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Odunayaw:
Which vehicles are in pic 1 and 4?

Vanquisher light tactical vehicle
CS/VP-3 Bigfoot MRAP

Heavy Nigerian army deployment in Benin Republic.

Nigerian made Vanquisher vehicles seen on deployment in Benin Republic.

kabe1:
Heavy Nigerian army deployment in Benin Republic.

This Vanquish is easy on the eye. Or is it only me?

Nigerian army deployment.

kabe1:
Heavy Nigerian army deployment in Benin Republic.

Why are they deployed to Benin Republic?

Odunayaw:
This Vanquish is easy on the eye. Or is it only me?

It's very easy on the eye. One of the best built vehicles from DICON.

gomol:
Why are they deployed to Benin Republic?

There was a failed coup in Benin Republic, the Nigerian Air Force and Army deployed the same day and helped quashed the Coup.

They've been in the country since then.

kabe1:
There was a failed coup in Benin Republic, the Nigerian Air Force and Army deployed the same day and helped quashed the Coup.

They've been in the country since then.

Okay

Tinfoil:
Dangote tells the Kenyan and Ugandan presidents that he plans to build an oil refinery in Tanzania.

This is a major miscalculation on his part as Uganda is planning to build an oil refinery and he can turn their investment into ashes bankrupting the country.

Also Tanzania does NOT see itself as an East African country but as part of Southern Africa and have done just about everything to torpedo E.Africa so I doubt Kenya would be stupid enough to support them .

Whoever finishes construction first wins. The race is on between Dangote and Uganda.

In this case, context matters.

Kenya had/has plans to build a crude oil pipeline to South Sudan and eventually a refinery through the lapsset project which included a new sea port in Lamu. Pic provided for illustration.

Then Uganda discovered oil. Kenya proposed Uganda to build a pipeline through Kenya on the same corridor where the Pipeline to South Sudan would pass. But at the time Kenya had an alshabaab problem and Lamu port was still a project on paper.

Uganda chose to build there crude pipeline through Tanzania to Tanga port because Tanga was already a functioning port and there was no insecurity along the corridor. Tz also agreed to charge Uganda something like $12 for every barrel transported while Kenya was proposing like $16.

This was embarrassing for Kenya having lost the pipeline deal.
So when proposal for an oil refinery started floating and Dangote was willing to invest. A discussion happened between Museveni, Dangote and Ruto... Kenya not wanting to upset Museveni, proposed the Refinery be built in Tanga, Tanzania where the crude oil pipeline will be terminating since Museveni had already chosen Tanga as the preferred port of exit.

When Tanzania heard about this from the news, their president publicly said she was not consulted instead of quickly jumping on the idea.


https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/5/12/africas-richest-man-plans-new-mombasa-oil-refinery-why-this-matters

It turns out, Dangote prefers Kenya's Mombasa port. He said, it can still work. Tanga port can still be the exit port but the crude oil can be transported from Tanga to Mombasa by sea and be refined in Mombasa then transported back to Uganda through Kenya. Kenya already has a refined oil pipeline that goes up to the border with Uganda. Just last month, Kenya allowed Uganda to buy 20% shares of Kenya pipeline company.

https://www.kenyans.co.ke/news/121871-ruto-explains-how-uganda-secured-21-stake-kenya-pipeline-company


So it's not true that Uganda plans to build a refinery alone. It is the same Refinery. Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda agreed to be joint investors in the refinery. Dangote will be the anchor investor but the three countries will also be shareholders. It's the location of the refinery that is the issue. I do not think Tanzania will buy shares for reasons you have already stated in your comment so I see no reason to still have the refinery in Tanga.


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The pic is the proposed Lapsset project. Specifically oil projects. The vision was to import crude oil from South Sudan oil fields, refine it in Lamu then store some in Kenya, export some to Ethiopia and some to the international market. This plan was proposed before Uganda discovered oil.

Nigerian Navy 70 years Anniversary Open Day

Nigerian Air Force M346FA

A new camouflage scheme has emerged in Ukraine.

Because of high EW interference there a lot of drones with AI targeting. This cammo defeats AI

[quote author=kabe1 post=139608673][/quote]When are we expecting deliveries to commence any idea of the count of first batch

jteku:
When are we expecting deliveries to commence any idea of the count of first batch

The count for the first batch is 6 units.

Nigerian Navy Commandos

Nigerian made Special Forces Vehicle on internal deployment.

Nigerian Army Deployment in Benin Republic.

Nigerian soldiers have now transitioned from Coup suppression to COIN/CTCOIN operations.

Nigerian Special Forces from the Office of the NSA and KIT.

Operators are drawn from the Nigerian Army, Navy and Air Force.

Nigerian Operators from NIMASA Deep blue project.

A subsidiary of the Nigerian Navy. Operators are maritime focused and are drawn from the Nigerian Navy mainly, Army and Air Force.

Nigerian made Armoured vehicles ordered by MOD.

Nigerian Drone Technology

kabe1:
Nigerian made Special Forces Vehicle on internal deployment.

not Nigerian made.
They were ordered by NSA abroad.
Saw them leaving the port enmass last year

Toju200:
not Nigerian made.
They were ordered by NSA abroad.
Saw them leaving the port enmass last year

Oh really!

Do you have any clear pictures of the vehicle?

I always thought they were Nigerian because they had that local vibes and look like the Vanquisher vehicles.

Locally built Nigerian Army vehicles.

Newly inducted Vessels.

During the 70th Anniversary celebration, the Nigerian Navy inducted new patrol vessels (,pictured below) from Poly Technologies.

3 units were inducted!