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Odunayaw, who say make you ask me that question sef, see wetin you don cause now. Mind yourselfooo

Ibrahimanees:
who say make you ask me that question sef, see wetin you don cause now. Mind yourselfooo

Me sef just climb ugwu tree de look

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RG-31 Mk5 MRAP and AMX Leclerc main battle tank are some of the UAE land force equipment's,shipped to Sudan .to be used in the upcoming military exercise Code-named ‘Coasts Heroes 1,between UAE and sudan land forces .

#IED rendered safe in a big de-mining effort yesterday in #Benghazi, #Libya

Rebels kill 15 peacekeepers in Congo in worst attack on U.N. in recent history






https://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFKBN1E307K-OZATP

OFF TOPIC: looks like Pakistan is finally waking up. Questions US involvement in Iraq and Syria.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54e6hZ2_g6M

Ibrahimanees:
OFF TOPIC: looks like Pakistan is finally waking up. Questions US involvement in Iraq and Syria.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54e6hZ2_g6M

Why his other that US drone is all over and every where in the world. Just last month these happened ;


Video Shows US Drone Shot Down by Houthi Rebels in Yemen



https://www.google.com.ng/amp/s/gizmodo.com/video-shows-us-drone-shot-down-by-houthi-rebels-in-yeme-1819057186/amp

#RANDOM

Bidexi Odunayaw Toshiba Nnamdi

I'd be recording the firefight for YouTube post

bidexiii:
Why his other that US drone is all over and every where in the world. Just last month these happened ;


Video Shows US Drone Shot Down by Houthi Rebels in Yemen



https://www.google.com.ng/amp/s/gizmodo.com/video-shows-us-drone-shot-down-by-houthi-rebels-in-yeme-1819057186/amp

Which begs the question why Niger is allowing US to use armed drones in their country. The fact is US drones have killed and injured more civilians than terrorists. GEJ earned my respect for kicking US out of Nigeria. They always play a double game.

Ibrahimanees:
Which begs the question why Niger is allowing US to use armed drones in their country. The fact is US drones have killed and injured more civilians than terrorists. GEJ earned my respect for kicking US out of Nigeria. They always play a double game.

Another reason why I shake my head that we have no ADS

Odunayaw:
Another reason why I shake my head that we have no ADS

The bad news is I don't see us with ADS is the near future. We need long term planning in our military and a strict policy that a change in command does not mean those project will be abandoned. That's one of the problems with Nigeria as a whole, every administration thinks they are better than the last. If only yar'adua continues from where obj stopped, then GEJ continues from yar'adua, then PMB continues from GEJ. Just imagine!

Ibrahimanees:
The bad news is I don't see us with ADS is the near future. We need long term planning in our military and a strict policy that a change in command does not mean those project will be abandoned. That's one of the problems with Nigeria as a whole, every administration thinks they are better than the last. If only yar'adua continues from where obj stopped, then GEJ continues from yar'adua, then PMB continues from GEJ. Just imagine!

The buck stops on the ministry of defence and DHQ. Heck these two sit on their thumbs.

Yes Ministers come and go depending on the administration but there are posts like the perm sec that should be championing any long term plan.
It also seem there isn't real synergy between the ministry & DHQ. Just look at how much power the Pentagon wields and compare

Furthermore I wonder what assessments the National Security Council gives the president .

Odunayaw:
Another reason why I shake my head that we have no ADS

Nigeria is not willing to get into that kind of war with a world power. We don't have that kind of liver yet.


In as much as Nigeria still plays double standard and keep both china and USA as an ally inclusive of Russia then trust me our military can't grow.


You need to be ready to piss either China and Russia and make friend with USA OR kick USA and be super close to china and Russia. I prefer the latter .

Odunayaw:
The buck stops on the ministry of defence and DHQ. Heck these two sit on their thumbs.

Yes Ministers come and go depending on the administration but there are posts like the perm sec that should be championing any long term plan.
It also seem there isn't real synergy between the ministry & DHQ. Just look at how much power the Pentagon wields and compare

Furthermore I wonder what assessments the National Security Council gives the president .

Well about DHQ and power, when Boko Haram was at its height, a British military expert says the government is afraid of giving DHQ more power because those coups and counter coups of past is still fresh in their minds. And when you look at it he has a point.

tdayof:
Nigeria is not willing to get into that kind of war with a world power. We don't have that kind of liver yet.


In as much as Nigeria still plays double standard and keep both china and USA as an ally inclusive of Russia then trust me our military can't grow.


You need to be ready to piss either China and Russia and make friend with USA OR kick USA and be super close to china and Russia. I prefer the latter .

ADS is for deference. Its a given we'd never blow one of these world power's jet out of the sky. We are talking of UAVs. Shoot the bloody thing down,is it our clueless journalists that will report it?Shoot,keep,use as bargaining chip. its that simple

IMO I would say piss neither, Two of those three have interests in Africa and God forbid we being proxies to hurt one of those ones.
Anything relating to National security shouldn't be subjected to bipartisan politik. Odikwa very risky

Ibrahimanees:
Well about DHQ and power, when Boko Haram was at its height, a British military expert says the government is afraid of giving DHQ more power because those coups and counter coups of past is still fresh in their minds. And when you look at it he has a point.

Hmmm, true talk. As it stands, in the play of things, the DHQ looks stronger than even the ministry. I read an article one time and it was opined that the DHQ views the ministry with contempt

But I was saying the MoD itself doesn't wield as much power as its counterpart in the US. Its sad when you think of how weak the ministry is even determining foreign policy.

Odunayaw:
Yes Ministers come and go depending on the administration but there are posts like the perm sec that should be championing any long term plan.

I was pilloried by the "high self-esteem brigade" on the other thread for making this very point. I made the example of how when the ANC came to power in 94, they found plans to re-equip the military. They didn't cancel them, but ordered a Defence Review which took into account budgetary constraints and the changed security situation. The result was that the proposed Army acquisition of tanks was shelved, with priority going to the Navy and Air Force.
I suppose my sin was that I used SA as an example.

Frumentum:
I was pilloried by the "high self-esteem brigade" on the other thread for making this very point. I made the example of how when the ANC came to power in 94, they found plans to re-equip the military. They didn't cancel them, but ordered a Defence Review which took into account budgetary constraints and the changed security situation. The result was that the proposed Army acquisition of tanks was shelved, with priority going to the Navy and Air Force.
I suppose my sin was that I used SA as an example.

the great martyr

its just like how I am trying to understand what assessments our security council took to come up with doubling Army strength and not concurrently increasing funding

Odunayaw:
the great martyr

its just like how I am trying to understand what assessments our security council took to come up with doubling Army strength and not concurrently increasing funding

You low self-esteem individual, you.
Seriously though, we have a similar problem: we're being asked to take more and more tasks, with a shrinking budget in real terms.

Odunayaw:
ADS is for deference. Its a given we'd never blow one of these world power's jet out of the sky. We are talking of UAVs. Shoot the bloody thing down,is it our clueless journalists that will report it?Shoot,keep,use as bargaining chip. its that simple

IMO I would say piss neither, Two of those three have interests in Africa and God forbid we being proxies to hurt one of those ones.
Anything relating to National security shouldn't be subjected to bipartisan politik. Odikwa very risky

You mean we shooting down a world power drone. I just feel DHQ will only place a phone call accross to the US embassy or Washington.


But to me, it feels like US is the reason behind our rubbish purchase history. I doubt if either US OR France will want a nigeria with a sophisticated air force hence they keep telling ASO rock any move to purchase such will lead to an economic sanction.

tdayof:
You mean we shooting down a world power drone. I just feel DHQ will only place a phone call accross to the US embassy or Washington.


But to me, it feels like US is the reason behind our rubbish purchase history. I doubt if either US OR France will want a nigeria with a sophisticated air force hence they keep telling ASO rock any move to purchase such will lead to an economic sanction.

The way I see it is that we have our paranoia and these(Both home &abroad) people massage it for us.
The world has shown a caucus of wailing generals can cause the political class to sweat from their ears.

If DIA comes with a scary report now about how France wants to bomb Abuja you will see senators running back to their hometown and screeching that we begin to buy things

tdayof:
[b]The Central Bank of Nigeria Act 1991 vests the custody and management of the country’s external reserves in the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The Act provides that the CBN shall at all times maintain a reserve of external assets consisting of all or any of the following: a) Gold coin or bullion; b) Balance at any bank outside Nigeria where the currency is freely convertible and in such currency, notes, coins, money at call and any bill of exchange bearing at least two valid and authorized signatures and having a maturity not exceeding ninety days exclusive of grace; c) Treasury bills having a maturity not exceeding one year issued by the government of any country outside Nigeria whose currency is convertible; d) Securities of or guarantees by a government of any country outside Nigeria whose currency is freely convertible and the securities shall mature in a period not exceeding ten years from the date of acquisition; e) Securities of or guarantees by international financial institutions of which Nigeria is a member, if such securities are expressed in currency freely convertible and maturity of the securities shall not exceed five years; f) Nigeria’s gold tranche at the International Monetary Fund; g) Allocation of Special Drawing Rights made to Nigeria by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).[/b]

sorry i quoted the wrong person

Odunayaw:
The way I see it is that we have our paranoia and these(Both home &abroad) people massage it for us.
The world has shown a caucus of wailing generals can cause the political class to sweat from their ears.

If DIA comes with a scary report now about how France wants to bomb Abuja you will see senators running back to their hometown and screeching that we begin to buy things

Hahahahaha this same Nigeria? If DIA comes with that report, senators will be jetting out of Nigeria.

jpphilips:
No offence, how old are you? and you studied economics? wow!! i think i understand better why they say the Nigerian graduate isn't employable.

Sorry are u being sarcastic.
you just describe yourself mehn,
Now u re jst one of the educated illiterate of nairaland.
I saw the story u typed earlier.
mr "I too know" continue disgracing urself on the net,a simple google search will have helped you out on what foreign reserve is all about.

The Central Bank of Nigeria Act 1991 vests the custody and management of the country’s external reserves in the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).





https://www.cbn.gov.ng/intops/ReserveMgmt.asp



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A new jf17 b.

Foreign exchange reserves VS externally held reserves!!! I'm no fan of Socrates but you guys should first define what you're discussing. It's what happens when the state doesn't fully disclose the books to its shareholders, the citizens.

Frumentum:
Foreign exchange reserves VS externally held reserves!!! I'm no fan of Socrates but you guys should first define what you're discussing. It's what happens when the state doesn't fully disclose the books to its shareholders, the citizens.

Well, this is getting very confusing because according to CBN, they are all the same.
https://www.google.com.ng/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.cbn.gov.ng/intops/ReserveMgmt.asp&ved=0ahUKEwicurDUuv3XAhVLzqQKHb02CnAQFggbMAA&usg=AOvVaw3Vy-zs3wLm7HXkz0ZXkmzN

HOW THE CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF LIEUTENANT GENERAL TY BURATAI AMBUSHED BOKO HARAM TERRORISTS

The attention of the Nigerian Army has been drawn to an online publication circulating mostly on the Social Media that the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai, has been wounded in an alleged ambush by Boko Haram terrorists at an unnamed location in the North East while on his way to pay troops courtesy.

This is not true. The Chief of Army Staff has not been involved in any ambush. In any case, there was no any recently reported ambush against any of our troops anywhere let alone in the North East.

The public should disregard the ambush story as it is fake. Nothing has happened to the Chief of Army Staff, he is hale and hearty and conducting his official duties diligently. The gallant troops are currently dealing decisive blows on the Boko Haram Terrorists in the Lake Chad area. Over 60 of the terrorists have either been captured or neutralised in the last 3 days. The Nigerian Army is also closing up with the political Boko Haram terrorists and their collaborators. They will soon be exposed and the law will take its course against them.

We wish to use this opportunity to thank the teeming Nigerians that called and showed concern over this unfortunate fake news. We wish to assure you that no amount of mischief or campaign of calumny under any guise will distract the Chief of Army Staff from his determined efforts of leading a responsive Nigerian Army in the discharge of its Constitutional roles.

Brigadier General Sani Kukasheka Usman
Director Army Public Relations