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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rnr3kJN16k

Fact remained those students were very rude. He was trying to be polite but the students were not helping matters.
Respect is reciprocal. Ajimobi should kindly pay the workers too. 8 months is too long for students to be at home.

ocelot2006:
I can't say I'm suprised. Signals transmitted by CB radios used by the NPF are not encrypted. All you have to do is tune into the correct frequency, and you're in. You'll think the engineers at the Force's Signals dept will at least adapt techniques like Frequency Hopping or Direct Spread Spectrum. But nope.

Encrypted or not. With a registered walkie talkie down, others are vulnerable.

This thread makes India look like a country preparing for war.

Damn alot of military assets in development.

Henry240:
They are offering that in collaboration with Russian business partners.

What do you think about the government investing in Proforce? At least having a significant stake in the company will make it more effective.

Frankicent:
you mean this dude are Nigerians? [

Yes they are. They are men of the Nigerian Navy special boat service.

Frankicent:
hmmm bro are you sure? I doubt you cause the rate at which our good solider are been killed gives me a second tot about N.M

Chad is cool

Chad is far behind. Those killed are mostly regulars.

Frankicent:
looks like navy dude.... That America special solider.looks deadly..

SBS is Nigerian Navy Special Boat Service.

Henry. I can se PF-90 tank on Proforce Brochure. Can you explain that?

SIRmanjar:
Why are u changing mouth na?I tot we are talking of only Nigeria invading Gambia here Hav u seen jahmeh b4?D guy moves around wit a big sword.Im go just behead ur president if im vex.Forget all dose action film pictures u dey upload here.U betta dnt believe d hype.

You typed this.

Guy forget numberz..I can place my bet dat if other west African countries back off, Gambia will mess Nigeria up.

Frankicent:
chineke this one tough pass Nigerian commandos.... chai

Nigeria.

SIRmanjar:
Guy forget numberz..I can place my bet dat if other west African countries back off,Gambia will mess Nigeria up.

Stop watching movies.

You just typed bullshiiit. No West African military can. Invade Nigeria successfully even in groups.

Frankicent:
chineke this one tough pass Nigerian commandos.... chai

Those are Senegalese toughest group.

Nigeria has its own equivalent. AFSF.


SBS is Nigeria toughest.

SIRmanjar:
Forget dat list bro..we asked for help from countries like chad,Niger,cameroon ad south African mechineriz b4 we could cos damage to Ordinary Boko Haram.Gambians,malianz ad small senegal are born warriors.
I repeat Nigeria wit our large population can never defeat gambia witout d help of other west African nationz.

The news is fake.

Moreover, you know nothing about military with the above post.

Frankicent:
which country army is this?

Senegalese commandos.

Special Forces already in Southern Kaduna – Buratai

The Nigerian Army says it will extend its military exercise, tagged “Operation Harbin Kunama 2’’, to Southern Kaduna, parts of Plateau and Kano states as part of efforts to maintain peace and stability in the country.
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, who made this known to State House correspondents after a security meeting in the Presidential Villa, Abuja, said the exercise would cover only the Falgore forest in Kano state.
According to him, Special Forces of the Nigerian Army and other security agencies had already been deployed to Southern Kaduna to restore peace and order.

ECOMOG


Since the political crisis in The Gambia stated last December with President Yahya Jammeh rejecting the result of the presidential election citing “irregularities”, there have been many suggestions as to how best to handle the issue. Some have called for more diplomatic solutions basing their arguments on the fact that the matter is purely an internal affair; while others insist that from Jammeh and some other African leaders’ antecedents; only a military solution can put an end to his 22-year stay in power at Banjul. The matter took another dimension with a Gambian army general in his New Year message saying the President has “full military backing”. How did we get here? Can it get worse? Are we progressing or retrogressing?
To understand the present situation in The Gambia, we will need to do a little bit of historicity. Things like these on African soil are not new.

In the 1960s and 1970s, post-colonial African states were beginning to take characters of their own. They have inherited state institutions from the colonial master which they do not understand. Some, like Congo and Nigeria, soon degenerated into bloody civil wars. Others like Tangayinka and Zanzibar were merging to form modern-day Tanzania while at the same time East African Federation (EAF) and the Central African Federation (CAF) were been dissolved by their respective leaders. It was also at these period that the military in the post-colonial states became bold enough to take over political power from the erstwhile nationalist leaders who that turned violent in their bid to maintain themselves in power.

In Lesotho, in 1970, for instance, when early results indicated that the Prime Minister, Chief Leabua Jonathan, and his party, the Bathoso National Party (BNP) might lose to its rival, Bathosoland Congress Party (BCP), he voided the results citing “irregularities”. After nullifying the election he declared a state of emergency, suspended the constitution, dissolved the parliament and assumed absolute power in the tiny nation surrounded by apartheid South Africa. To cut short the long story, things became so difficult as a result of political turbulence, from both internal and external sources till a military takeover in the country in 1986. That we can still have an experience like this after first happening over forty years ago shows the level of progress we are making. This appears to be the dilemma in The Gambia today!

In the Lesotho’s 1970 case, there were no external military actions taken partly because of threats from the apartheid regime in Pretoria who had earlier threatened to take direct control of the small nation due to its ties with Nelson Mandela-led African National Congress (ANC). But unlike Lesotho’s case, the sub-regional bloc, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) through its military arm, ECOMOG, has indicated interest at a possible military action against Jammeh.

There are those who think this action will be counter-productive citing “unnecessary loss of innocent lives.” Those who hold this line of thinking forget the fact that Jammeh himself, by rejecting the outcome of an election, is an existential threat to democracy and democratization in Africa. If, as they proposed, that there should be a new election as a way of placating Jammeh’s faction, they will be given him too much importance. He will legitimize his illegitimate regime by an additional four years at least since he will be given the right to choose the election he will lose!



Let us even accept, without conceding, that there should be a new election as a way of ending the crisis. Let us ask the following questions: What guarantee do we have that Jammeh and his supporters will allow the people to express their will this time going by the fact that the country’s electoral commission boss had fled the country? Had Jammeh won the election in December, will he have admitted there were “irregularities” in the first instance? What are the assurances we will be having that the outgoing president will accept defeat the second time if he loses the election abysmally? Also, giving Jammeh’s lust for power, was anyone expecting him to step down after been defeated in an election especially with the understanding that he came into power through a military coup?



The cation of Jammeh, those who are against ECOMOG deployment to Banjul also signifies how many years back Africa will go in terms of democratic development. When you disregard the wishes of the people who voted peacefully to change their leaders, then you became really an existential threat to be dealt with using every (including any) mean to wade you off.

Perhaps, Jammeh and his supporters are well aware of the weakening and politicization of bodies like the International Criminal Court (ICC) to prosecute warlords like the outgoing president. They may delude themselves with the fact that South Africa, Russia and Burundi have pulled out of ICC as a sign that the body is weak in morale to prosecute him. But let us remind Jammeh and his supporters that it took French intervention in 2012 to remove Laurent Gbagbo who chose to sit tight after losing an election in Ivory Coast. It will take ECOMOG and a key ally, Senegal, to root out Jammeh and whatever is left of him in the coming months.

The ECOMOG option appears to be the only solution now to protect the sacred decision of the Gambian people. Nothing will be too much to sacrifice. No burden will be too much to bear. No friend will be too much to make. No enemy will be too important to oppose in our bid to save ourselves of embarrassments caused on Africans by the likes of persons like Yoweri Museveni, Robert Mugabe, Paul Biya and now Jammeh!

Henry lol.. I never called for war in Gambia. As we can see, ECOWAS insists on diplomatic solution and the previous military intervention we've been hearing about was to be headed by Senegal.

I can't refer to premium times news about we deploying military to Gambia as a tangible source.

On my own, Gambia is the last thing on my mind not to talk of war.

jidxin:
pls wat is a nibatt

Nigerian Battalion.

rugged7:
Yea, seems so.
I'm not so sure the people in defence headquarters have thought this one through.
Shouldn't they start with a Naval blockade 1st while they muster forces.
2 weeks crash course on invading a country might not be sufficient for a stretched NA
Most importantly, how do u raise funds in this recession?
The cheapest way probably would be to pay Jammeh's immediate bodyguards or army chief to neutralize him and hand over to civilians.
That will save everyone all this angst

Recession. There's money out there bro probably not for the masses but when the government needs money, they'll source it out.

rugged7:
Interesting....
Nigeria needs to muster at least 2 battalions.
1 battalion of 800 men is insufficient. Even if the senegalese or ghanaians join up.
Gambian armed forces is probably at about 2000 men
ECOWAS have to use overwhelming force or the threat of overwhelming force...

Jammeh has been recruiting militants and rebels.

who is ready for some football match?
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EXCLUSIVE: Nigeria raises troops for Gambia, ready to remove Yahya Jammeh
http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/220259-exclusive-nigeria-raises-troops-gambia-ready-remove-yahya-jammeh.html

Senegal will be leading the operation. They've got pipehitters.

Why are we using NIBATT 1 again? 1 and 2 has been used already. News is probably fake.
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HVACSpecialist:
Great piece! To young innovative entrepreneurs, please, this is the time to acquire the necessary skills and explore the economy. Do not be easily deceived by the 'nay advisers' great successes do not come easy.

Entrepreneurship isn't easy as Nigeria lacks investors.

BlackBaron:
The interesting thing about this is if it is successful, Nigerian Air Force would be only the second airwing in the world to have privately built an aircraft on its own. The other is Pakistan.

Why I feel the government should come in as funding will be needed. Moreover, this will serve as a job opportunity.

Adminisher:
This is significant. There will be training and joint design and development projects. I however think we should start early on an aircraft propulsion development project.

To me, I think NAF handling this project her self won't be too effective. Those are just NAF R& d team.
I think we need a state funded aircraft industry with NAF as a share holder.

For us to see a huge result, we need a dedicated aviation industry.

PRODUCTION OF MULTI-ROLE LIGHT UTILITY AIRCRAFT: NAF SIGNS MOU WITH COMP AIR AVIATION
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Comp Air Aviation of USA to seal the partnership on production of multi-role light utility aircrafts. The Comp Air Aviation is an aircraft manufacturer company based in Florida, USA. Recall that in line with one of the key drivers of CAS vision on reinforcement of culture of self reliance and prudent management of resources, the NAF authroised a team of Research and Development to partner with 3 America aviation companies to embark on an in-house efforts production of light utility aircraft tagged ‘NAFSA Eagle aircraft’. Having excelled in the collaboration arrangement among the 3 companies, the NAF decided to sign a MoU with the Comp Air Aviation in order to have a legal framework under which the R& collaborative effort will work.
Speaking during the occasion, the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Mshl Sadique Abubakar said that the collaboration underscored the need to seek self-reliance through technology acquisition to develop indigenous capability for production of defence equipments. Further in his speech, Air Mshl Abubakar pointed out that the extant MoU with Comp Air Aviation and other international companies were geared towards tapping from their respective areas of expertise which is in tandem with the Nigerian Defence Policy. The CAS was represented at the occasion by the Chief of Policy and Plans, Air Vice Mshl James Gbum.
Meanwhile, the Chief Executive Officer of Comp Air Aviation, Mr Ronald Lueck expressed delight over the collaboration arrangement and assured that his company would work assiduously with the NAF R& team to achieve the set objectives. Mr Lueck noted that the future is bright for the NAF in its pursuit of technological self reliance noting that the Comp Air Aviation posses the requisite technological framework to support the vision. Mr Lueck was accompanied by the company Chief Financial Officer, Mr Paul Kosieracki.

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Henry240:
Anyway, whatever happens, it has to be fixed. If you land in kaduna, you take a train to Abuja. The Diesel trains can reach speeds of 180km/h.

Nigerian senate refused and rejected the plan to close down Abuja Airport.