₦airaland Forum

Covert1:
This whole nonsense because of Buhari's ineptitude. Wonder who is advising him in the presidency and the defense ministry but I bet this must be from a child at Aso Rock.

Now he has done that the defense ministry gives the go ahead and the CDS has to become innovative about the place of these highly qualified Generals the president was aloof to see beyond his nose because of bare nepotism. Creating unnecessary discontent.

Tell me what GEN. Yahaya is going to do that GEN. Yusuf can't do. I mean next to GEN. Irabor the present CDS, GEN. Yusuf performed almost as good in the NORTH-EAST Campaign as Theater Commander and went up to the MNJTF based in N'djamena, Chad. There is no gainsaying it this president is inept and ascetic.

Let us help them think outside the box. There is no reason to retire these fine gentlemen officers trained at great cost to the state. The model proposed by President Obasanjo during his presidency can come to fruition now which is there's no reason we can't have more than one 4 star General or more 3 star Generals. The point should be about corps and command.

You can set up a West African Command with a Full General or Lt. Gen or its equivalent from either Service posted there reporting to Defence HQ and not to the Service HQ just like you have the MNJTF. There's already a West African template though ad hoc mostly which can be activated on full standby with a full mechanized brigade and support services of the NAF and NN bringing it up to division size.

Same command can be replicated for all the regions of Africa. In peace time they can gather intelligence, do recce, military diplomacy, courses, training and re-training among services and partner nations. That way you keep the Generals happy and busy. After all there's already medals for these in the Armed Forces of Nigeria. Get into action and apply these officers.

Continuing this tradition of retiring fine officers to make way for the political choice of a sitting president is counter-productive.

DubaiLandLord:
I've talked about the issue of retiring MG compulsorily because a junior MG was promoted to the rank of LTG more than a year ago on this thread.

I believe a 3 star General out rank a 2 star General so that has settle the issue of who the most senior officer will be. Any MG that is not comfortable can now retire voluntarily.

I even used the US military as an example. In the US army, person wey una join the same year fit later dey serve as a GEN make you still dey LTGEN.

But the word in bold Shey nah inside Nigeria all this West African command, Central Africa command etc go dey or dem go dey other African countries?

All this will cost billions of dollars, abeg make dem spend am on infrastructure for here, we need power supply, good roads, good and cheap health care centers, we need to spend more money on primary and secondary education too not to talk of the tertiary level and a lot of things still dey wey be say we need to do.

DubaiLandLord:
The Nigerian Army has named Onyema Nwachukwu, a brigadier general, as its new spokesperson.

Mr Nwachukwu takes over from Mohammed Yerima, also a brigadier general, who was appointed in February by the late Chief of Army Staff, Ibrahim Attahiru.

Until his appointment, Mr Nwachukwu was the acting director of defence information at the defence headquarters.

He was the deputy director of the Operation Lafiya Dole Theatre command in Maiduguri.

He attended the University of Ibadan and holds a Masters’ Degree in International Affairs and Strategic Studies from the Nigerian Defence Academy, NDA, Post Graduate School, Kaduna.

He once served as the media coordinator of the Joint Task Force Operation Pulo Shield.

He was also Assistant Director Defence Information (NA), DHQ, Chief of Staff Headquarters Directorate of Army Public Relations and Public Relations Officer, NDA.

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/more-news/466997-army-names-nwachukwu-as-new-spokesperson.html

Whyem15:
This one is going back from DHQ to army headquarters.
They are probably making ways for some of the "affected" RC 36 members so that not all of them will be retired.

Covert1:
It often comes down to courses passed to out rank a course mate. It's a reality the soldiers know however in this case the president used his constitutional powers of prerogative.

I knew the issue of finance will come but the money spent in retiring these officers every few years its humongous. A little addition to it will do the trick. In West Africa there are many options for a command HQ likewise in other regions of Africa. Nigeria actually has more clout than you may think. The Military High Command can actually have some of these combatant commands for a start domiciled at Ship House and Defense HQ. The idea is not to go and start wars. The military is not all about fighting all of the time. Instead of a fire brigade approach like we had in Mali we can be ahead of the game. Countries we never thought of are now filling in the military gaps in most of these African countries that we used to do.

Defense costs money. This is a reality the present administration is slowly waking up to.

Whyem15:
If we are to spend extra money on defense in this manner, why not focus more on solving internal problems.
I'm thinking along the line of a national guard force. Some of the structures are already in place. Deep blue will be converted to coast guard, manpower will be drawn from customs and immigration for border guards and the various state security outfits will be converted to state units of the national guard.

Truthshots23:
What happens when a bunch of gorillas meet a human being:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ADk_4dTXt8

youghs:
The 600k BPD processing capacity is not for PMS alone but only 53%, diesel, kerosine, jet fuel etc takes the rest

Whyem15:
Hmmmmm, I'm tired.
Perception is greater than reality. It is far more important to be perceived to be doing the right thing than do the right thing itself.
He has promised things will change in the northwest in coming weeks, I really hope it will be so. He is so disconnected from the reality of Nigeria and isn't ready to play beyond the rules.

RiceProducers:
There is a N776bn supplementary budget for defence and security in 2021. Things will change like a mf.

Lurker4Long:
Interesting...Australia, India, South Africa and South Korea invited to the G7 summit in the UK.

DubaiLandLord:
One student confirmed dead, two lecturers and eight students kidnapped as armed bandits attack Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic, Zaria.

The state commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, confirmed in a statement sent to DAILY NIGERIAN on Friday.

“The Kaduna State Government has been briefed by security agencies of an attack by armed bandits at the main campus of the Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic, Zaria, late on Thursday night.

“According to the briefing, the bandits invaded the staff quarters of the campus, shooting sporadically. In the process, two students were hit and sustained gunshot injuries. They were identified as Ahmad Muhammad and Haruna Isyaku Duniya.

“They were rushed to the hospital for medical attention. Sadly, Ahmad Muhammad succumbed to his wounds and died early this morning. Haruna Isyaku Duniya is still receiving treatment.

”Governor Nasir El-Rufai received the briefing with sadness and prayed for the repose of the soul of the student killed, while sending condolences to his family. He wished the injured student a speedy recovery.

“As at the time of this update, senior government officials and security agencies are conducting security assessments and interfacing with the management and students of the institution.

https://dailynigerian.com/kidnappers-kill-abduct/

NewDelhi:
These are chimps not gorrilas

DubaiLandLord:
Mtchewww


You just dey talk nonsense. You dey attache yourself to other people wey no send una and una king The ijaws of Furupagba, okomu etc all in Edo state don always make am clear say Oba of Benin is not their king. People wey dey talk like that for this one Nigeria, nah the people you dey bank on to have a united country with the Benins... Issokay

E go shock you.

Truthshots23:
Everybody in the south, follow the steps I pinned down, your only salvation is to divide this rubbish called nigeria. Your grand children and great grand children will thank you for it.
Don't listen to the fear mongers, history is filled with their types. Fight for your freedom because nobody will do that for you.
The oppressors will not grant you freedom, you have to take it by yourself.

youghs:
I don't think this is correct. Probably just an estimate. Our daily consumption is 52million upward, I even saw a report a while ago saying it has gotten to 95million litres per day.

Roan77:
I so much hate seeing our troops with this light skin Toyota Hilux

bidexiii:
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Same here, but there heroric efforts has to be acknowledged !

Roan77:
I think the NA took delivery of Bigfoot MRAP and also been sent to the NE.

Stormtrooper11:
Reminds me of Mainok incident . Same style

Roan77:
I think the NA took delivery of Bigfoot MRAP and also been sent to the NE.

Whyem15:
Very old images.

DubaiLandLord:
https://newswirengr.com/2021/06/11/malami-makes-u-turn-says-federal-government-would-not-prosecute-nigerians-who-tweet/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

Clueless man

Truthshots23:
1) you seem to believe you have a "broader scope" than me.
2) I am a mathematician, a french citizen and from the southsouth.
3) I schooled in France right from primary school, we learn real history not your usual nigerian myths.
We actually really learn geopolitics, not like you guys who pretend to know geopolitics.
4) stop assuming yourself to be smarter than others whom you don't even know.
5) the ethnic bigot in question here is buhari himself. The guy is even confessing, what will it take for you guys to open your eyes ?

Truthshots23:
The only thing this trainline to niger republic will bring to nigeria is an influx of impoverished buhari's brothers from the sahel.

There is a reason why countries don't make access to their lands easier for poorer and less secured countries. You build a bridge to a country with a sound economy, not a country with no economy, just because "they are your brothers".
This is total nonsense.