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naptu2:
Nigerian Navy town class boats

Sokoto? Ibeno? These are town class boats.

The Nigerian Navy has a naming system for its vessels. Frigates are usually named thunder. For example, NNS Obuma (obuma = thunder in Efik), NNS Aradu (Aradu = thunder in Hausa), NNS Okpabana (okpabana - thunder in Igala), NNS Thunder (thunder = thunder in English). Landing ship tanks are usually named after crocodiles, for example, NNS Ambe (ambe = crocodile in Tiv), NNS Offiom (offiom = crocodile in Efik) and NNS Kada (kada = crocodile in Hausa). Our old corvettes were also named after hippopotamus, while our new corvettes have English names (NNS Centenary, NNS Unity).

There is a class of patrol boats that are named after towns (and ethnic groups). Some famous examples include:

NNS Ibadan and NNS Ogoja: NNS Ibadan was a minesweeper/patrol boat that was involved in the Civil War. It was in Calabar at the start of the war, so the Biafran Navy seized it. It was commanded by P.J. Odu. The Biafran Navy renamed it BNS Vigilance.

NNS Ibadan was involved in a battle with NNS Ogoja near Bonny. NNS Ogoja was commanded by Akin Aduwo, who would later become the chief of naval staff during the Shagari era. NNS Ogoja severely damaged NNS Ibadan and it caught fire.

The interesting thing was that Akin Aduwo and Paschal Odu were classmates at the academy. Aduwo got on his ship's public address system and told Odu to surrender and he would not be harmed. Instead Odu jumped off the burning ship and swam into the bush. Aduwo saw Odu many years later and asked him why he didn't surrender. Didn't he know that he would not be harmed? Odu replied that he knew that Aduwo would never harm him, but he couldn't speak for Aduwo's subordinates.

The Nigerian Navy put out the fire on NNS Ibadan and towed it to Lagos to present it to General Gowon.

NNS Badagry: is a patrol boat. In 2013 it was engaged in a gun battle with pirates that had captured an oil tanker. The pirates tried to escape and NNS Badagry killed 12 of them before the remaining 4 surrendered.

NNS Andoni is the first made in Nigeria seaward defence boat.

NNS Karaduwa is another made in Nigeria seaward defence boat.

NNS Ibeno was commissioned by President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday.

Others include NNS Sokoto, NNS Oji, NNS Bonny, NNS Bomadi, NNS Burutu and NNS Ose.

This is really good to know.
Nice report as well.

dazzler7:
Please house what is the current price of oil in Akwa Ibom

22k first grade quality. The price goes up and down though.

Mobola33:
Am interested in palm oil business, Buying and selling only, currently unemployed, I can travel anywhere to get it( cheap) Then sell wherever I can make reasonable gains..kindly help house, I think I should survive with this

Drop me your WhatsApp number. I did help you with ideas as I deal on palm oil.

youngrichnigga:
Exactly my thought and considering that Italy already beat Brazil 3-2, it might be a herculean task for them

Let's just hope they raise their performance against top opponents. I am yet to see an outstanding player in this current squad, but it is still early days so I will keep my fingers crossed.

Struggling to win Dominican Republic makes me question if they will go beyond the group stage. Playing against known top football teams like Italy and Brazil will be tougher.
I wish them good luck.

I remember fews years back I was visiting up North regularly. I usually use #150 to make thick stew (aside meat and fish). #150 was able to buy me much of tomatoes, onions, tatashe and fresh pepper.

This Gov Umahi is really doing very well in his state. Also he knows how to play politics to the favour of him and his people. Even with a smaller allocation Ebonyi gets compared to most states in the federation, he has been able to achieve alot. I always appreciate good things and we should encourage politicians to do better.

Poverty mentality is a serious disease in this country today. It has eaten deep into alot of people's mindset such that their true sense of reasoning is upside down. Imagine associating almost everything with money. Relationship, marriage is all associated with money as a priority which is wrong. While money is important in all works of life, it shouldn't be the main priority in every case we find ourselves. Example of such is relationship and marriage. The priority in those institutions is true love, compatibility, and understanding. The earlier people accept the truth and fact the better for them.

cocolacec:
Nigerian men groomed Nigerian women to love.Naturally the female species cherishes vomfort to cater for her young ones so she will akways choose the one who can afford more comfort for her unless she is madly in love.

What is your point exactly? Every lady out there is groomed to love, care and respect irrespective of country, tribe or religion. Most Nigerian men feel the only to date a lady is by throwing money on women. This attitude was accepted by some ladies and they took advantage of it. Other Africans don't reason that way.

I like this thread and the messages I am able to deduct from all the conversations that have taken place already. Few things I can point out is that;
*Different people have different ways of absorbing information and it takes longer time for some to absorb it in the right way.

*Alot of people have poor ideology when it comes to judging things properly. They stick to the rubbish they knew even when being enlighten about how it should be, they refuse to learn.
*Refusal for people to make good use of their brain properly is a big problem. Think, reason and have a mind of your own then make a sincere judgment of your thoughts and decision if they are right and meaningful. *Sentiments in a fair issue is a very bad way to learn nothing.

Now my opinion on the topic goes this way;
It always look funny whenever I see any man try to use money as the first and most important weapon of wooing a woman( well except you are looking for prostitutes). It kind of make me question the mentality and self esteem of such men. I know drug dealers and the yahoo boys brought about these trends living the extravagant lives with their illicit wealth but I think if u are reasonable enough, u wouldn't want to patronize that style because u are not them. I don't know where some of my Nigerian brothers and sisters got this impression that relationship is about throwing money on a woman just to prove that u care. Not saying if your babe is in a tight fix, u shouldn't help. Ofcourse u should if u have the funds, just like she should help if the opposite is the case but none should be a priority like alot of guys and ladies over here seem to reason. Weather this reasoning is adopted as a means of survival by some, due to the poverty level and slow economic growth in the country, doesn't make it the right path to follow. Very wrong assertion of things. We should use our head pls and think reasonably.
As for our friends from SA, Lionessza6 and Samantha124, I must admit I love your sense of reasoning. You ladies truly understand the real way dating should take place. Also let's not fight among ourselves Africans okay, we should be united rather but I understand there are people from different countries who may have the wrong ideology concerning different things, I plead that we shouldn't generalize them with everyone in that country. One love.

I have met some people here especially on business grounds but the top of it all was when we formed a WhatsApp group from nairaland for NYSC few years back. I met alot of nairaland members from my group in NYSC camp and the experience was really worthwhile. I still keep good friendship with some till this day.

barikay:
what location in akwa ibom sir, I can come

Eket. What quantity do you want and how regular do you need it?

There is a major issue here when people post prices of palm oil. Most prices posted are the lowest price of oil gotten directly only from the cheapest selling mills. This brings alot of confusion when some who read post here and intend to buy at that rate only to be disappointed at the almost double market rate when they actually go to get this oil. All I am saying is pls let's be specific on our rates by indicating if it is market rate or mill rate. Meanwhile even the mill guys are now selling at market prices so let's stop this confusion.

meekparagon:
I need a supplier from akwa ibom to lagos

Will you be coming to pick the palm oil from Akwa Ibom?
Let me understand you business terms and conditions.

Naijaletlaugh:
Are you still in business I need oil

I usually do it as a side business but not always due to the nature of my job.

ManirBK:
we did it together I mean family members. each family do their own together is like tradition every Sallah day

Nice one bro. Can we chat on WhatsApp on a business level pls?
Can you drop your WhatsApp contacts to me here pls?
Thanks in advance.

Rokiat:


This girl
Is damn funny that’s like saying why the obsession with big di..ck is that big di.ck going to pay your bills? No but it will do something even better it will blow your back out and take you to cloud nine and give you intense pleasure. (That is if he knows how to use it)

if a guy is into big ass he’s into it haha why you so pinned? You are a woman and wouldn’t obviously understand duh for men that find it attractive it looks appealing and having sex with a woman with a nice figure and big ass is something else when a nigga taste it he never wants to go back.


They don’t called it child bearing hips for nothing men just feel this woman has nice wide hips she will bear my children with ease.

Let people be attracted to what they are attracted to haba.

There are billions of men in this world some like very skinny some like thick and curvy some likes skinny and tall some petite, why so pinned if a certain group of men finds big ass attractive? Nonsense and it’s the same ladies that say they don’t care what men think but you carry their matter for head so till you’re so pinned why they find a certain body type so attractive.

Well said. Now I wish you a lovely Sunday.

Starboytwo:
Deserved.

People always forget he won Caf twice with the peoples elephant before venturing Europe.

Best keeper SE ever got.

Vincent Enyeama.

Yea you are right! He deserves the award. I remember when he went through a very long streak of not conceding any goal for his club Lille of France then.

This thread have been stagnant for a while. We should keep on advertising our services, help each other as well as process businesses together. If you are a contractor in need of legit contracts and you have both technical and financial capacity to deliver, kindly contact me. Location for contracts is Akwa Ibom State.
You can quote me with your WhatsApp numbers and delete it here once I chat you up for privacy reasons if you want.

Naijaletlaugh:
Are you still in business I need oil

I am on break until after swearing in. This election year involves a new government, and so I don't know how the new president will affect the price of oil and other commodities. Meanwhile I am working in a private company. So palm oil is my side hustle.

obinnanelson4:
My apologies bro..the Nigerian factor and corruption is just so annoying. Now i know better, thanks for the information. Pls dont dont relent.

No issues bro. I understand your point of view. We are together.

obinnanelson4:
wake up sir and stop dreaming.

For people who have no clue, the right thing to do is to ask questions but I see you are not ready to know anything. For the records, you don't know where I am working, you don't know the people I communicate with, you don't know the authenticity of any information I drop here or anywhere else but instead of you to verify, u come out here to tell me that I am dreaming. No problem.

Septagon:
Didn't go for any screening but it's has been approved.who knows how much they pay enumerators?

Minimum of #100k

Iamgrey5:
So why can't the EFCC go after the said politician?

Why do they need to spend billions of Naira to design new Naira note and risk a possibility of a recession with the poor implementation.

Bro it might be true. Elections will take place in less than 2 weeks time. A governor can store such amount without any crime body directly investigating them. Remember as governors they are guaranteed certain privileges along with immunity. They also have some security aides to protect certain facilities while in power.

Casting your mind back, do you remember a certain house at Osborne towers Ikoyi that over 23 billion naira was discovered in 2017 or so? Though it was a combination of foreign currencies but it summed up to 23billion. That is the days of whistle blowing! Don't you think that money belonged to a politician or some group of politicians?

In our country so many things is possible bro.

Okay but what exactly is your point?

Good evening all, a big thank you for the progress so far. As the state level training is winding down, you may wish to be informed that the enumeration timelines has been adjusted and as such the LGA level training for enumerators and supervisors will not start again on Monday 6th February 2023, the new date will be communicated soon. Meanwhile trainers and trainee should maintain communication on their respective class WhatsApp platforms, because every trainers and trainee will have to continue with self learning sessions and a virtual classroom training will be organized shortly before LGA level training. Thank you for your cooperation always.
Director Census[/quote]Eyeneka Abadie.
How about those that applied for quality assurance assistant/Rovers?
Can I get your WhatsApp contact? You can quote me and drop it in a dead thread.
Meanwhile can someone register a position outside what he/she initially applied for?

This is long overdue. He should have been sacked since. I like his attacking and aggressive approach but his weakness is lack of organization in his defensive line. His team concede goals easily.

saintkeppy:
He has Appeal the Judgement of the Lower court, obtaining "Stay of Execution" @The Appeal Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

I am really happy to learn that he has tendered an appeal to the Court. Hopefully he will be out by January. Yes there is a lot of sympathy on his side, even from some former non-supporters whom have now turned out to become his supporters. The truth is that the event of the last few weeks in his life that led him prison is working in his favour. This upcoming election will be very interesting.

saintkeppy:
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Senator OBA is a done deal in the entire Oro Nation, he will be back soon from his Political travails to kick off the second phase of his ward-to-ward campaigns by January next year.

Have Senator OBA been allowed to tender an appeal on his case?
It will be way better and to his advantage if he is out of prison and physically available during the elections than been locked up there at the time of his election.

powerhouse3:
...I can see that you're not from Akwa ibom state cos if empowering the youth with thuggery is enjoyment in your state,then we don't need it...and you're the least entity to decide for us...OBA will not swell the �

So just because he is not supporting your candidate automatically makes him a non Akwa-Ibomite?