I was an advocate of NAF buying Super Tucano because it was simply the best COIN and CAS aircraft in the world. I was even ready to overlook the stupidly exorbitant price tag. However, it is now obvious that USA just want to ridicule Nigeria with this crazy deal. They don't want Nigerians to inspect the building of the aircraft. They don't want us to maintain them ourselves in case they get faulty. And we have to wait till 2020 before we start taking delivery. WTH!
jakeporeshenko: Ive asked myself the same question countless times, why cant NAF get these planes cheap from the original manufacturer and get SA denel or Israel Elbit systems to upgrade and do all necessary integration of smart weapons according to their needs. there has to be a reason man, something we don't know perhaps.
by the way the 3 A29 aircrafts supposed to be transferred from the Brazilian air force to NAF never made it for some reason, even though they already appeared on SIPRI arms transfer database.
The deal was blocked by US government. Even though the Tucano is Brazilian made most of its components come from USA. The engine, targeting pods, Flir system etcetera... are all US made.
What if Nigeria partner with countries like Russia, India or China to build our own sturdy, prop-driven aircraft? We could: Design and build a well armored propeller driven aircraft. With speed typical of COAS aircrafts. With modern avionics, advance radars, targeting pods and whatnot. With enough hard-points that will make the Super Tucano jealous. With superb loiter time. With a price tag and quality that will make buyers fall over each other. Perfect for training. Better than Super Mushshak. Cheaper than A29 and Air Tractor
We could if we really want to.
I say take $600million and build us some wonderful aircraft.
tdayof: Someone wants us to be fighting bokoharam with dumb bombs till 2020.
In Jesus name the deal must crash.. Cc Odunayaw Bidexii see the above post.
Haha 2 good years to get ordinary Tucano. ..
$350M will get us 10 good SU30 fighters. MOD should procure weapons with the balance. In Jesus name the Tucano contract shall fail.
WTF! It is now obvious that the A29 deal will be the worst deal Nigerian Airforce will ever engage in. We will have to wait till 2020 before we start taking delivery. WTH!!! Do they expect us to be fighting terrorists forever? They also don't want Nigerians to carry out maintenance on the aircraft by ourselves. How demeaning? They are acting all condescending on us. I say let's cancel this stupid deal!
Xbee007: Thank goodness that all turned out to be okay. It is such a shame that after almost 80 of post-colonialism Nigeria is still grappling with basic fundamental issues. How does one justify government's lackadaisical response to a dire issue as Lassa fever? Sending half-literate person without protective gears, to take a blood sample of a possible Lassa fever victim is the highest peak of madness. When they call us sh*thole country, please no Nigerian should ever object.
That is why we keep saying either we RESTRUCTURE this country or we BREAKUP!
Thank goodness that all turned out to be okay. It is such a shame that after almost 80 after colonialism Nigeria is still grappling with basic fundamental issues. How does one justify government's lackadaisical response to a dire issue as Lassa fever? Sending half-literate person without protective gears, to take a blood sample of a possible Lassa fever victim is the highest peak of madness. When they call us sh*thole country, please no Nigerian should ever object.
That is why we keep saying either we RESTRUCTURE this country or we BREAKUP!
Cattle colonies? On whose land? In which state? The problem with this country is that we just want to be spoon feed with everything. FG must do everything. These Fulani herdsmen that some people are advocating Cattle colonies for are actually rich enough to cater for themselves, to buy ranches and settle down for good instead of destroying farmer's means of livelihood.
BTW, is Nigeria not already one big cattle colony? Or what do you call a country where cattle actually have more rights than people?
chlorophyll: please someone should put me through What address will I put in for my transcript to get the pg school.
If you are mailing it directly from an institution, you should know that most of them already have each other's address. The screenshot I attached was gotten from the Admission Guide.
Cretaceous: [s]Why should I prove my ethnicity to a low self esteem nonentity? Don't you have work to do this morning? Oh I get it - You need orders from the sultan on what to do this morning? I'm so ashamed for you![/s]
You want to drag me into your childish insult contest on a faceless forum. No, I don't dine with swines. Bye
Cretaceous: [s]Who elected or made him the one to sight the moon on behalf of all Muslims? Why can't a Yoruba Muslim do that? FG will never declare a public holiday without the sultan giving the go ahead. Y'all are at the mercy of the sultan. Grow some balls and self esteem and appoint a SW person. FYI: I'm Yoruba. I just don't like the slavish attitude of most Yoruba Muslims. They don't have a mind of their own but only good at follow follow.[/s]
Nonsense! I thought you were capable of changing your myopic view after a dose of common sense that was why I replied your previous post. BTW, you are not Yoruba.
Cretaceous: Why sultan should be dictating to Yoruba Muslims when and when not sight the moon, when and when not to fast still amuses me up till now. Low self esteem I guess.
Simple, here is how it works. The Sultan of Sokoto is just a mere mouthpiece, his duty is to report the sighting of the moon to the general public. If he fails to do so, it wouldn't change anything as everyone with eyes can sight moon on his own. Most Muslims don't even know he does that. No one waits for anyone to do the sighting for them, once it is sighted in a particular state or country u can comfortably calculate the time difference and select correctly when to start or end fasting.
Beegeagles complained about NAF not being where it was supposed to be and he replied that we're are rapidly improving towards where we are supposed to be. Something like that.
SimpleTee: Nigerian Female Doctor Refused Entry In Saudi Embassy Because Of Veil
A Nigerian Female Doctor was refused entrance into the Nigerian embassy in Jeddah because of her insisting on her wearing the full veil. Despite being informed of the sweeping reforms of the host country, the notice pasted outside the embassy gate and the fact that wearing of the veil is no where in the Holy Quran, she insisted on seeing the Consul General on her fundamental rights! When on the arrival of the Consul General who insisted on the rules being followed, the lady preferred to wait outside for up to 7 hours until the Embassy closed for the day. Can You Imagine This Woman Going To Saudi Arabia To 'Teach Them' On The Position Of The Veil...?
=== ++++ ***** @@@@@@ ***** ++++ ==== The scenario is best captured in her own words....
MY EXPERIENCE AT THE NIGERIAN CONSULATE, JEDDAH ON 15 JANUARY 2018
I ARRIVED at the consulate a few minutes before 10 am on the above-mentioned date with the aim of renewing my passport. The security guard at the gate did not speak English, so another consulate staff who was present attended to me. After asking what my business in the consulate was, he informed me that I had to unveil my face before I could be allowed entry into the premises.
I immediately protested – as this was at least the third time I was visiting the consulate and had never been asked to do this – but he showed me a notice pasted on the wall that all women were expected to unveil their faces before entry into, and all through their stay in, the premises. I explained to him that I could not do this, but was willing to be identified at the gate to fulfil any security requirements that may arise. He, the un-named consulate staff, however told me that this was not about identification.
When I asked what it was about, he said that this was not his job, and he was only trying to help, that I should discuss with the security men, and he left.
Thereafter the remaining men, at least three of them, started telling me that I had to either unveil my face and go in or leave the premises. I asked them to at least wait until my husband – who was still outside settling the taxi fare – arrived, and they relented.
When my husband came, I narrated what happened to him and he asked to see a senior consulate staff to explain my situation to him.
According to him, the man he saw confirmed that this was a new rule of the consulate and that I had to comply or wait for the Consul General (C.G.). As he returned to inform me of the result of this meeting, the security men, again, began to ask us to leave the premises. So, we left the interior of the security post to wait outside for the arrival of the C.G.
The C.G. arrived some time later and, on seeing us outside the consulate, asked why we were there. The security men told him that I had refused to remove my face veil, and he shook his head vehemently and ordered that I be denied entry. My husband went to talk to him, but he refused to grant him an audience. He – from a distance – told my husband that I HAD TO COMPLY AND UNVEIL MY FACE THROUGH OUT MY VISIT as was stated by the notice. And when my husband asked to be allowed to explain, and possibly negotiate my willingness to undergo identity checks for security purposes – as I’m used to doing in airports and other security sensitive facilities worldwide - he said he was not interested in listening to anything my husband had to say and asked him to vacate the premises.
Once he returned to me and was giving me the report of this aborted meeting, the security men once again came to us and ordered us to leave the vicinity of the consulate. They said Oga said we had to go away from there. At this point, both my husband and I told them that we would not move from there. We were law-abiding Nigerians who lived and worked in Saudi Arabia peacefully for over seven years now, and we had a legitimate business at the consulate which we have, so far, been unable to transact. They threatened us with police and bodily removal, but left us alone when we refused to leave.
Over the next six hours, different members of staff came to talk to us in a guise of goodwill and Muslim brotherhood.
They had a range of reasoning and arguments; -This veiling of face is not in the Qur’an , -It is not compulsory, -Are you saying that all the other women who have exposed their faces are going to hell? -We are all Muslims here, so no one is trying to victimse you -Allaah has seen your intention. Just do what is asked and go inside -This is the rule of this place, obey. -This place is under the Nigerian jurisdiction, you must obey Nigerian law. -They can bring diplomatic police to arrest you.
All these were the things said directly to us, disregarding the taunts and snide comments made mostly by the security men and others who came to spend time with them at the security post, but when they saw that I would not unveil myself unrestrictedly, they all left eventually. However, at least two of these well-meaning consulate staff said a variation of, ‘This man – meaning the C.G. - will not budge on this matter.’ At least one swore by Allaah to that effect.
At about 2 p.m., I asked to speak to the C.G personally, but he sent the message that I could unveil my face then come in to see him.
After that, the bulky security man in all-green uniform came to me in an intimidating stance and asked me to move from where I was at the entrance of the consulate.
As my husband had left by then to bring our children – who had spent over three hours waiting with us in the sun – to the hotel, I was afraid for my safety as a woman alone and did what he asked. He told me to sit at the edge of the kiosk painted green and white, off to one side and away from the entrance or the security cameras.
Notably, only one member of staff – at about 3.30 pm – offered to intercede on our behalf with the C.G. But seeing as the C.G. drove off a few minutes after 4 pm, and we did not see the gentleman again till we left at 4.30 pm, I guess his mission was unsuccessful.
I have tried – all through this narration – to give a factual recollection of something that was, in truth, a harrowing and humiliating experience for me and my family. To stand outside in the Saudi sun for about seven hours – they refused to even let me in to pray salaah – for something as arbitrary as ‘this is the rule here’ without even attempting to listen to my case, or assist me in finding an acceptable solution or middle ground…..
And Allaah is Witness over all that we do.
Dr. Muti’ah Olaide, BadruKhaybar General Hospital, Khaybar, Madina Region. 16th January, 2018.
==== ******* ++++ @@@@@@ ++++ ***** ==== It will seem like we, Nigerians, are being fundamentalist and teaching them (the owners of the religion - so to say), the religion! Whereas, places like Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Qatar, etc are so liberal that many non Muslims go there for vacation (Our Vice President and his family chose Dubai earlier this month as the place to go for the vacation) Even Saudi Arabia has recently been relaxing so many of its religious laws and restrictions all in ways to show modern day reformations.
It will seem Nigerian Muslims are really not in the modern train of these reforms. I would rather say, this attitude of Nigerian Muslims seem rather peculiar!
If you are going to attempt swaying public with your nonsensical 1naira opinion, at least have the decency to properly quote the post and separate it from your personal thought. Or better still, make your opinion known by using the "Reply" button instead of lumping the whole thing together.
Watch as the naysayers invade this thread like this
Arangee stuff, they are still learning sha. They should visit Pastor Bushiri of Zimbabwe for a 101 on fake miracles, and their ministry will never remain the same.
This issue of Fulani Herdsmen and Farmers clashes is a very complicated one. One might be shocked when the real truth and those behind these mindless killings is finally revealed. But, eh this is Nigeria, we may never know. Isn't that disturbing? There is an evil out there lurking in our bushes, as deadly as BHTs, stealing Fulani men's cattle, killing them in cold blood, slaughtering our farmers, kidnapping people, yet no one knows whom they truly are.
NAF's CH-3 had carried out several precision strikes in the past but it witnessed a lull in activities. Before you start criticising the picture quality, remember that the drone is thousands of feet above ground.
Nigeria Air Force Drone Hits Boko Haram Terrorists Target in Sambisa Forest. On 15th January, 2018 a precision strike was carried out by NAF's CH-3 Drone. The remotely piloted device destroyed an emerging BHT vehicle workshop.
NIGERIAN AIR FORCE REMOTELY PILOTED AIRCRAFT DESTROYS EMERGING BOKO HARAM TERRORISTS VEHICLE WORKSHOP
A Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA), on 15 January 2018, successfully destroyed an emerging Boko Haram Terrorists (BHT) vehicle workshop in the Sambisa general area. A NAF Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) platform had previously discovered that BHT vehicles were parked in the location. Consequently, a NAF RPA was detailed to conduct armed reconnaissance in search of BHT vehicles and terrorists around the location, which was apparently being used as a vehicle workshop. The RPA discovered that BHT motorcycles and vehicles, including a BHT Commander’s vehicle were parked in the targeted area. Additionally, several terrorists were seen moving intermittently within the targeted area. The subsequent air strike by the NAF RPA resulted in the immediate destruction of the vehicles in the targeted location, killing all the BHTs inside it, as no survivors were seen scampering from the location after impact.
OLATOKUNBO ADESANYA Air Vice Marshal Director of Public Relations and Information
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