On 27 May 2024, the Western Naval Command (WNC) of the Nigerian Navy (NN) hosted a Combined Sea Exercise 16nautical miles South-West of Lagos Fairway Buoy. Four Navies participated in the Exercise as follows:
NNS KANO 🇳🇬(Nigerian Navy) BNS APA 🇧🇷 (Brazilian Navy) ITS BETTICA 🇮🇹 (Italian Navy) SP FUROR 🇪🇸 (Spanish Navy) The Exercises conducted were; PASSEX Form 1 and Form D The Ex which were a rehearsal for the forthcoming Regional Maritime Exercise (REMEX) commenced at about 1230 and was concluded at about 1330. #NigerianNavy #OnwardTogether #NN@68
Faithful007: Usually all federal government expenditure must pass through the ministries even if the ministries do not control that particular agency.
So I feel like since the defence ministry submits the budget for the military, then the ministry should have some level of influence over what the military wants to get.
Unless the ministry just passes it on without scrutiny.
Nobody on here works for the MOD or any of the other services so nobody knows how the system works.
Another interesting and insightful interview on counter terrorism gains in the the N.W & N.E with the CDS. The CDS confirmed the mistaken drone strike on innocent civilians and the circumstance that led to the mis-hap.
The security situation has improved tremendously. It just goes to show, give your men the right training and equipment, they will excel.
Buhari government was forward thinking and they invested heavily in the right type of assets for the military.
The Tinubu government is doing the same thing, and we continue to see improvements.
I just hope that the military continues to receive the right kind of support and training. I still don't believe the rank and file receive the right type of training, I guess it's a gradual process.
bidexiii: NA acquired 20% of PROFORCE, that's quite interesting Proforce has grown beyond my expectations.
It's a good strategy for growth. This gives Proforce better penetration with the security architecture.
I'm just glad that they're getting considerable jobs. They have exported to Chad, Benin, Niger, Burkina Faso, Ghana and Rwanda.
They also plan to sell to Pakistan.
You could also hear the MD say they have 10 vehicles coming in from the CBN, in addition to the numerous number of protection vehicles they already sell to the CBN.
Defence Headquarters have bought a good number of vehicles for this order, overall i'm excited for the future.
They have a tracked vehicle in the works, Proforce Hippo. It's been remarkable.