₦airaland Forum

mrvitalis:
And what has he done to make sure we don't fail

what can anybody do to make sure you don't fail? You get sen5e at all. What can even your father do to make sure you don't fail. Na this kind mum.u person dem prepare letter for but him dun read d letter over and over again e never still embrace sense.

ssaengine:
I'm sorry but it's not as if Liberia's opinion on the quality of any defence force holds much water. Most militaries on earth are exceptional and outstanding in relation to theirs. Just saying such articles don't need to be posted on a pic thread.

Oga calm down. The Nigerian Army supervised the largest known deployment of troops and equipment in sub Saharan Africa to that country to check the NPFL insurgency and you don't think that is exceptional? About 10,000 men where moved via sea and air to Liberia and you don't think that is exceptional? At the height of the conflict a Nigerian general acting as the administrator of Monrovia and that ain't exceptional. Well it doesn't matter what you think, what we did in Liberia generations of Liberians will never forget.

Nigerian Navy. Recent operations.

AugustineAgain:
What ship is this visiting Nigerian navy? Must be an European navy vessel.

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Henry24o:
The company CEO confirms they exported the vehicles to Rwanda, Chad and South-Sudan. They've come up with a new design for the PF2 MKII.


They now produce 40 law enforcement APCs are month.

wow. Simply wow.

MansaMoussa:
Youths of Dumso,
You have done well, now fortify yourselves and prepare for a long war of attrition, which if handled well, would end with a decisive victory for your son's and daughters.
1stly, expel any of your daughters and sons married to any herdsman, they are spies automatically. ( Ask the Mangu of Plateau state).

Set up a formidable vigilante group armed enough to take on 20 men with AK47 rifles at any point in time.( ask the Berom of Plateau State)

Any Lunatic roaming Dumso, who isn't a resident lunatic should be apprehended immediately...their most favourite mode of intelligence gathering is sending in one of their own into the community disguised as a lunatic( ask southern Kaduna people), that madman is s bloody spy.

Do not sell to their women on market days...they are sizing you up

Encourage your Children to Climb trees and your Palm wine tappers should be carried along. They should report any strange movements immediately, to the chief, and the Vigilante dispatched immediately to investigate..

All water bodies in Dumso-streams, lakes, ponds, etc..should be closely monitored, your enemies love water

Colonise and populate areas of high elevation to give yourselves strategic advantage.

Dispatch messages to neighbouring communities to join your alliance., if they refuse,infiltrate them with your own spies and view them as enemies also( such communities form Forward Operational Bases for your enemies.)

Get your daughters to marry into the neighbouring communities to act as your spies also.

Involve all your Sons and Daughters in the Armed Forces and Govt, to join your struggle. They will do same.

Pre-emptive Raids when they come close to Dumso is allowed, to roughen them up a bit and size up their strengths.

Make alliances with their Enemies in other parts of Ghana...the enemy of your enemy is your friend.

Nobody must sit on the fence, either you are for Dumso or against..anyone suing for peace should be treated like a traitor..

Sustain these until they delete Dumso from their grazing route.

God bless the Youth of Dumso.

that's wrong. The Fulani people originated from Nigeria you should always feel some form of national sympathy towards them no matter where they are or where they find themselves. I believe if someone like you becomes president you would ask other countries to be killing Nigerians from other ethnic groups.

61mech:
Only US Gov can really force Google to white-out a sat image. (Google's market cap is 475 billion while Kenya's gdp is 55 billion.) Even Putin can't force them to block images.
So, most likely the US have planes operating there.

my guess exactly. A secret drone base.

diegwu01:
I know they are tired, But why would a battalion of Soldiers let their Guards down like this?
It looks like a train though.. the Journey could be too slow and hellish

so una never still know anything about una country pathetic unpatriotic f00ls. That is not the marking or camouflage of any known military agency in Nigeria. That fatigue is for a particular South African country military. Awon 1diots una nor know say Nigerian army nor dey use this heavy woodland camo.

Innoson donated the cars to Ghana for the Campaign

Henry240:
I used to think they were some sort of enlarged variants of Proforce MkII's. However, i'm no longer so sure, seeing that Proforce exported their vehicles to an entirely different country.

they are not proforce made. The Chadian army use a similar APC but this time on desert pattern.

bidexiii:
BREAKING:-


President Buhari Orders EFCC To Probe Former CDS Barde, Ex-Chief Of Air Staff Amosu And Other Serving And Former Military Leaders Over Arms Procurement Fraud

On the committee established to audit the procurement of arms and equipment in the Armed Forces and Defence sector from 2007 to 2015, President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to carry out further investigation into the misconduct established against the following retired and serving officers of the Nigerian Air Force and Nigerian Army:
(1)Air Chief Marshal AS Badeh (Rtd)
(2)Air Marshal MD Umar (Rtd)
(3)Air Marshal AN Amosu (Rtd)
(4) Maj-Gen. ER Chioba (Rtd)
(5)AVM IA Balogun (Rtd)
(6)AVM AG Tsakr (Rtd)
(7)AVM AG Idowu (Rtd)
(AVM AM Mamu
(9)AVM OT Oguntoyinbo
(10)AVM T Omenyi
(11)AVM JB Adigun
(12)AVM RA Ojuawo
(13)AVM JA Kayode-Beckley
(12)Air Cdre SA Yushau (Rtd)
(13)Air Cdre AO Ogunjobi
(14)Air Cdre GMD Gwani
(15)Air Cdre SO Makinde
(16)Air Cdre AY Lassa
(16)Col N Ashinze
(17)Lt Col. MS Dasuki (Rtd)
Following the submission of the audit committee's second interim report, President Buhari has directed the EFCC to investigate the roles of the officers and the following companies and their directors in fundamental breaches associated with the procurements by the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) and the Nigerian Air Force (NAF).

(1)Messrs Societe D’ Equipments Internationaux
(2) Himma Aboubakar
(3)Aeronautical Engineering and Technical Services Limited
(4)Messrs Syrius Technologies
(5) Dr Theresa A. Ittu
(6)Sky Experts Nig Ltd
(7)Omenyi Ifeanyi Tony
(Huzee Nig Ltd
(9)GAT Techno Dynamics Ltd
(10) Gbujie Peter Obie
(11) Onuri Samuel Ugochukwu
(12)Spacewebs Interservices Ltd
(13)Oguntoyinbo Tayo
(14) Oguntoyinbo Funmi.
(15) Delfina Oil and Gas Ltd
(16)Chief Jacobs Bola
(17)Mono Marine Corporation Nig Ltd
(18)Geonel Intergrated Services Ltd
(20)Sachi Felicia
(20) Mudaki Polycarp
(21)Wolfgang Reinl.

The breaches identified by the Audit Committee include non-specification of procurement costs, absence of contract agreements, award of contracts beyond authorised thresholds, transfer of public funds for unidentified purposes and general non-adherence to provisions of the Public Procurement Act.

Furthermore, the procurement processes were arbitrarily carried out and generally characterized by irregularities and fraud. In many cases, the procured items failed to meet the purposes they were procured for, especially the counter insurgency efforts in the North East.

A major procurement activity undertaken by ONSA for NAF was that concerning the contracts awarded to Societe D’ Equipment Internationaux (SEI) Nig Ltd.
Between January 2014 and February 2015, NAF awarded 10 contracts totalling Nine Hundred and Thirty Million, Five Hundred Thousand, Six Hundred and Ninety US Dollars ($930,500,690.00) to SEI Nig Ltd.
Letters of award and End User Certificates for all the contracts issued by NAF and ONSA respectively did not reflect the contract sums. Rather, these were only found in the vendor’s invoices, all dated 19 March 2015. Additionally, some of the award letters contained misleading delivery dates suggesting fraudulent intent in the award process. The observed discrepancies are in clear contravention of extant procurement regulations.

The SEI contracts included procurement of two used Mi-24V Helicopters instead of the recommended Mi-35M series at the cost of One Hundred and Thirty Six Million, Nine Hundred and Forty Four Thousand US Dollars ($136,944,000.00).
However, it was confirmed that the helicopters were excessively priced and not operationally air worthy at the time of delivery. A brand new unit of such helicopters goes for about Thirty Million US Dollars ($30m).

Furthermore, the helicopters were delivered without rotor blades and upgrade accessories.

Additionally, the helicopters were undergoing upgrade while being deployed for operation in the North East without proper documentation. It was further established that as at date, only one of the helicopters is in service while the other crashed and claimed the lives of two NAF personnel.

The Committee established that ONSA also funded the procurement of 4 used Alpha-Jets for the NAF at the cost of Seven Million, One Hundred and Eighty Thousand US Dollars ($7,180,000.00). However, it was confirmed that only 2 of the Alpha-Jet aircraft were ferried to Nigeria after cannibalization of engines from NAF fleet.

This is contrary to the written assertion of the former Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal AN Amosu to the former NSA that all the 4 procured Alpha-Jets aircraft were delivered to the NAF.

The non-militarisation of the Alpha-Jets made them unsuitable for deployment to the North East and they are currently deployed only for training at NAF Kainji.
Furthermore, the procurement of the Alpha-Jets was contrary to the recommendation of the assessment team. The Committee found that the conduct of Air Marshal Amosu was deliberately misleading and unpatriotic.

The contract for the procurement of 36D6 Low Level Air Defence Radar for the NAF was awarded to GAT Techno Dynamics Ltd in April 2014 at the cost of Thirty Three Million US Dollars ($33m) and was funded by ONSA.

The Committee established that the radars were excessively priced as a complete set of such radars (comprising 6 radars including the Control Centre) goes for Six Million US Dollars ($6m) averagely. The Committee observed that the radars were delivered without the vital component of Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) that distinguishes between own and adversary aircraft, which has significantly degraded the operational capabilities of the NAF in the North East.

It was further observed that the sum of Three Million, Three Hundred Thousand US Dollars ($3.3m) was fraudulently included in the contract agreement as VAT and With Holding Tax and subsequently paid into the bank accounts of Spacewebs Interservices Ltd and Delfina Oil and Gas Ltd.
The Committee further established that Two Million US Dollars ($2m) from the proceeds was transferred to Mono Marine Corporation Nig Ltd, which is jointly owned by principal characters in this deal. The Committee opined that the infractions of extant regulations by these companies were clearly intended to defraud.

It was established that between September 2009 and May 2015, the NAF expended about Fifteen Billion Naira (N15bn) on the maintenance of its Alpha-Jets, C-130H aircraft and Mi-24V/35P helicopters. Out of this amount, Four Billion, Four Hundred and Two Million, Six Hundred and Eighty Seven Thousand, Five Hundred and Sixty Nine Naira, Forty One Kobo (N4,402,687,569.41) was paid out for contracts not executed.

It was also observed that in carrying out these maintenance activities, contracts worth over Two Billion, Five Hundred Million Naira (N2.5bn) were awarded to Syrius Technologies, a Ukrainian company that was not registered in Nigeria. Regrettably, in spite of these expenditures, the status of NAF fleet remained operationally appalling as only 3 Alpha-Jets, 2 C-130H and one each of Mi-24V and Mi-35P were serviceable as at 28 May 15.

In October 2013, NAF awarded contracts to DICON for the supply of weapons and ammunition at the cost of Five Hundred and Ninety Nine Million, One Hundred and Eighteen Thousand Naira (N599,118,000.00). However, only 2 of the 7 items contracted were delivered to NAF while the outstanding 5 items remained undelivered despite repeated requests to DICON.
The Committee also found that the delivered ammunition were about 40 years old, thereby casting doubts on their shelf life. The failure of DICON to fully execute the contract and the delivery of aged ammunition diminished the capacity of the NAF in North East operation.

The Committe uncovered insider dealings by military officers in procurement activities undertaken by ONSA and the NAF. The officers were found to have misused or abused their offices for personal gains by influencing award of contracts to private companies in which they have substantial interests.

For instance, an officer serving in the ONSA used his office to secure 2 contracts for his company, Geonel Integrated Services Ltd, for the protection of 20 Dams and Presidential Air Fleet security at the cost of Six Billion, Two Hundred and Fifty Million Naira (N6,250,000,000.00) and Five Million US Dollars ($5m) respectively.

Furthermore, some NAF officers used their companies to collect VAT and With Holding Tax that were never remitted to FIRS while another officer was found to have cross transferred about Five Hundred Million Naira (N500m) between a NAF company, Aeronautical Engineering and Technical Services Limited, SkyExperts Nig Ltd and Huzee Nig Ltd, companies in which he had personal interests.

It would be recalled that in its First Interim Report, the Committee on Audit of Defence Equipment established that the sum of Six Hundred and Forty Three Billion Naira (N643bn) and Two Billion, One Hundred Million US Dollars ($2.1bn) interventions were received for defence procurements by DHQ and the Services between 2007 and 2015.

In continuation of its assignment, the Committee has so far established that the nation spent about Twenty Nine Billion Naira (N29bn) and Two Billion US Dollars ($2bn) on NAF procurement activities alone.


Garba Shehu
SSA to the President
(Media & Publicrelations)

I will quote myself again and say that Nigeria is a Nation that is unfortunate enough to have been ruled by some of the most unpatriotic and selfish element that it has ever produced.
This is a conspiracy against the state. Purposely leaving a nation defenceless while it is fighting a war and blaming the attacks on your political opposition(well at least now we know what to believe.) a bunch of people just ate the money meant for arming the Nation and the same bunch of people would have sentenced some young men to die by firing squad just because they complained. People wicked sha. You sent young men to their death In a old unserviceable aircraft and then when they keep you in jail for two days you are screaming human right violations. May God forgive you bastards because the court alone would not be able to grant justice to the young men who lost their lives to the personal interests of some already rich fools, young kids that would learn to hate the sight of our national colours because of what she couldn't do for them or what they believe she could have done. They are all there,scattered around us in IDP camps far away from what they used to know as home,this whole thing could have been avoided. To some of us who knew this things were happening and still yet we openly campaigned for the same people that were raping the nation, well I hope you have found reasons to regret your actions. There is corruption in other countries but this isn't corruption this is treachery.

jln115:
For anyone interested:

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thanks man

horlams:
This is so weird, but is that the IGIRIGI in the first picture

(last vehicle)

there is only one explanation. The second pics was not an igirigi as we use to believe. Cus it look the same.

Henry240:
Forget the SU-35, 6 units of SU-35s would not save us from an impeding rape by French Rafale fighters.


What we desperately need is the SU-34 Fighter-Bomber. Have you seen............ I mean have you seen that plane and the capabilities it can perform? It's simply unbelievable!


My ideal setup:

18-20 units of JF-17 Block II

12 units of SU-34 Fulback

24 units of L-15 or 24 Yak-130

your head dey there. I mean why do we keep forgetting the Yak

TheDevilIsALai:
You are already a puppet colony of Saudi Arabia by this act.

The Saudis want Nigeria for their leverage in the UN security council and as a source for disposable almajiri foot soldiers.

The best thing to do here is to as a matter of urgency take a non aligned stance as we usually did in the past and also ensure that immediate and unconditional release of El Zakzacky or else the situation will degenerate beyond your zombie comprehension level.

**** the Nigerian head of state said " we have our own system" I am very sure you don't know what that means? We have our own way of doing things. If Zack whatever is found guilty of any crime he will be convicted irrespective of the threats from the Iranian government. Why? Because " we have our own system" **** maybe you should watch less of presstv

Henry240:
#Nigeria COIN #CTCOIN #Waronterror #N.E

this pics was taken during the wet season.

bidexiii:
GUYS WHAT DO YOU THINO FOR THE DEFENCE BUDGET FOR 2016........?

AND WHAT CAN IT DO.........?

at least it would be enough for concurrent expenditures.

Henry240:
Nigerian Army Airborne Troops

this guys are very fit. I see future Nigerian army generals loosing the traditional pot belly.

falcon01:
SORRY BRO it is physically impossible for you to go about naked with them because''' your manhood will always be errect

hehehe they will understand. Or I go dey wear am stockings.

Analysis to bad.

AzontoGhost:
New Year's Eve has always been a time for looking back to the past, and more importantly, forward to the coming year. It's a time to reflect on the changes we want (or need) to make and resolve to follow through on those changes.
My new year's resolution is to serve God with my everything!

What is yours?

Post it, it might be a reference in future

HAppy Blessed new year Nairalander,

especially

captaingswag221

shizzy7

lepasharon my twi student

punkyveer my runaway wife lol

ednite my new wife

jiggamangh

iamord

lalasticlala

ishilove

lezz

overhypedsteve and all those who i wish i can remember the exact spellings of your monikers

Stay blessed!

A-O-B

lalasticlala

ishilove

oh this good old Ghana boy that I wish to beat still remembers me. Hehehe
Complements of the season to you too. Let us hope I have reasons to come over to your neck of the wood this new year. Send my love to all the rest of them Gh boys.

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SirJeffry:
I bet you, those guys are the most happy and contented people on earth.

They are unclad but wise and we "clad" but 1diots.

Do they witness bomb blast? No. Have they ever heard of Boko haram or Isis? No.

I'm sure they haven't heard of Jesus or Mohammed but they have their conscience to guide them.

well I am sure the guys are contented. Hehehe I would be contented if I was there.

Rayd502:
They go just use you do pepper soup.

but that ain't fair. I want to go about naked with them too should they feel some sort of solidarity for the "open body" course?

I like such a civilisation. I like soo Much. Will they accept me as their own if u go there?

Henry240:
Do you know the number of times we've been here in the last 4 years?



I mean, the JF-17 is a very very good plane. A Gripen from the east, and i'll be more than elated if we buy the JF-17 block II (which by the way is better than the Gripen C/D).


However, we shouldn't allow blood rush to our heads, yet again, and then get disappointed. As it stands, there is nothing official that confirms we are in line to receive the JF-17.

Bros you funny I swear. Why you come post those pictures join am Na? Shey you wan kill person ni?
Complements of the season Boss. I pray that by next year we will be seeing our national colours on worthy airframes.

Henry240:
Wait for official confirmation. These reports are still rumours nothing substantive yet.

kai! Oga Henry why you come spoil my Shoki Na?

Henry240:
#2- NNS Thunder Captain and Crew. Originally posted in this thread. This all inspiring image of the captain and his crew in a group photograph on NNS Thunder is nothing short of overwhelming in it's awe and grandeur. This photo is so beautiful a Nigerian mainstream newspaper (Nationalhelm.com), posted it on it's daily and on her website. Simply beautiful and Angelic!

It's only good for #2.





#1- My top pic for my number 1 photo of 2015 goes to Uganda. This photo of Ugandan Special forces hunting Joseph kony left the competition in the dust.


It's a message to kony, "we would chase you to the gates of hell, we would take you and you would face justice for your crimes!


My very best image of 2015.

it's funny the number 1 pics had to come in almost at the close of the year.

He is even giving state government and local government the opportunity to add their family members and friends. This man self gan you sure say Im ready to fight corruption

kolnel:
January comes with his burden: school fees et al
Even this economic downturn is killing
And this festival originated from the west where school is free and many social amenities
Life needs adequate planning

that is very true. There are some that would deceive their families that everything is ok by spending borrowed money during the Yuletide and then ending up in debt in the new year. While some will rather prefer to use their business capital to sponsor the celebrations. All these are harmful habits that people practice during this celebration period. Do not sell your family's or business future just to celebrate the xmas and new year.

A very merry Christmas and a happy new year to everybody This part of the year comes with a lot of financial obligations most especially for family heads and sponsors so it is always the case that after the Xmas and New Year celebrations most struggling families and business owners are left with little to face the realities of the new year.


My advice, separate the money you would need for basic necessities in the new year from that which you would use for the Yuletide celebrations e.g keep the funds for children school fees, business start ups, business space rental bills, maternity bills(if there is someone pregnant in the family), business expansion, and so on keep these funds separately from the one you would need for throwing your family a big Xmas bash. You should only settle to celebrate during this Xmas period after you are sure you have met all your primary financial obligations for the year and that you would be able to meet new ones in the coming year. That is what we call responsibility you shouldn't deceive your family and dependents that everything is OK by throwing them a big Xmas bash only for them to enter the new year to start facing serious hardship. In life planning is very important future evil could be avoided by proper planning.


For business owners that are just starting up it would be foolhardy for you to deep your hands into money meant for the continued upkeep of your business or for the expansion of your business or it would even be far worst if you start borrowing to meet your family and religious obligations during this periods of celebration. Xmas will always be here with us and we all hope that our businesses would grow so that we can get to celebrate with our families in financial convenience but if while we are still struggling to meet our goals in business and other areas we start engaging in activities that are harmful to the future of our businesses and family then we may never get there.


Let us begin to accept facts for what they are 2016 will be a very harsh period for small business owners due to the nations economy and the kind of policies that are being made by the government, so it would be in our best interest if we start focusing on ways to protect our businesses from the predicted harsh 2016 business atmosphere. It is good to celebrate with family during this Xmas period but please do not use it as excuse to start borrowing or enaging in activities that would harm the future of your business and family.

http://www.mylastkobo.com/2015/12/why-you-should-be-very-careful-while.html

There is already a fund for agricultural development this was launched during the opening ceremony of the dry season rice farming.

frumentius:
Isn't it dangerous to fire that MRLS with that cloth cover?

I NOTICED THE SAME THING.