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Trump "postpones" public appearance to take the injection as earlier scheduled.

Now he says "I will take it later.''

It was not revealed if this "later" event would occur in public as earlier promised.


https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-news-live-twitter-biden-election-today-b1772960.html

Jorussia:
Its either you are mad or just an ignorant rag tag military personnel.You dare compare the military of UAE with that of Nigeria?I don't blame you,many Nigerians don't how decayed and backward we are as a nation.

If your little donkey brain had taken the time to read the source linked to that post, you wouldn't be directing your bile at me, but at the expert military analysts at globalfirepower.com who conducted the research, using the level of resources your thuggish, toutish, high school dropout self can never imagine.

Petyr1:
what is the probability that Boko haram will not defeat them with the way things are going

Mosquito brain!

Akudaisi:
you mean that we can survive war against any of this country you listed?,oga ayi you ma know the answer haba

Tell your wretched inferiority complex that Nigeria has a far more formidable military than you ever thought, which is why she ranks 42nd on earth, above many "oyinbo" countries, to your eternal shock. Useless, ignorant, dumb people.

Macobet:
what one tank of Portugal will do, Nigerian ten tanks will not do

How do you know that? Do you have expertise in military hardware and formations?

Have you researched Portugal's tanks vis-à-vis Nigeria's?

Or are you just another loud-mouthed, brainless and stupid, ignorant nairaland dunce making assumptions based on race and skin colour?

helinues:
Upon the insecurities in some Northern region, that does not stop them from developing their region without blaming anyone.

Nice one

Or cry secession.

If we can keep this rate of development going, you're looking at maybe 20 years, and we would be more or less a developed country.

Say by the early 2040s.

Ikengawo:
You want to compare Ghana that's the size of Lagos State or Ethiopia with no sea access? Tunisia that's the size of Anambra?

One day, all these countries are ''better than Nigeria'' according to you Naija haters.

Show a little evidence of Nigerian supremacy and all of a sudden it's ''ohhh...it's only tiny, little Ghana... Ethiopia with nothing.....Tunisia smaller than my small finger.''

Useless people.

sw:
The amount of funds used in setting up d below rail tracks and d coaches not up to 1/4 of what Nigeria spent. Despite that, compare the quality to China refurbished coaches been celebrated.

Naija wake up from your slumber. Stop celebrating mediocrity.

The trains are NOT 'China refurbished'. They are brand new trains.

Plus...

THAT WAS A LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM YOU POSTED.

Nigeria has something similar called the Abuja Light Rail. The first light rail service in West Africa.

It may not be as fancy as your internet picture, but it's a good start.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/VLT_de_Abuja.jpg

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/U3R1bPweJqk/maxresdefault.jpg

https://i0.wp.com/www.thebreakingtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/buhio7-700x525.jpg?fit=700%2C525&ssl=1

Ikengawo:
South African accs. All of this 'in black africa' trash nigerians like to say is a joke. Like Anyone is impressed your navy is bigger than Togos.

Why use the smallest African nation as your example, if not for your inbred animosity? What about powers like Kenya? Sudan? Ethiopia? Tunisia? Ghana? Wouldn't sound so bad then eh? Best use Togo. Careful you don't choke on your hate.

Nigeria that's bigger than Japan is so content being better than Somalia.

Aah... this time Somalia. Worse than Togo....

But who said we were 'content'? Highlighting your current position militarily doesn't mean you're 'content'.

It's just showing the reality.

If we were content, the Nigerian navy would not be implementing new prototypes from its ship-building department.

Nor would the Nigerian navy be procuring more modern vessels as we speak.

OCEA Launches Brand New Hydrographic Research Vessel ‘NNS Lana’ For Nigerian Navy

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2020/09/ocea-launches-new-hydrographic-research-vessel-lana-for-nigerian-navy/

NNS Lana
https://i0.wp.com/www.africanmilitaryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nigerian-Navy-nns-LANA-hydrographic-vessel-.OCEA-OSV-190-SC-WB.jpg?w=645&ssl=1

addictiv:
Typical ......... i am sure you didn't even read the where the site says that in cases where information was not available they used estimates, which they clearly did for Nigeria as apart from patrol boats, the naval section has almost everything ranked 0 and total assets 75. you came here to spill trash and shouting research upandan...list the 75 ships Nigeria has let us see what kind of ships they are ...yeye de smell

They listed 0 because Nigeria does not have aircraft carriers, submarines, destroyers etc.. which were the naval categories.

It's the same for nations like Denmark, listed mostly 0 in the naval categories, as they lack submarines, destroyers and aircraft carriers:

https://www.globalfirepower.com/country-military-strength-detail.asp?country_id=denmark

In other military categories like airforce and army, Nigeria's assets are listed.

Nigeria is ranked above a nation like Denmark militarily because, while Denmark may have 9 frigates to Nigeria's 1 or 2, her army only has 57 tanks and 972 armoured vehicles. The Nigerian army has 253 tanks and 1,789 armoured vehicles.

In a land fight the Nigerian army would quickly overrun Denmark.

The Nigerian army would also defeat Portuguese forces in a land fight. Portugal has just 133 tanks and 975 armoured vehicles.

Lamasta:
A commendable feat no doubt...

Indeed!

addictiv:
Sir don't say what you don't know... Some countries like Germany and Spain have frigates that re almost similar to destroyers, in size, fire power and speed. You don't expect those countries to bother getting destroyers when they have frigates that can do the job and they have them in abundance. OK even the frigates how many does Nigeria have? What's their operational status, what's their tactical capacity? ... Some of the ships boats you posted are not even operational

Liar. NNS Aradu is undergoing renovation. The other ships are ALL operational, plus many others which haven't been posted, since the Nigeria Navy has a fleet of 75 operational ships, making it the 33rd largest naval fleet on earth:

https://www.globalfirepower.com/navy-ships.asp

and I say for a country like Nigeria who claims to be the giant of Africa located strategically with extensive water ways, its a disgrace. If this is Nigerias line of defence then we re practically done for should war breakout any day....dont come here and try to paint things white when they re not. Its this type of mentality that has put us in the deep mess we re in today..

If Nigeria is doomed at 42nd position, what would you say about the other countries like Portugal, Denmark, and Argentina that are ranked below Nigeria?

And if you're going to say ''ditch what the research says'', I'll ditch what YOU say, because they know 1000 times more than YOU.

https://www.globalfirepower.com/countries-listing.asp

omenka:
Thank you.

You know, this forum is crawling with way too ignorant members who are so proud to flaunt their ignorance. Otherwise, how else can one take such a position as to compare any arm of US defence to that of any other country?

Not only does US spend more on defence than the next six biggest spenders combined, it's defence budget alone dwarfs that of all African countries combined and is probably more than the total annual budget of all West African countries combined.

Nairalanders fail to read beyond the rubbish they read on their timeline and a few local papers here and there, so they're mostly oblivious to what happens outside the boundaries of those sources.

Smh.

Yeah, the US annual military budget is 725 billion dollars.

Nigeria's entire annual national budget is 35 billion dollars.

Yet you have supposedly educated nairalanders drawing comparisons between the two nations.

naijaking1:
Nice WW II pictures.

Liar.

Here's evidence that you're a liar:

''The Nigerian Navy has in its possession two of the Type 056 warships (NNS Centenary and NNS Unity).

The first Type 056 corvette appeared in mid-2012 and the series is still in active construction, implying more units will be added to the inventory in due time. The design serves the North Sea Fleet, the East Sea Fleet and the South Sea Fleet. Various builders have been involved in the project including the shipyards of Hudong, Huangpu and Wuhan. First ships appeared in early 2013 and the modified Type 056A series (CNS Huangsh 502, CNS Sanmenxia 593 and CNS Zhuzhou 594) began service in 2014.''

Read More:

https://www.militaryfactory.com/ships/detail.asp?ship_id=cns-type-056-corvette-warship-chinese-navy

addictiv:
Look at the toys Nigeria is parading as naval power... Not one single destroyer talk less of sub, a big let down for a country that claims to be the giant of Africa . Yet our waters are as insecure as free WiFi

Only 12 countries on earth have a destroyer.

There are nearly 200 countries on earth.

Your point is baseless.

https://www.globalfirepower.com/navy-destroyers.asp

Plus, if you think ''our waters are insecure'', go and work as a pirate and see how far you'll go. It's so easy to type garbage on the internet.

Ikengawo:
LOL these are fishing boats.

If they ask you to build a common canoe, would you have a clue how to go about it?

Leave South Africa out of it, as earlier explained on this thread, something you are either too thick or too lazy to read.

Quite why you're posting US aircraft carriers, only you and your demented, dumb self can determine.

Proudly Nigerian, NNS Andoni

Nigeria celebrates first home-made warship

By Will Ross

BBC News

7/06/2012



https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/media/images/60652000/jpg/_60652085_shipwsailors.jpg


"Proudly Nigerian" does not just apply to the people of this vast land - the West African giant is now building its own warships.

After nearly five years in the making, the Nigerian navy ship or NNS Andoni was launched with a colourful event.

At 31m (100ft) long, this is no giant of the seas, but the fact that it was designed and built in Nigeria, by Nigerian engineers, is a great source of pride.

"We are all happy and elated," said Commodore SI Alade, one of Nigeria's senior naval officers.

"This is the first time this kind of thing is happening in Nigeria and even in the sub region."

Moments after stepping on board NNS Andoni, sailor FL Badmus said: "I feel on top of the world.

"I'm proud to have been picked by the naval authorities to serve on this ship.

"We hope this is the beginning of very good things to come and we thank God for it."

The warship was named after the Andoni people of south-eastern Nigeria - and several chiefs travelled to Lagos to witness the launch - including his Royal Highness NL Ayuwu Iraron Ede-Obolo II, wearing a top hat, a sequin-adorned velvet gown and a brightly coloured necklace.

The ceremony also featured multi-faith prayers, with an imam asking God to "protect and preserve this ship from the dangers of the day and the violence of the enemy", and a Christian praying: "May she sail with success like the Ark of Noah."

The event had an interesting twist of symbolism for the guest of honour, Nigeria's leader, Goodluck Jonathan.

He is from a family of canoe makers - and that he is now the president launching a warship is a sign of how far he has risen.

"This is the beginning of the transformation... and I believe in another 10 to 15 years, we can be thinking about starting a project to take Nigerians into the air," President Jonathan said.

The NNS Andoni could be key in the fight against militants operating near Nigeria's oil fields as well as the growing threat of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea.

Piracy in Nigerian waters is on the increase and incidents are happening over a wider area, according to the International Maritime Bureau.

There were 10 piracy attacks off the 780km (485 miles) of Nigeria's coastline during the first quarter this year - the same number reported for the whole of 2011.

"While the number of reported incidents in Nigeria is still less than Somalia… the level of violence against crew is dangerously high," according to a recent IMB report.

The NNS Andoni is equipped with an advanced radar system and firepower.

"With a speed of up to 25 knots (46km/h), this can quickly go to intercept the pirates," said Commanding Officer Adepegba standing on the bridge pointing out the ship's three machine guns and the automatic grenade launcher.


Foreign orders

The Nigerian navy reportedly wants to acquire 49 more vessels over the next 10 years. But how many will be home built?

Orders are already in - for three from a French shipbuilder, and six from Singapore.


'No indigenous touch'

After parading on the deck, the naval officers took photos of each other with mobile phones - clearly delighted with the new ship.

"It's a great day. It's taken over five years but it's worth it," said a smiling Kelechi, one of the engineers.

"We came up with the design, the expertise and about 60% of the materials were locally sourced. The engines, generators and navigation equipment came from outside."

Nigeria is one of Africa's biggest oil producers, but this has not so much helped as hampered the development of local industries because the country has relied so heavily on imported goods.

As he launched NNS Andoni, President Jonathan lamented the decline of industries that had been strong not long after independence in 1960.

"We had Nigerian Airways, the Nigerian shipping line and a number of investments that were doing well. But because there was no indigenous touch, all these died," the president said.

"We are told that some countries that were on par with us are now building aircraft, choppers and other things," he said, adding that Nigeria had for a long time not embraced technology.

The president suggested sending the brightest students of engineering to the best universities in the world.

"Then let them come back and work in Nigeria because we cannot continue to be importing. We have a very large market and even what we consume alone is enough to support an industry."

"We have this market, we must use it," President Jonathan said - before laying the keel to mark the start of work on the second "Made in Nigeria" warship.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18300358

Fahdiga1:
Photoshopped pictures

Are you sure you yourself are not a photoshopped person?

Abeokuta Station
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Lagos Station, Ebute-Metta
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These are the final renderings of the Lagos-Abeokuta-Ibadan Railway terminals across the 3 states.

These stations are in various stages of completion.

Agege Station
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Ibadan Station
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Papalanto Station
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https://cdn.autojosh.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/lagos-ibadan-rail-trains-autojosh-3.jpg

https://cdn.autojosh.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/lagos-ibadan-rail-trains-autojosh-2.jpg

https://cdn.autojosh.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/lagos-ibadan-rail-trains-autojosh-1.jpg

gasparpisciotta:
Not enough, we want more

The line does not stop at Ibadan. That is just the first phase, and it goes all the way to the north. Plus the East-West coastal line is underway after contracts were awarded a few months back.

The national rail masterplan is to connect every single Nigerian state capital by rail, and it Is a 15 year project.

Petyr1:
yet they can't defeat boko haram for the past 10 years.
Mtchewww Go and sleep buddy

Without the Nigerian military, would Boko Haram not have gotten YOU by now?

Who do you think is protecting you from BH storming your house right now and converting you to Islam at gunpoint?

It's funny how southerners abuse the same military that is keeping the terrorists from taking over the whole nation.

Zeeknow3245:
let me see.... All were imported from the US?

Not all. Some US, some UK, some Italy, some China. The Nigerian Navy is also a rising ship manufacturer in its own right, and has released two so far, with bigger designs in the pipeline:


MADE IN NIGERIA:

NNS Karaduwa
https://cdn.autojosh.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/NNS-Karaduwa-P102-autojosh-3.jpg

NNS Andoni
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ESuPBdeXYAAcsN5.png


''NNS Andoni (P-100) is a seaward defense boat of the Nigerian Navy. It is the first of 3 vessels in its class, with each vessel a larger variant of the previous one. Its armament includes a manned 30mm main gun, two 12.7mm and two 40mm AGL. It also has a RHIB embarked.

History
The vessel was conceived as a research and development project by Vice Admiral GTA Adekeye and Rear Admiral GJ Jonah, who were at the time Chief of Naval Staff and Chief of Naval Engineering respectively.

The first Nigerian-built warship, it was named after the Andoni people of south-eastern Nigeria.

"We came up with the design, the expertise and about 60% of the materials were locally sourced. The engines, generators and navigation equipment came from outside. This is the beginning of the transformation and I believe in another 10 to 15 years, we can be thinking about starting a project to take Nigerians into the air," said President Goodluck Jonathan.''

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NNS_Andoni



Nigerian Navy ship building yard.
https://cdn.autojosh.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/NNS-Karaduwa-P102-autojosh-7-1.jpg

Macobet:
so u think ranking above them , make them able to defeat some of this countries, some of this countries have good jet fighters , and better bombs to b able to sink all this ships(,most are frigates, not even destroyers,)

Err, ranking above them means we are militarily stronger than them. Unless it means something else in your little thoughtless head talking about 'jet fighters' as if jet fighters are all that guarantee victory in combat.

How do you know they have ''better bombs''? Have you researched even ONE of those countries' militaries? NO. You just ASSUME, that because they are ''white people'', that whatever military any of them have, MUST be better than whatever Nigeria has. It's not even about the specific country with you guys. Just their white skin means to you that their military must be better than Nigeria's.

I mean, the level of complex shamelessly displayed by so many of you on this forum is shameful and disgusting.

Here's a comparison between Nigeria and Portugal in terms of military equipment. Portugal has a few more jet fighters than Nigeria, but overall, Nigeria beats her hands down, and is almost 20 nations above her.

https://www.globalfirepower.com/countries-comparison-detail.asp?form=form&country1=portugal&country2=nigeria&Submit=COMPARE