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Re: Top 10 Most Powerful African Armies by Arda1000(m): 7:41am On Oct 21, 2025
ACRI:
Because you are mentally conditioned not to appreciate your own or you don't have that capacity doesn't undermine global military firepower ratings

Try Nigeria and see, there is a reason they were the best ground forces in the past. All this small peak milk boys running around the internet this days
tell that to many displaced persons suffering in numerous camps around Nigeria and Neighboring countries,millions of displaced Nigerians are in Cameroun,Niger,Chad and Benin,bandits and terrorists have taken over many places in Nigeria.
It’s you that have been conditioned to lie to yourself
Re: Top 10 Most Powerful African Armies by bluefilm: 7:41am On Oct 21, 2025
Powerful in what sense exactly?
Re: Top 10 Most Powerful African Armies by Mrfixitt(m): 7:42am On Oct 21, 2025
Emma1Oj:
y? Do you know the type of dangerous weapon Nigeria army has been using to defend this nation n other African countries.

Nigeria shod be No1
Your opinion. A country that can't defend her country from bandits rather they choose to negotiate with them is a weak country military wise.
Re: Top 10 Most Powerful African Armies by Antoeni(m): 7:52am On Oct 21, 2025
Remove Nigeria Army From That List, Terrorist Have Exposed Them As Very Weak, By Taking Over Military Formation, Barracks, They Are Amala Soldiers , They Are Only Strong And Brutal to Defenseless And Harmless Civilians Especially When You Wear Camouflage Shirt or Trousers, Combat,
Re: Top 10 Most Powerful African Armies by Ttipsy(f): 7:58am On Oct 21, 2025
Please expunge Nigeria from the list
Re: Top 10 Most Powerful African Armies by Amudeneogu: 8:01am On Oct 21, 2025
Why do Africans always comes in the middle or at the bottom when it's comes to global ranking except criminal matters, I don't trust this oyibo ranking.
Re: Top 10 Most Powerful African Armies by Evans20: 8:02am On Oct 21, 2025
BlackViper:
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2025/10/top-10-african-countries-with-the-strongest-military-2/
They should not mention Nigeria, because if we have military we will not be suffering insecurities, for now we don't have
Re: Top 10 Most Powerful African Armies by Michaelajah: 8:04am On Oct 21, 2025
Okey, alright, let's move on...
Re: Top 10 Most Powerful African Armies by Shawarmagirl: 8:07am On Oct 21, 2025
Until Nigeria test their military 🪖 might with Israel, that's the only time I can deem them powerful armies in Africa.
Re: Top 10 Most Powerful African Armies by davillian(m): 8:08am On Oct 21, 2025
G0odharddick:
Is this a joke?

Nigeria is on that list yet boko haram and bandits are eating suya strolling around
they should be because of the large foot soldiers...
but whats crippling our soldiers are the military hardware and gadgets....
tanks, jets , carrier etc.
Re: Top 10 Most Powerful African Armies by johngwain: 8:11am On Oct 21, 2025
Nigeria Army dey rank 3rd na im Boko Haram and bandits they operate freely for naija.. story
Re: Top 10 Most Powerful African Armies by G0odharddick: 8:12am On Oct 21, 2025
davillian:
they should be because of the large foot soldiers...
but whats crippling our soldiers are the military hardware and gadgets....
tanks, jets , carrier etc.
Are they talking about the populated military in Africa? Abi the most powerful military?
Re: Top 10 Most Powerful African Armies by mikmash(m): 8:20am On Oct 21, 2025
Wallahi some of una dey underrate Nigeria military might. We have bad eggs but I can't never berate the real ones defending me.
Re: Top 10 Most Powerful African Armies by creativejagaban: 8:22am On Oct 21, 2025
blingxx:
You are right , population really matter in making a country powerful that is the reason other countries are taking in immigrants but our government screwed up big time nothing stop us from competing with the likes of china
Lie.

Compare Israel and Iran.

Who has the most population?
Who has the best military?

Answer the question, and be freed from ignorance grin
Re: Top 10 Most Powerful African Armies by MarketDispatch: 8:31am On Oct 21, 2025
tunde1200:
Nigeria supposed be number one in terms of population but military hardware and war equipment we are poor.
Nigeria used to be number one in the days of ECOMOG but boko haram has relegated it to number 3 from the list above and below.

I still wonder why Air Force cannot do advance field aerial surveillance for troop movements.

Re: Top 10 Most Powerful African Armies by Kemetian: 8:43am On Oct 21, 2025
G0odharddick:
Is this a joke?

Nigeria is on that list yet boko haram and bandits are eating suya strolling around
The USA spent 30 years fighting the Taliban and still lost.

GROW UP and stop using ragtag terrorists to measure the capabilities of a conventional military force designed for conventional warfare.

Terrorism is not destroyed by bombs and guns, because the terrorists are embedded in communities.

The Nigerian military will NOT mass murder Nigerian civilians in bombing raids because of Boko Haram, even. though we know that's what you want. After all, it's not your part of the country that would be affected by such an escalation.
Re: Top 10 Most Powerful African Armies by davillian(m): 8:44am On Oct 21, 2025
G0odharddick:
Are they talking about the populated military in Africa? Abi the most powerful military?
powerful includes, foot soldiers, weapons and artillery....
check u can see those ontop us has more tanks,jets, carriers, submarine, helicopters etc
Re: Top 10 Most Powerful African Armies by Kemetian: 8:48am On Oct 21, 2025
Mrfixitt:
Your opinion. A country that can't defend her country from bandits rather they choose to negotiate with them is a weak country military wise.
The USA army must be very weak since they lost to the TALIBAN in Afghanistan after 30 years combat.
Re: Top 10 Most Powerful African Armies by G0odharddick: 8:50am On Oct 21, 2025
Kemetian:
The USA spent 30 years fighting the Taliban and still lost.

GROW UP and stop using ragtag terrorists to measure the capabilities of a conventional military force designed for conventional warfare.

Terrorism is not destroyed by bombs and guns, because the terrorists are embedded in communities.

The Nigerian military will NOT mass murder Nigerian civilians in bombing raids because of Boko Haram, even. though we know that's what you want. After all, it's not your part of the country that would be affected by such an escalation.
Are Talibans in the US soil?

Bandits and boko haram are cruising and eating suya in Nigeria's soil and walking around with bottle water heavily guarded by the Nigerian police and military
Re: Top 10 Most Powerful African Armies by Kemetian: 8:52am On Oct 21, 2025
Nigerian-built military ATV
[img]https://i.redd.it/744c3cb1zuy11.jpg[/img]
Re: Top 10 Most Powerful African Armies by Paut(m): 9:04am On Oct 21, 2025
[quote author=blingxx post=137196545]You are right , population really matter in making a country powerful that is the reason other countries are taking in immigrants but our government screwed up big time nothing stop us from competing with the likes of china

You guys like turning things upside down, are they talking about population or powerful African armies
Re: Top 10 Most Powerful African Armies by israelmao(m): 9:04am On Oct 21, 2025
The giant of African has been dusted by Egypt and Algeria.
Re: Top 10 Most Powerful African Armies by Paut(m): 9:05am On Oct 21, 2025
[quote author=blingxx post=137196545]You are right , population really matter in making a country powerful that is the reason other countries are taking in immigrants but our government screwed up big time nothing stop us from competing with the likes of china


You guys like turning things upside down, are they talking about population or powerful African armies
Re: Top 10 Most Powerful African Armies by tunde1200(m): 9:27am On Oct 21, 2025
You know nothing about us in the military...!

Pharaoh4rin:
Which kain?
Nigeria military of today is nothing to ride home about. Cameroinian soldies are better. In nigeria, Nigeria soldiers are only better than Ghana and may be Biafra
Re: Top 10 Most Powerful African Armies by ZACHIE: 10:00am On Oct 21, 2025
My dear Charlie friends, we didn't see you .

Ghana ooooo. Talk o
Re: Top 10 Most Powerful African Armies by Goddyrichie(m): 10:35am On Oct 21, 2025
manuelkel:
How come Nigerian army ranks 3rd?
Nigerian army that's still using wooden Ak47mm grin grin
guy abeg I dey chop 😂
Re: Top 10 Most Powerful African Armies by Goddyrichie(m): 10:37am On Oct 21, 2025
Re: Top 10 Most Powerful African Armies by DeepSight(m): 10:54am On Oct 21, 2025
No way Nigeria surpasses SA on this one. Pure fantasy.
Re: Top 10 Most Powerful African Armies by Kreesxxx: 10:56am On Oct 21, 2025
When I looked at the top three I saw a different thing. I realized that Biafra held the top three armies in African to a standstill for more than two years.
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