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Abuja Fashion week to flag off this Wednesday.
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Mercedes and MTVbase Africa amongst other top brands will be hosting the Abuja Fashion week that is scheduled to start this week on Wednesday November 25,2015.

the organizers have expressed gratitude and appreciation to have this top brands on board.

" we are proud to have them on board as an official sponsor of AFW and are excited for them to officially unveil their various classes of Mercedes to you all. we are delighted to work with MTVbase Africa, the voice of music around the continent. they will be covering the event as it unfolds and give viewers who are unable to make it to the event, the chance to experience the beginning of a one of a kind event, Abuja Fashion Week," they said.

other sponsors of the event include Chocolate City, BM-Pro, MADC Magazine, The Capital Hub, Missouri, Rax & Hangaz and Hayati Magazine.

The Abuja Fashion Week, a production of the Stag House Fashion, aspires to be a premiere fashion event which will gather people from all walks of life it aspires to be one of a kind in the whole African continent.
Source: http://ebonytalknaija..com.ng/2015/11/abuja-fashion-week-to-flag-off-this-week.html

Henry240:
Come on man........... Saudis always have Gucci gear. However what's the essence of a Gucci gear if you're going to use a Sniper rifle for close protection duties.

Henry240:
Saudis!!.....



Saudi commando conducting CP with a sniper rifle!

bidexiii:
We up 5-6 that is operational now.

favourlove1:
I see u lack milk of human kindness. You now see her through APCs eyes. Well I wish you same n woe betide you if she is declared innocent . Idiot.

AugustineAgain:
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BOA the mighty.

lionel4power:
well excuse me but i never intended to derail the thread but since there was a lull in posting i decided to fill-in.

On the contrary i love this thread and i'm a staunch supporter.

why dont we pressure our govt. To buy proper equipment thats worth posting on the internet...

bidexiii:
@ overhypedsteve; av seing NA officers at an expo with these BOA 6x6........?
Nice visual command console for the Proforce UAV.

Henry240:
The Egyptian Air Force is purportedly going to receive MIG-29smt's or MIG-35s. Not SU-35s.

Egypt has the world's largest F-16 fleet, larger than Israel and Turkey, second only to the U.S Air Force.

They also fly 52 Apache Helicopters.

However, here is the thing, Egypt receives $1.3 billion in direct military aid from the U.S each year.

lionel4power:
What are you talking about? I was trying to show the world the great deeds of a Nigerian man... Did u even look at the pictures? Those Cities are also current Nigerian cities.

bidexiii:
Why,i totally disagree with you ...... his sambisa forest that big, that an AWACS needs inflight refueling. come to think of it, NAF ATR 42-500 MPA is design more for maritime surveillance . There is nothing wrong operating such aircraft, Egypt is not fighting a war and they operate quite a few numbers , and am not sure if they have tankers?
The beauty of AWACS is they av longer eye both air and ground and can relay enemy positions/targets to multiple inbound jets to strike.
So tell me why the combination is not for BH, if egypt can acquire up to 8 or 9 E-2 Hawkeye and they are not battling insurgency like we do.

bidexiii:
Abii oO; even take one or two units of AWACS JOIN nam, make dem dey take monitor that evil forest !

Franzeez:
lie

bidexiii:
Nigerian Army confirms PREMIUM TIMES story on deadly gun battle that left several Nigerian soldiers missing


The Nigerian Army has confirmed PREMIUM TIMES exclusive report on Boko Haram’s attack on Nigeria’s 157 Battalion attached to the Multi-National Joint Task Force in Baga, Borno State.
Citing a reliable military source, PREMIUM TIMES reported that at least 105 soldiers including their commanding officer were feared missing after the attack on Wednesday.
“Gudunbali was attacked this morning and some weapons were captured from the battalion. Two officers and 105 soldiers are still missing,” our source said.
“They captured a T-72 tank from the unit and some artillery weapons were also captured. The commanding Officer of the battalion is yet to be seen but no one has been confirmed dead yet,” our source said.
We also reported that soldiers of the Multi-National Joint Task Force stationed at Baga, Borno State were also attacked in Geringiwa, about four kilometres away from the headquarters of MNJTF.
The spokesperson for the Nigeria Army, Sani Usman, a colonel, who had earlier said enquiries on the matter should be directed to officials of the 7 Division of the Nigerian Army in Maiduguri, called our reporter after the story was published to confirm the incident.
“I want to confirm the incidence at Gudunbali but the details you provided were not correct, and Baga has never been attacked,” Mr. Usman said on telephone.
“The unit attacked is within the area of responsibility of the MNJTF and troops are now organising to counter the attack,” he said.
He said the Theatre Command of the 7 Division would provide the details of the attack during a press conference arranged later today in Maiduguri.
Mr. Usman however did not give any details to counter our account of the incident.

Curled from premium times ;http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/193467-nigerian-army-confirms-premium-times-story-on-deadly-gun-battle-that-left-several-nigerian-soldiers-missing.html

Other source; http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/11/nigerian-army-denies-losing-105-officers-to-boko-haram/

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Julius2214:
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nnamdiosu:
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Henry240:
"Let us not give a dog a bad name just to hang it, point to it and say we told you so".


We've seen a lot of newspaper trail, trail by social media and out-right propaganda from this government. Dasuki deserves a fair hearing in court.

bidexiii:
Honestly the only way to stop corruption in the Defence procurement that has long spoilt,rotten and decayed our military is by making it open. In egypt defence, procurement are made open ; and a very good example of that is there procurement of rappel jets and frigates from france, ka-50 HELO's and bulk missiles from russia even before purchase, people all over the world already knows but the reverse his naija. You would av already being seeing those hardware before you hear the amount they lavished on purchasing them and if they ar lucky it would be swept under the capet.
Those money used in buying second hand HELO's and jets would av used in purchasing 3rd gen hardware. The COAS Gen Buratai complained of equipment purchased breaking down. I once came across a T72 track belt breaking. Also yesterday a picture of t72 oil splits over the engine and the body.
The defence procurement should be made public that's the way forward.

bidexiii:
OFF TOPIC ; Dasuki gives evidence confirming purchase of Alpha Jets, Other Military Hardware



The beleaguered former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd.), has again responded to the allegations contained in an interim report of the presidential panel set up by President Muhammadu Buhari to investigate the procurement of arms and equipment in the Armed Forces and defence sector from 2007 to date.

Mr. Femi Adesina, Dasuki provided evidence of the correspondence from the army and air force acknowledging the receipt of four Alpha jets, 12 helicopters and other military equipment that the panel accused him of not procuring.

Dasuki, who has had a running battle with the present administration and is being prosecuted by the federal government for illegal possession of firearms and money laundering, and is currently under house arrest, also accused the presidency of acting out a script.

The presidency on Tuesday had released the findings of its panel and ordered the arrest of Dasuki and other unnamed persons alleged to have misappropriated several billions of naira and dollars in the award of fictitious and 53 failed contracts, thus contributing to the needless deaths of thousands of Nigerians affected by the insurgency in the North-east.

Some of the contracts, which were said to be for the purchase of four Alpha jets, 12 helicopters, bombs and ammunition, the presidential report alleged, were not executed and the equipment never supplied to the Nigerian Air Force, neither are they in its inventory.

However, in a statement he personally signed, Dasuki said: “In a theatrical manner, the presidency fed the public with many allegations against my person and yet to be named former public officers.”

To draw sympathy, he said the presidency quoted some “absurd findings including extra-budgetary interventions; award of fictitious contracts; 53 failed contracts; payment for jobs without contractual agreements; non-execution of contracts for the purchase of four Alpha jets, bombs and ammunition”.

For undiscerning Nigerians, they may tend to assume that the allegations were true and pronounce the former National Security Adviser guilty as charged.

The statement issued by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, who should know better as a former President of the Nigerian Guild of Editors and a witness to history, was nothing short of propaganda to cast aspersions on Dasuki.
To set the records straight, Nigerians should appreciate that the AVM John Ode-led panel did not invite the ex-NSA under any guise before arriving at its ambiguous findings.

“At least, fairness demands that the panel ought to hear from Dasuki instead of its recourse to hasty conclusions. If the panel had been more patient and painstaking, it would have been availed of all relevant documents on some of the jaundiced findings,” he stated.
As if acting out a script, Dasuki said the presidency alleged that the panel accused him of awarding fictitious contracts between March 2012 and March 2015, when he was not even the NSA in March 2012.

“Contrary to this claim, Dasuki was not the NSA in March 2012 and he could not have awarded any contract in whatever name. The ex-NSA was appointed by ex-President Goodluck Jonathan on June 22, 2012,” he pointed out.

He stated that all contracts and accruing payments were with the approval of the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces (Jonathan).

“Once the ex-President approved, the former NSA paid. So there was due process for every purchase in line with regulations guiding arms procurement for the Armed Forces.

“And Nigerians should note that all the services generated the types of equipment needed, sourced for suppliers most times and after consideration by the Office of the NSA, the president will approve application for payment.

“For sensitive sectors (military/security), there was no room for awarding fictitious contracts. The conclusions of the panel were presumptive, baseless and lacked diligence,” he said.

Dasuki maintained that there were no fictitious contracts, contract sums were not diverted, and the relevant services in writing acknowledged delivery of equipment.

He said for all procurements, the Nigerian Army, the Air Force and the Nigerian Navy have their contractors.

Providing details on the correspondence from the different services acknowledging the receipt of arms and equipment, he said: “While awaiting judicial process on these allegations, it is proper to make some references to show that the presidency was just desperate to hang some former public and military officers who served this nation at the risk of their lives.

“It is laughable for the panel to assume that four Alpha jets and 12 helicopters were undelivered. In a memo to the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), referenced NAF/905/D/CAS of November 28, 2014, the immediate past Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Adesola Amosu acknowledged the receipt of the 4x Alpha jets attack aircraft and the helicopters.

“On 10/21/14, the Chief of Air Staff also confirmed the receipt of F-7 N1 aircraft combination of 250kg bombs and accessories at $2,894,000 with the cost of freight at $1,200,000. The same Air Force confirmed getting 2xTri Shield 36DG tactical radars.

“In another letter of December 1, 2014 signed by L.S. Alao (on behalf of the Chief of Air Staff), the Air Force said it received five containerised fuel storage and dispensing units with equipment.

“The Nigerian Army wrote the ONSA to acknowledge the delivery of 14 armoured tanks. In a December 13, 2014 memo, the Brigade of Guards thanked ONSA for releasing N30m for RCA, operation allowance for troops on Op Urban Sweep II for third and fourth quarters of 2014. This is apart from the installation of CCT cameras at the Brigade Headquarters, two backscatter bomb detection vans and other equipment.

“On November 26, 2014, the immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh sought for approval of the award of one pair of uniforms (in the interim) for the Armed Forces at N165,375,000 to El-Jahab Mubarak Nigeria and N330,750,000 for two pairs.

“These are some of the acknowledgment letters submitted to me by the end-users (the services). It is not for me to go and find out whether the equipment was delivered or not. I am not the one keeping the inventories.”

To prove that he had nothing to hide, the ex-NSA said he submitted a comprehensive list of all requests for procurements by the services, “the items bought and those equipment being awaited to His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari long before I left office”.

“If there were issues, I should have been questioned. I was just the clearing house, I did not award contracts to my company or proxies. There was no contract awarded or equipment bought without approval from the then President and Commander-in-Chief. I am not a thief or treasury looter as being portrayed,” he added.

Dasuki however stated that there were many salient issues and contracts which he could not put in the public domain, in order not to endanger the nation’s security.

He said he was ready for trial on all these allegations in order to prove to Nigerians that he did nothing untoward in office. “We will certainly meet in court.”

“I have a lot to tell Nigerians but in the interim, they should not believe some of the allegations as the gospel truths. The good thing is that some of the key actors in the present administration were parts of the past process being viciously challenged.

“As for my tenure as the nation’s NSA, I acted in the interest of the nation and with utmost fear of God. I did not use the office for any self-serving agenda. I occupied the Office of the National Security Adviser at a difficult moment in Nigerian history when terrorism was at its peak and I am leaving posterity to judge me accordingly,” he stated.

When contacted to react to Dasuki’s response to the panel’s report and the discrepancies highlighted by the former NSA, the president’s media aide, Adesina, declined to make further comment on the issue.

“We have no comment at this time but I will let you know if we have something to say,” he said.

Meanwhile, following the presidential order for his arrest, the Department of State Services (DSS) has deployed more of its operatives in the residence of the former NSA in Asokoro, Abuja.

It was gathered that more security personnel were stationed in front of the building while some others were stationed at the junction of the Akwa Ibom governor’s lodge close to Dasuki’s home.

Dasuki has been under house arrest since the Federal High Court in Abuja granted him permission to travel abroad for medical treatment two weeks ago. -Thisday

Curled from"nigeria review. http://nigerianreviews.com/dasuki-gives-evidence-confirming-purchase-of-alpha-jets-other-military-hardware/

What's your opinion on Nigeria armed forces / defence procurement? How transparent and how can they justify the worth and value of equipment and hardware purchased.

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