secretariat.

The Police Divisional Officer, Alhaji Sagir Mohammed, told newsmen that the Divisional Police station and police barracks were set ablaze by the attackers in the early morning raid.

Mohammed said 22 policemen were killed in the attack, while three children and a woman were burnt to death in one of the apartments attacked by the terrorists.

Mohammed said that the police also shot dead three of the attackers.

"We were able to kill three of the invaders during the attack," he said.

- NAN


http://www.news24.com.ng/National/News/Terrorists-attack-security-formations-20130508




Andrewza = FRAUD ....Proved!

andrewza:

"Disguised in army uniforms, the insurgents broke into a prison, killed 14 guards and set free 105 inmates.
They attacked a police station, killing 22 officers. Also dead were 13 Islamists, four civilians and two soldiers."

That was from your source.

So 38 goverment forces dead and 13 rebels dead.

No sandf base or saps poliece stastion has ever been over run. Not in or out side south africa.

I have always said that you are daft. Your problem is not dyslexia but mental retardation. You bats fly in from hell with one new lie about your hated Naija and always get beaten back to your sulphur pit with facts, in moments of desperation you start concocting stories and shifting goal posts to protract argument and frustrate your teachers. I have warned you, Andrewza repeatedly about that goat-brained scheme earlier.

FYI, it is the idiotic post that i am quoting below by your fellow dingbat that spurred that post of mine you quoted, but in your usual trademark, you are shifting the goal-post to police and immigration, pretending as if it is not the army that was the issue. By the way, what makes you think that your xanophobic cuff-to-van-and-drag police would have withstood the sudden attack at wee hours of the day?

Your reasoning is an insult to all sailors in service to their motherlands.

Mbuisi: On the same token Nigerian Army is overrated. They suffered the most embarrassing moment of the worst order in their home soil. Soldiers can lose the war thousands of kilometres away from the borders of their country, surely that is understandable, but not in their backyard. It is very heart throbbing to point it out to you that now recently somewhere around this week, Nigerian [size=15pt]militants[/size] (sic) were sent packing right in their barracks by just about 200 heavily armed insurgents. The insurgents proceeded on with their offensive and burn the army barracks, police station and hijack the prison where they even freed over hundred prisoners. What does that tell you? The Nigerian national security is badly dented and surely, no matter how poor Kenya may be, that will never happen in our home soil, including in SA. Your home must be the place where you rule with an iron fist.

Mbuisi:

With pleasure.
http://weaselzippers.us/2013/05/07/nigeria-55-killed-after-jihadist-group-boko-haram-raids-town/

http://m.aljazeera.com/se/201357225836850553

I hope that is enough.

You dey crase! your acute xenophobia for Nigeria and her things will never let you seek balanced opinion on her. You just posted the most stuuuupid info I have seen all my life. What if I show you the pictures and other links to prove that 202 Tank Battalion was not breached, rather the terrorists suffered casualties and were successfully repelled? Do you think it is SANDF we are talking about here?

http://www.punchng.com/news/55-killed-in-boko-haram-attack-on-bama/

http://thenationonlineng.net/new/news/troops-lock-down-bama-after-boko-haram-attacks/


You can see the corpses of the terrorists dressed in military fatigue at base of the tree in the picture along with their weapons.

snydergp:

The so called major countries are building imperialist military outpost right at your borders in Niger that's the only consultant work they have in Nigeria.

Nigeria can't even protect its territorial waters from AK-47 wielding gun boat gangsters stealing and robbing ships inside Nigeria's territory on a weekly basis.

Do you know why Zuma met GEJ. You people especially the other fool @Aguagust simply have no idea about bilateral meetings between Nigeria and SA both South Africa and Nigeria are partners beyond all this NL sh**t and foolish media st*pi*dy, and they both play essential role in peace and stability on the continent.

Lastly I would sincerely suggest Nigeria do something about its neighbors becoming US-AFRICOM frontline states, or is your so called giants of africa to weak to repel neo-colonialist setting up shop in your own neighborhood. Nigeria should ask South Africa and Angola how to tell the U.S and even our own neighbors that there will be hell to pay if any American military base is within 1000km near SA or Angola.

Make thunder fire that your mouth!

You idiotas know next to nothing about intricacies of African regional politics and instead of keeping quiet and learn from your betters who started it while you were in dark ages of apartheid, you dive headlong and get trounced again and again.

By the way, your president came here to beg. Accept the obvious fact or go and hang. mumu people.

andrewza:

When did I say nigerians never took part. I just point out that nigeria was not a independed country.

Blind Barthemeus, can you now see why I call you mumu and dumb-head? In same post of mine you quoted, you saw "insinuated" in bold, yet you couldn't make meaning out of it. Which military makes a semi-literate a "combat operatore and my mustring seamanship" and expect same military to be tactically sound? Now you see that trying to argue with you amounts to going in circle just as you did to frustrate Augugust, not because you planned it but simply because you don't have the mental capacity to analyse issues properly. More worrisome is that you will never accept that you are wrong or inadequate. Well, how could one expect less from a xenophobic Afrikaan chef that said "I just don't like nigerians".

andrewza:

What vets. What did you really achieve in those 3 wars. Where you even in korea. In actuall fact you where a collony so fell under britsh comoand. Your solders where in a sense grunts. Any case I never siade nigeria did not take part in WW2 I know full while they where there.

I am not a chef. But even if I was that dose not mean I would feel insulted. Chefs don't just cook food they have a number of combat ornated jobs in the navy. And by the way my post is that of a combat operatore and my mustring seamanship.

When has amy one consolted nigeria on any thing. Your country is a joke. You seas full of pirats. So please. Your entire country is a sad joke. That is why people are runing away from thete to come to SA.

And I am not xenophibic. I just don't like nigerians. Your argonat, boastfull, ignorant and fools.

can you now see why I beeen say you dey CRASE?

again, you still think you can drag me into protracted fooolish argument by shifting "goal post" as you did to Augugust who thought he was "teaching" a normal person? ...again, YOU DEY CRASE! initially, you insinuated that Nigeria didn't participate in WW1&2 + Korean War, when I showed you otherwise, you are asking under whose banner they fought and if they were truly in Korea? MAKE THUNDER FIRE THAT YOUR HAND WEY YOU CARRY TYPE THAT RUBBISH!

So because I stated that Nigeria gets consulted by major powers on security in Africa, you want to die abi? weel, you had better hug a wet transformer because it it TRUE and FACTUAL, and there's nothing you or your country can do about it!

Hey! ...why again did your president time his "fence mending" visit to Nigeria right after your SELEKA whoozing?

On your opinion of Nigerians, who gives a rat arse about what a mumu xenophobic cook thinks, huh?

[size=32pt]PROUDLY NAIJA ALWAYS [/size]

South Africans can go eat shiit and die for all we care!