₦airaland Forum

Adminisher:
JF 17 is not a good plane?. That is Indian mis information spread with typical Indian industry on the entire Internet.
This JF 17 is already flying with very few accidents. This JF17 is going to have AESA radar. This JF has comprehensive counter measure suite. This JF 17 does what most F16 versions can do for half the cost. Meanwhile you are comparing JF17 against "fly one hour and shutdown ten hours" Russian planes and a "cut and join" Chinese J10 that does not even scare SE Asian countries.

barineh:
Jf17 is not a good plane. It's an average plane. That's why Pakistan is still buying J10 and F16. With our neighbors having Mig29, Su30 and Su35 I don't think Jf17 is good enough to be our frontline fighter. We should buy a fighter that we won't have to replace in at least 2 decades. Jf17 is 4,4+ at best we should buy a 4++. I prefer the Fa50 to Jf17. We should look at J10c, Su35, Mig35, or Su30.

doctokwus:
They have oil and selling at N143,yet we still have scarcity!
You must be sniffing the same propaganda manure Lai Muhammed is sniffing.

doctokwus:
Nigerians who think the coming of Dangote refinery and these other private refineries would automatically bring an end to periodic scarcity,and most importantly that the prices would be cheaper or at least less than N145 are in for a shocker.

frumentius:
Because some people here read without comprehension, it behoves me to state some first principles:
1) I'm all in favour of Nigeria acquiring the Tucanos [I think the transaction should've been done directly with the manufacturer, Brazil's Embraer; which is why I'm open to persuasion that the US was chosen because of those looted funds - with proof though];

2) Democracies should always default on the side of transparency, always - even when it frustrates this military man.

Dayo, I notice you're skirting the issue:$275m was frozen by the US Treasury after 2012, and may be offset against the $600m Tucano deal. How and why is it possible $275m can be diverted directly from the Federal Account to private accounts in the US after 2012, with Nigeria supposedly in her democratic phase?

Further: the $1bn recently released - it's outside the normal budgetary cycle, which should mean Nigerians know exactly how each cent will be spent, no? And yet people making such arguments are dismissed here.

iblawi:
By far over $14 billion.

This guy died 20 years ago and we are still receiving looted funds. Even the Paris Club is returning money to Nigeria till date.

frumentius:
So how much did Abacha loot?

frumentius:
So how much did Abacha loot?
When Nigeria cleared her debt with the Paris Club and other debtors, the FinMin Dr Okonjo-Iweala said Nigerian BoPs weren't impacted as the funds came from recovered military dictators' looted funds held abroad in foreign currency.

I just looked at US Treasury restricted accounts: $275m accruing to Nigeria. Not enough to pay for the Tucanos. More important though: this was seized after 2012, so from whom?

You guys really should move to a less opaque budget system. Nigerian taxpayers deserve no less[look at me agreeing with Agubug/Supreme/Covert] !

frumentius:
Source?

frumentius:
The looted funds would be held by the US Treasury Department. As soon as Congress gives the final OK - if they were to be used to pay for this transaction - at the click of a button they'd be transferred.

Personally, I think the looted funds story is bunkum. During Obasanjo's presidency, funds looted by various dictators and stashed abroad were used to wipe out Nigeria's debt to the Paris Club and other external debtors. I fail to see what other funds could be involved.
I'll await your official source - not your unreliable media .

frumentius:
Are you sure about the bolded? I only ask because of the below in the statement"

giles14:
I have died .
$635mln has been blown off n wasted

IamaNigerianGuy:
With all due respect, I disagree. Pointing the firearm (this is not a gun) downwards on a paved surface exposes one to ricochet and should there be any need to engage suddenly will lead to a reduced reaction time. The firearm should be held at an angle to the body. Look at the second pic please posted by @tdayof. See how the combatant hold the personal firearm at an angle.

Proper way to carry a firearm:

http://www.naijachiefwhip.com/2017/12/soldier-beats-boy-to-death-all-because-of-fuel.html

Nigerian police are very poorly trained. They should be made to take lessons from the army

lonelydora:
Explain please

Adminisher:
The latest training manual says you point the gun downwards. Everybody from special forces in the most advanced countries to new recruits are now doing it.

We know social media permits the most ignorant people on any subject to comment on anything but silence when you don't know is preferred.

lonelydora:
At least he is a better oyinbo man. I get angry when NPF protects Indians, Lebanese, or Filipinos.


Why do Nigerian security men use 'duck tape' to hold their magazine?

Frumentum:
Out of all your strange procurements, I thought this was the strangest when I first heard of it. My mates in the NA haven't been able to answer why you didn't do like Cameroun and come to the source.

Adminisher:
JF 17B is 2019 I think. We may even get Super Tucanoes before them.

iblawi:
How will you like physics and you don't like maths? That's weird sha.

bidexiii:
Video.....



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLAbZHtIuy8

nemesis4u:
come on now

i was trying to make it easy for the mathematician in tdayof

and the fact that i had no idea of the exchange rate

LTGEN:
Honestly this as you can see from the link, it came from the Wall Street Journal .They are a conservative , well respected Newspaper in the States.
My two kobos.Everybody should read it and form their own personal judgment.

Dreambeat:
New York times and CNN are the two biggest peddlers of lies against Trump.Do your research