samorobo:


While you keep dreaming in what you will do and what you will not use that opportunity to enjoy ibom Air....A state owned airline established in less than a year and already has 4 fleets..

Naij has jokes! How exacting does a state establish an airline? Who ARE THE major shareholder? WHAT is the equity structure? WHAT is the finance structure and critically in this coronadrama era has the repayment issue been looked at?
THERE ARE SO MANY QUESTIONS I LAUGH THAT THIS IS THE BRAINCHILD OF AN EX BANKER, GOV UDOM EMMANUEL!

Nobody knows the equity shareholding of the government; who the technical partners, directors and management team are and how much the government has spent on the project so far.

[url][/https://m.guardian.ng/opinion/the-dark-side-o]

This is a flying Ajaokuta!? I'll bet the farm it'll land in flames and tears in max 5 years! The good thing is there are wise Naijjans as the writer recognises the potential of the oil palm biz I'VE touched on severally.

Total new jobs created so far is not up to 50, for an investment which is conservatively estimated at N10 billion or more! For a development economist, what comes to mind is: couldn’t such a tidy sum have been invested in a better venture that would bring more benefits? The Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele, recently announced that Nigeria spends $500m (N180 billion) yearly to import palm oil.

If Governor Udom Emmanuel had invested half of what he used to set up the airline (or perhaps far less) to create and replant 1,000 hectares of oil palm estate across our state, Akwa Ibom would have benefitted far more from it than what Ibom Air would ever achieve in its life time. An oil palm estate of that size with corresponding investments in oil mills would employ over 2,000 persons and earn at least 10 per cent of the nation’s yearly import bill.

Maybe he's lurked here and agreed with my Malaysia palm oil comparison? Anyway this gov is another Yemi Kale class comedian.
Naijjans, stop wanking over this project.

rvp2018:
Your macro-economics are just like Zambia. At least Nigeria somehow tries. Your cedis is pretty useless. It 1:1 with dollar few years ago - now it's 1:6 - that is like 600% depreciation. Who will trust such nonsense of a currency.

KSHS 10yrs ago was 85 to the dollar. Now it plays 100 to dollar.

Heck in 1995 it was 75 to a dollar. That is like 25yrs.

That is a stable currency you can leave your assets in and forget about it.

Now assume if you got German marks - bought a house in Accra - and you come back to be told - it was worth 5 times less!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - Well unless you never convert it back.

The problem here is mental illiteracy. You'll explain the obvious all day but THEY CAN'T COMPREHEND DUE TO THEIR EFFED SOCIOCULTURE AND MISEDUCATION.
Like telling Stevie Wonder "see that sexy byatch over there, aiyayayaa!" Even prayers won't let him SEE!?

rvp2018:
KQ is critical national asset. We are not Ghana backwater or Nigeria to allow it to die. We have built our horticulture and flower sector on the back on it.

Airline industry is like that. There was time when KQ was winning awards left right and center. That time Ethiopia airline was making huge losses.

That time was until 2012. KQ went down. Ethiopia airline came up. KQ by now would be bigger than ET Airlines.

Sorry but where is Ghana Airways again? So we can listen to you.

You don't see it? Look carefully!

rvp2018:
And here is how Obasanjo created Dangote

A major beneficiary of the Obasanjo tax and duty waiver illegalities is the billionaire
businessman, Aliko Dangote and his Dangote Group of Companies. A Dangote
company report published in 2006 showed that at that time, the company controlled 81
percent of the Nigerian sugar market, 40 percent of the cement market, 33 percent of the
flour market, 54 percent of the pasta market and 72 percent of the salt market. “The
latest figure indicates that the Dangote Group still maintains the first position in each of
these commodities; now controlling about 93 per cent of the sugar market, 86 per cent
of cement, 73 per cent of flour, 74 per cent of pasta and 89 per cent of salt.”44 It was
therefore not surprising that in 2011, Dangote was listed as the richest man in Africa by
Forbes magazine. 45 The entwinement of political patronage and import duty waivers in
Nigeria is perhaps best brought out by this case. During the two presidential elections
that Obasanjo contested (1999 and 2003), Dangote donated N100 million and N250
million respectively to his campaign. Aside from the above, he also donated N211.6
million towards the construction of Obasanjo’s Presidential Library and cement worth
N3 billion towards the construction of the head office of the Obasanjo’s ruling Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) all during Obasanjo’s tenure as President.46 Based on the
above, it was therefore not surprising that some of the companies in the Dangote Group
.

SALT!? Ohhh, Naij, what the actual fcvk!?

jl115:

Bro you have a handful of Vt4 tanks which i'll admit are the most advanced tanks operating in Africa today however your artillery pieces are far from the most modern in Africa also the SPHs you bought are 105mm........SA is king not just in Africa but in the world when it comes to artillery systems.

Also just fyi for those interested, the Nigerian defence force is more powerful than the Kenyan defence force......that's just the facts!

Obviously you made a detailed qualitative analysis not copypasting Preschool GFP 'analysis.'
May we see your data sets and comparative qualitative methodology-adjusted for size,ofc?

rka2:



COALITION SOF
THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS WORLD OF SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
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It is common knowledge that warfare has greatly evolved in our times: from the strategic to the operational and tactical levels, from training and equipment to mission statements and structure. Indeed, literally every facet of warfare has seen close to a complete doctrinal overhaul.

A good number of countries across the globe have firsthand experienced the effects of this military evolution. Since the end of WWII, military engagements have grown smaller in scope; they have also become more rapid. International humanitarian law, the body of law that governs war, has also become stricter. The resultant atmosphere has created a world that trembles at the mention of an interstate military confrontation.

Individual military operations, save for those sanctioned by the UN, have striven to great lengths to keep a low engagement profile. Nations have opted to greatly minimize the size of their fighting units and accelerate the development and capabilities of the individual soldier — both in equipment and skill. Effective battle units have become smaller and more versatile. They have acquired delicate battlefield maneuverability and the ability to maintain a zero trace signature.

And the name that we give to these small fighting units, whose respective nations have invested in and greatly developed, is Special Operations Forces.


A member of the Kenyan Army 40th Ranger Strike Force.
Africa has been lagging behind in the development of Special Operations Forces, compared to the rest of the world. However, in the last few decades, this is drastically changing due to mutating threat matrices. Al-Qaeda affiliated extremism and terrorism, coupled with a number of sociopolitical related skirmishes, has caused an accelerated demand for specialist security personnel to deal with them.

South Africa: Many in Johannesburg are going hungry
This article will delve into the state of Special Operations Forces in Africa. It will look at their funding, training, operations and accomplishments.

SOF units in Africa have been around for close to 40 years. Starting in the 1970s some countries in Sub-Saharan Africa took the initiative to invest in Special Ops development.

Of late, other African countries have found themselves developing SOF capabilities. In some countries SOF capabilities have grown greatly. Other countries are still trying to figure out the basics, from funding and training to areas of application.

I have taken time to do some digging on the state of SOF development of some Sub-Saharan African countries. I have seen and experienced first hand the capabilities and wide applications of Special Operations. I have come to stand in awe of the smallest of details — perhaps the reason I’m always championing for their development — particularly in Africa. This article will hopefully draw a perfect portrait of the current situation.


In the three regional economic centers of Sub-Saharan Africa, South Africa, Kenya, and Nigeria, Special Operations have received a deeper appreciation. In the South African Military (SADF), the Kenyan Military (KDF), and the Nigerian Military (NAF), SOF establishments have seen accelerated development in the last two decades: Good funding, world-class training, real-life operations and experiences, honorable accomplishments (some classified others available from open sources), robust growth in numbers and related equipment, etc. It has been quite a ride for the SOF establishments of these three countries.

SOF development in most other Sub-Saharan African countries is yet to achieve notable growth in almost all areas, when compared to the three aforementioned countries. In some cases this is because of a relative lack of applicable areas for SOF development, except as security details of the ruling political elites; in others it is because of varying military doctrines and related service definitions.

In some of these countries, SOF establishments exist in a very basic form. Their tactical training is slightly more robust than the average military academy’s basic training, for example, it may include some elements of Ranger School and Airborne School. Special Operations troops get a basic understanding of Special Reconnaissance (SR), Counterinsurgency (COIN), Close Quarters Combat (CQC), Survival Escape Resistance and Evasion (SERE), and tactical first aid.

Some countries like Ghana, Cameroon, Botswana, Uganda, Angola, Mali, and Zimbabwe, have some impressive, but elementary, formations with superb tactical capabilities and considerable maneuverability. They act as well-kitted infantry force-multipliers. The majority have seen action mostly in home-grown skirmishes. Some have had impressive campaigns, others have not been so lucky.

The majority of these countries’ “Special Units” are bred from their militaries’ respective Armies. Apparently it is cheaper, in terms of resources and equipment, to raise a Special Unit within a military’s Army in Africa.

On the other hand, building a naval or an air force Special Unit comes with its limitations due to the unavailability of mission-specific equipment in most of the navies and air forces of Sub-Saharan countries. Although some, like the Ghanaian military, have managed to build a tactical unit in its Navy, they remain elementary. They can never come anywhere close to the doctrinal definitions of the British Special Boat Service (SBS) or the Nigerian Navy’s SBS.

In the next part, I’ll talk about the Special Ops establishments of the militaries of the South Africa, Kenya, and Nigeria. I will look at their training, operations, and perhaps a glimpse of what the future looks like for them.

Editor’s note: This article was written by Roberts Mwenda, a Military, Defense and Security Consultant specializing in Sub-Saharan Africa. Mwenda has a degree in International Relations & Diplomacy from the University of Nairobi

Wow! Not common for Westerners,especially Americans to acknowledge or even know non Western,more so 3rd world specop units. This is a first,though the writer is Kenyan

jln115:
I don't care if you don't remember, consult the archives

Don't be like that! That's hundreds of pages -nigga, I'm not getting paid! This issue is important and worthy of serious discussion, imo.

jln115:
I said Black Nazis............Not Black soldiers fighting for a country that was allied to Germany or even Black soldiers fighting in the weermagt!

That's like saying there were Black National Party members in South Africa because there were Black soldiers fighting in the SADF!!

There were blacks in all services and both the Werhmacht and SS. In all they made up of biracials from black US fathers when under occupation, French African soldiers who changed sides after surrender and I strongly suspect at least a few of the last Black German Catholics, losers of the continental race (religious) war 3 centuries before.
At most they were 1200, 1500 max. At least 3 were with the SS units that invaded Russia and 2 were KIA Moscow 1941, though IDK the regiment; maybe Das Reich.

Also they got equal pay and treatment unlike the Allies -fyi, the Brits til today haven't paid their colonial troops promised benefits which btw were based on a salary scale 30% of the White troops.

To be technical not all Werhmacht/Waffen SS men supported the Nazi party. The term came to be generic among Anglo Zionists referring to ALL German fighting formations

jln115:

There is no such thing as having an constructive engagement with you .............I've tried several times and each time words are put in my mouth and I get labeled a genocidal white evil supremacist ect ect So thank you but no thank you.

If you want to see my stance on how to deal with land reform then consult the archives!!

Honestly I don't remember-not even on the land reform thread. Just give us a paragraph on WYWD if you were Mugabe in this instance.

jln115:
I did say sanctions didn't I?

Oh please not another fvcking conspiracy , ..........I've already heard that Hillary Clinton is a clone, reptilians, Black Nazis, unicorns I literally couldn't be fvcking bothered!!

Forget that. Here's the question again:

Let me take all that back in the interests of constructive engagement. If you were Mugabe, jln115 and 20 yrs after Uhuru over 90% of the best land is still owned by 4000 white farmers WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE? ESPECIALLY AFTER THE BRITS DIDN'T LIVE UP TO THEIR PROMISES.

rvp2018:
the collapse of oil - means the collapse of federal gov (90% of all revenues) - means the collapse of Nigeria - and break up of north, south & east - those are already mini-nations. The same will happen in Ethiopia soon and DRC eventually.

Ethiopia is probably 2-3yrs from a serious break-up.

See Venezuelas.

Fyi, any Ethiopian region can secede if it so wishes according to their constitution!

The good thing for the Sidama and others is that the Constitution has kept the door of statehood ajar for ethnic groups wanting to establish a state of their own. Article 47(2) provides ethnic groups the right to establish a state of their own.

[url][https://theconversation.com/amp/ethiopia-why-the-sidama-secession-demand-needs-to-be-negotiated-120734url]

This decade will be interesting!

gallivant:


Land reforms is not land grabs. You should at least try to hide your narrow mindset.

[s]He can no more do that than a dog can stop licking its own nuts! That mindset is hardwired into his DNA. [/s]

Let me take all that back in the interests of constructive engagement. If you were Mugabe, jl115 and 20 yrs after Uhuru over 90% of the best land is still owned by 4000 white farmers WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE? ESPECIALLY AFTER THE BRITS DIDN'T LIVE UP TO THEIR PROMISES.

Speaking during his election campaign in the second largest city of Bulawayo, the Zimbabwean veteran leader said [b]although the Conservative Party led by Former British Prime Margaret Thatcher and later John Major agreed to fund the programme, the Labour government under Tony Blair reneged on the pledge [/b]through a letter written by one of Blair's ministers, Claire Short.

[url][https://allafrica.com/stories/200806190247.htmlurl]

Sincerely, WWYHD? Im all ears.

jln115:

Ok then!!!

Also Zim became........Zim due to land grabs and sanctions, not because they were temporary struggling economically like SA!! And Libya got beat to a pulp by NATO............South Africa's economic situation isn't even remotely similar to the countries you've mentioned?

And actually no its totally within my paygrade mate!! analyzing economies is part of my job......unlike a software engineer!!

I know that's the firmly believed, fav talking point among a certain Saffa segment of the population but that still doesn't make it true. Sanctions and SABOTAGE, possibly even deliberately induced adverse weather.

gallivant:


What about the CFA Franc or all their presidents marrying white French women? Freaking cunts!!

They're all ZOMBIES! Jean Fraude is a ruthless mofo. He's behind the Sahelian jihadists and Boko Haram to steal natural resources.
Incidentally the poorest places in Africa are all French,the CAR, Niger, Burkina Faso etc,etc.

Shaytun:


No ...17 federal airport have not been closed.

Do you have trouble understanding what you read?or is it that you don’t read what you post at all.

Cos nowhere in your article was anything like airport beinb closed mentioned and here you are jumping up and down like a squirrel about something that only exist in the figment of your imagination.

Those federal airport are operating on a deficit budget, they are not making enough money as much as there spending , which is not really that surprising as most government operated airport around the world spend more than they earn.

Your airports were heavily under utilised.
[url][/amp/s/guardian.ng/business-services/kaduna-airport-after-n2bn-facelift-international-edifice-lying-fallow/]

Kaduna was doing max 3 flights daily -SRSLY? Does that justify billions in construction and the recent 50 mn USD facelift?
Only in Naij!

orunmila144:
yeah people who cant make it in england or america or nigeria seem to flock there. its a weird place to be. i have been there before. just 3 days of being in that country i got depressed. i think the electromagnetic frequency in that airspace covering the country is very low.

Yes,there's secret EM waves at work but alienation is so common its near universal! Which is why a large proportion I'd say up to half of all Oyinbos are on pysch meds at one time or other depending on their health provider. The entire list of mental disorders schizophrenia,paranoia,Narcissistic personality disorders etc,etc are RAMPANT.

This is an old survey but still relevant:

Nearly half of American households have had someone seek mental health treatment this year, but many still perceive cost and lack of insurance coverage as barriers to seeking help, according to a recent national poll by APA's Practice Directorate.

https://www.apa.org/monitor/julaug04/survey

[b]Indeed, 48 percent of those polled reported a visit to a mental health professional by someone in their household this year, [/b]and more than nine out of 10--91 percent--said they would likely consult or recommend a mental health professional if they or a family member were experiencing a problem.

nellynonso:
She started well.... To all feminists who mindlessly lift foreign culture and try to force it in our society... Africa women has never been neglected � in African society. Copy copy is just worrying all of you. Even in the pre-colonial society, women had a roles just like the umuada in Igbo land. Aba women riot of 1929 would tell you how much women have been active in the running of the African Society. Go and read about how the whites treated their women in the old society, they were banned from participating in activities in society. George Elliot a female writer had to take up a Pen male name(George) so that her book can be published and read. Women were considered irrelevant and expected to stay at home and spin wool in the old western world. Stop � copying them, they’re fighting for their right. African men treat women with much love and respect ✊.

Sir,you're truly wise! This 'feminist' noise is nothing but hysterical neurotic nonsense. In Africa its brainwashed women and Oyinbos with their racist projection who believe this BS.

Goddamn,nemesis8u,do you about this!?

Apparently,there are still Indian POWs from the 1971 war!

As late as 2003, a Canadian human rights representative visiting Lahore Jail was called out to by prisoners claiming to be held from the 1971 conflict but was denied contact with them by his minders. Even more recently, in 2012, an Indian carpenter working in Oman reported he had been approached by a fellow Sikh who claimed to be Sepoy Jaspal Singh and said that he and four other Indian POWs had been held in Oman since 1975, in what would be one of the earliest cases of rendition.

https://thediplomat.com/2018/12/the-last-secret-of-the-1971-india-pakistan-war/

I've tried to avoid saying this but tbh it must be said:all religions are actually about social control,though this agenda is disguised with messages of redemption/deliverance/goodness/holiness etc,etc,especially the Abrahamic faiths-of all 3 Islamic is imo the most structured to social control via legalistic mechanisms. Almost anything can be justified and/or moralised giving rise to frankly inhuman crimes like this sorry episode.
Muslims,hate me if you want but I think I'm enough of a competent observer to make this statement.

Sizzorkay:
If i were in charge of the military, i would have created another terrorist faction, except this one would comprise of soldiers. Stage fake terror attacks etc, and before you know it, they might get an offer to merge with BH or the other terror group in the region, and after a while, they will know everything there is to know about these terrorists and the whereabouts of their leaders.
Won't necessarily yield that result the next day, but in the long run, they might get results
Okay so this idea just came to me lol, haven't thought it thru yet. don't kill me.

Wayyyyy more common than you'd think! SOP in Vietnam, Rhodesia, South Africa and used in Iraq. Who do you think began blowing up Shiite parades and festivals in 2004?

bidexiii:
ARTILLERY TRAINING IN KENYA:

Members of the 101st Field Artillery Regiment, Massachusetts National Guard, instruct Kenya Defense Force artillery soldiers on conducting a fire control alignment test on an M119A2 105mm howitzer at the School of Artillery in Isiolo, Kenya, Jan. 29, 2020. The Kenya field artillery training aims to build partner capacity and provide training on various equipment sets and fires planning.
U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM)Colonial Battery 1st Battalion 101st Field Artillery RegimentMassachusetts National Guard — The Nation's First

Not all foreign training programs are as effective as they're made out to be. This control alignment exercise looks like a module 1 program.
The Kenya school of arty,Isiolo now does up to the most advanced modules or "post graduate" so to speak.

bidexiii:
One of the sophisticated weapons recovered by @policeNG operatives from the Ansaru Terrorists' Camp in Birnin Gwari - Kaduna State.

WTF did they get a HK 21!? That's a very rare piece in Naij. Btw, its much loved by anyone who's ever used it.

[url][/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmkAYNfuE9Q]

That's why! Light,reliable and higher ROF than M60s and 240s.

Xbee007:

Found this on YouTube.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FxJxaUxilM

Who's surprised? How is this news? Knowing a little about the way the world works its only to be expected !

Edit : this Swiss encryption co were in Nairobi maybe 98 showcasing their encryption techniques.

nemesis8u:
This one is interesting

World's smallest gunshot detector PARTH mounted on a helmet . And a display unit worn on the wrist.

Can accurately pin point shooters location upto 400m away

Made by army institute and a start up private company

Helpful for counter terrorist ops , counter ambush ops etc

Keep us posted on the PARTH. IT'LL REVOLUTIONISE WAR FIGHTING. How will battles change when instant accurate counter fire becomes available?

nemesis8u:
Looks the idiots at ofb managed to reverse engineer browning HMG

This is surprising because IA uses Soviet HMG

Don't blame them! They should've been in contact with IA producing products in demand. Fault,maybe your bureaucracy for not seeing the need to have collective brainstorming.

My American based cuz,an avid shooter has been raving about the Rock Island 10mm,a 1911 frame. He's not the only-it features on many best 10 mm lists made by pro shooters. Everyone speaks of its 15 round double stack,accuracy and reliability. I googled a bit and Omfg! Its made by Armscor-not of RSA but the Phils'!?

After a decade of business, visionary entrepreneur Don Celso Tuason bought the company at the start of WWII. In 1952, his company was renamed “Squires Bingham Manufacturing Inc.” and helped rebuild the post-war Philippines by obtaining the first firearms manufacturing license from the government and opening plants across the country.

https://armscor.com/about-us/heritage/
They've almost 70 years of firearms manufacturing experience-the only way of ensuing quality product. They also produce highly rated shotties. Good to see developing nations taking successful steps to indig gun manufacture-no?
Who would've thought?

Nemesis8uagain:
VEM model of their integrated air defence system AJITA

Is there already a local competitor to the Akash/QRSAM?

rvp20182:
interesting...this is kwale

Dude,the potential is ENORMOUS!? Not just sugarcane but palm oil and pineapple which need similar climate and sea cage farming.

Given its US$192 million worth of international pineapples sales in 2018, the Philippines continued to be the world’s third-biggest exporter of pineapples trailing only Costa Rica ($1 billion) and the Netherlands ($245.3 million).

http://www.philippinesaroundtheworld.com/philippines-pineapples-exports-by-country/

Brazilian sugar and Malaysian palm oil are now global brands!

Malaysia currently accounts for 28 % of world palm oil production and 33% of world exports. If taken into account of other oils & fats produced in the country, Malaysia accounts for 9.5% and 19.7% of the world’s total production and exports of oils and fats. Being one of the biggest producers and exporters of palm oil and palm oil products, Malaysia has an important role to play in fulfilling the growing global need for oils and fats sustainably.

http://mpoc.org.my/malaysian-palm-oil-industry/

There's also huge opportunities in aquaculture,shrimp and crustacea cultivation and sea cage fish farming like Bangladesh which IIRC earned 2.5 bn $ in 2018(net for some reason is slow right now;I can't get the link). There's huge cheap land all over the former Coast province from the Tz border to the Somali border.

Edit: 1 US $ IS 4.14 My ringgit-DO THE MATH!

jl115:
You have no proof Amenotepzoid is white..........at least in terms of his mannerisms and Grammar i can see his not white, firstly its easy to see that his first language isn't English, hence if he is white as you say then he must be an Afrikaner, But being an Afrikaner myself I can see that he isn't able spell Afrikaans words either................conclusion, He isn't white!!

No,nigga-he is! I had to call him out in 2016 after he did a typically white sociopathic move-he insisted apartheid was nothing but the intro of the urbanisation process;a typically morally relativistic escape mechanism of certain whites!? He disappeared but he's back and wiser,it seems,though still stuck on the same type of BS.

gallivant:


Did you get this from the 'blogs' because I can't see Nigeria, Ghana and Tanzania anywhere.

Smth is wrong with your eyes!? Hahaha!

SUFFERInSMILIIN:


I wish there is heavy irrigation in the area for the sugarcane because sugarcane need 10 times more water than maize

Subsurface irrigation can increase yield 20% while saving water and power compared to overhead pumping.
The record production is Maharashtra where a small farmer managed an unprecedented 120 TPA ON 30 ACRES.

TayserMahri:


The genius has completely lost it. I had given you a respectable figure but you decided to just make it worse for yourself by bringing even more damning data. Do you know how to interpret data? Seems you think the higher the number the better. Its infant mortality son, not GDP or PPP. Tell you what, with your new data, which is actually similar to self immolation, Ghana loses a whooping 17 children more than Kenya for every 1000 live births. [/b]47.9 for Ghana vs 30.6 for Kenya. So sad bro.

[b]Haiyyeee! Some info can't be manipulated/distorted or faked! This factoid confirms what we've been saying.

Just posted this under my old nick but it somehow got deleted;Idk if its bots or WTF!? Mkenya2019 see the cane now. Planted Nov;first pic is Jan and 2nd is this month. Look at that crazy growth! Its now 6 feet tall already:that clone is effin magic! I was told in Western their varieties take 1.5 yrs and they're lucky to get 40 Tpa-this clone takes 10 mos and does 80 Tpa.