₦airaland Forum

ocelot2006:
These operators should equally be given side arms/pistols like the SBS.

SamuelAnyawu:
Governor Zulum is an Unpatriotic Nigerian. He is just hyping everything. Sincerely we cannot take him serious on this thread.


https://www.channelstv.com/2020/08/02/insurgency-zulum-alleges-sabotage-says-buhari-needs-to-know-the-truth/

youghs:
Do you know if all the three have been delivered

Toju200:
Brazil has approved the sale of its three serviceable pre-owned Super Tucano A-29 attack aircraft to Nigeria.
The acquisition of this aircraft by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) is expected to boost its operational capabilities in tackling insurgence and militancy in the country.

Besides its deployment for Surveillance, Reconnaissance and counter-insurgency missions, the aircraft could also carry a wide array of armaments, including precision guided monitors, advance avionic, communications and sensors.
Moreover, the aircraft can also operate in remote and un-paved airfield while the maximum speed of the aircraft is approximately 590 kilometres per hour.
The Embraer Contract Negotiator, Mr Eneias de Souza Freitas said, “the Brazilian Ministry of Defence has informed them that it has approved the sale of 3 Super Tucano A-29 aircraft to Nigeria.
Brazil has authorized its Air Force to transfer the aircraft to Embraer Defence and Security, for onward delivering to the Nigerian Air Force.
Mr Freitas further said that the legal requirement and procedures were being finalized by the Brazilian Air Force while promising to facilitate the legal process “this is of concerned to us, we will for sure take your message back to the people with the legal procedures to quicken the process.” Mr Freitas said.
Meanwhile, the Chief of Air Staff (CAS) said that the idea of the NAF to acquire Super Tucano A-29 aircraft was mooted in 2015 and appropriated in the 2016 Budget.
He urged the company to facilitate the procurement process to enable the NAF take delivering of the aircraft within reasonable time.
A team of NAF officers would visit Brazil to further inspect the aircraft. Nigeria also intends to purchase new Super Tucano A-29 aircraft from the US.
Mr Freitas was accompanied by the Embraer Director of Business Development, Europe and Africa, Mr Jose Gustavo.

lebuhsi:
I thought the deal was canceled cause the US was insisting on the leahy law'(Pratt & Whitney engines), + after trump intersided, were got the A-29 deal?

dragon2:
From Toju200 post.

".....Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) being procured for the NAF would be stationed in Katsina and Gusau, to cover the North West, and Gombe for the North East. He stated that steps were also being taken to improve the development and employment of NAF Special Forces in order to keep them motivated to remain the excellent lethal force they had become....."

It seems we are getting more drones,can we end the debates over tucano now

rka1:
It is difficult to trust Naija papers, but see below.

https://leadership.ng/2020/08/01/insurgency-cas-lauds-deployment-of-super-tucano-aircraft-to-naf-yola/

LTGEN:
Can you elaborate
MI35
or
Mi17

SamuelAnyawu:
I think a movie with Papel that did Eagle's movie for NAF

Xbee007:
The pictures in that thread are from 2018.

ugo4u:
I don't wanna believe that N64bn for fence talk.
Anybody that is mulling that idea is looking bfir an avenue to loot scarce resources, this further make nonsense of the talk of no funds to run the military. It's obvious some people are just cashing out from this unfortunate situation. Imagine talking of spending over $160m on top fence wey Bokoharam fit light matches burn down, even as high as Trump's wall is Mexicans are still breaching it with ease, this na steel fence oo!!! towering over 25ft. Talkless of brick and mortar fence that will be built around the university in hope of wading off Bokoharam elements. That money can be invested in the NAF to operate a 24/7 drone unit that will even cover the entire Maiduguri not just the university.
The idea of building a fence around the university is not entirely bad, what I am against is the abominable and unreasonable cost of building it, abi na gold plated fence them wan build? If you check very well it might be a pharmaceutical company or rice mill coy owned by one politician that will bid and eventually be awarded the contract.

youghs:
Guys The fence news was punch news doing their regular fake news thing...The Construction cost of the fence is N1.4bn and cost of security equipment to be equipped on the fence is N1bn..So the cost of the whole project is N2.4bn and not N64bn..The 64bn was the fund for all the projects which FG approved during the week which is mainly roads and the fence.

The link;
https://dailynigerian.com/buhari-approves-n65-9bn-for-road-projects-unimaid-fencing-others/

Fynline:
Stumbled on this pic on IG

komekn:
I want to believe everybody is generally reasonable.

If you know you are following the Governor to Baga from Maiduguri to Baga.

Any idiot will know there is high probability that you will get hit. So unless you are an idiot or your a traditional religion practitioner and your Baba has given you what you think is bullet proof.

Any other normal person will have as his first item of clothing " body armour "

It seems they are not issued as commonly as we have been led to believe.

komekn:
It is beyond my comprehension.

Sudan that's not in our category has an arms industry that leaves us in the dark. And many will consider Sudan s backward country.

In terms of ammunition they produce the 12.7mm rounds incendiary and armour piercing. I have no official confirmation but it seems the also produce the 2A42 ammunition 30X165mm.

Israel has covertly bombed thier ordinance factories on a number of occasions and have been a supplier to Isreals enemies. if they were producing just basic munitions don't think Isreal would bother.

Consider this we can't provide basic body armour for our combatants. I looked at the combatants in Governor Zulams convoy. And you see we have some major issues.

seankafor:
it's good to watch movies bro..
But its another thing to differentiate between real life and movies

youghs:
These guys always attack baga from lake chad islands and then run back when they are done or repelled that's one the reasons I've been clamouring for border security, we aren't going to win this war without it.

bidex111:
Despite Baga attack, Zulum delivers food aide to 80,000 IDPs in Monguno

... Military commander praises Zulum’s resilience

Despite an atttack on his entourage in Baga, Governor Babagana Umara Zulum continued his humanitarian activities in Monguno, where he delivered food aid to over 80,000 internally displaced persons.

The Governor arrived Monguno on Monday for a humanitarian tour of northern part of the state, he supervised the distribution of relief items to IDPs from Marte, Guzamala, Kukawa, Nganzai and Monguno.

Thousands of bags of food grains and cooking oil was distributed to the IDPs and the vulnerable households in the host communities.

Male households received bags of grain, and cooking oil, while females received cash amount of 5,000 naira each.

Meanwhile, Governor Zulum’s resilience was commended by the sector 3 Commander of operation lafiya Dole, Brigadier General I. Garba.

The commendation was made when Zulum paid a visit to the soldiers, and officers of the Nigerian military at the Nasara Barracks, Monguno.

Before leaving Monguno to Maiduguri, Prof. Zulum inspected various ongoing projects, which includes High Islamic Secondary School project, 1000 housing unit project and a Mega Primary School.

While at the 1000 housing and the High Islamic School project sites, Zulum charged the contractor to maintain quality of their work.

“I have seen your job in Uyo, I have seen that of Mbala. By and large the work here is poor. We need to call your attention to stick to the quality. What matters are not the mere construction, but to deliver a quality building.”


[/b]This man right his my best governor, ready to serve the people even if it means risking his own life, he has the fear of God and his a giver [b]

bidex111:
Dude you’re so so funny
What makes you feel am an ex soldier or am not even a service man. I too like you

SamuelAnyawu:
Let me give you a brief story on what played out or what's playing out in Baga.

Baga town is a big fishing community with several islands littering around.

When I arrived Monguno in 2018, we had healthcare centres and livelihood outlets in Baga town. My first visit to Baga town was by road from Monguno to Baga town around 1hr30mins drive. Baba Baga is blessed with a very lucrative fishing industry. Infact I ate a very big cat fish for 500 naira. I then told my friends that I'll buy the smoked fish in trailers and send to Abuja. One of my colleagues told me moving fish is contraband here

When the Military took over Baga they started imposing heavy tax on this market and where even controlling the Baga fish market down to Maiduguri. Many top military brats in Borno and Baga infact became Multi Millionaires

ISWAP too had some areas they controlled and where also imposing tax on fishermen and the business couriers of this fish. Now the businessmen who were directly dealing with the Military where not happy because the tax the military were imposing was so much, while the businessmen who were directly dealing with ISWAP had lower tax and there fishes were cheap due to this low tax.

However, those buying directly from ISWAP were not using the roads to take this fishes to Maiduguri, while those through the military were freely using the roads as they got approvals from the top Generals

Now most of the businessmen using the military started moving over to the ISWAP market following the bushy terrains to conduct business with ISWAP as their tax where cheaper of which implies more profits. The military noticed this and started tracking most of the businessmen carrying fishes through the Bushes. Once the Military gets them they burn the cars and the fishes saying it's ISWAP selling to fund arms of which they are right as well

After several manhunt on these illegal fishing guys ISWAP were now really angry that most of their business counterparts were not coming forward again due to the massive manhunt by the military in the bushes. This greatly affected ISWAP finances of which they had to do something fast.

In the third-quarter of 2018 the United Nations got a real information that ISWAP will carryout a very massive attack at Baga town because of this fishing industry. The United Nations Security Group immediately told us all to evacuate from Baga town immediately.

A month after this circular ISWAP struck massively at Baga in the late 2018 and throughout 2019 ISWAP controlled the fishing Market 100%. In late 2019 the military went back to the MNJTF base which is 7km into Baga town. Infact while at that Base ISWAP was still in Baga town both of them looking at each other from afar.

After sometime the Military conducted an operation into Baga town. The ISWAP moved over to the several Islands there and till date the locals say ISWAP still stroll in freely especially at nights.

The Fishing market there remains the big deal of the Baga controversy.

This war get as e be

Odunayaw:
You specifically talked about Niger responding to it's villages distress. What do you hope to gain by lying and twisting things, sympathy?

Xbee007:
What is with you guys trying to defend the indefensible? Is the governor also lying as well? Prof Zulum trusted the army too before he saw things for himself. The terrorists are known to collect taxes in and around Baga fish market which is only few kilometres from army base.

They also posted pictures from Baga during last Ramadan.

https://twitter.com/TomaszRolbiecki/status/1262357755270254592?s=19[/quote]I've seen this before..
NAF has pounded this area before.
I mean the next day after NAF released the Airstrike video that was when these images was released...

THIS WAR
MAY LAST FOR ANOTHER decade From what I see
Lord help us .

chkil1:
according to the sources that released the info , algeria will be the first

https://china-defense..com/2020/07/hj-12-top-attack-fire-and-forget-anti.html

https://chinaafricaproject.com/2020/07/22/the-algerian-army-is-the-first-customer-for-chinas-new-shoulder-mounted-hj-12-anti-missile-system/

for march news , we are not sure if the buyer is nigeria

chkil1:
Algeria bought from China third generation HJ-12 anti-tank systems . first export costumer