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"We paid $496millon to the American government and it is getting to three years now, the Super Tucanos are yet to arrive. Last week, we received an email that it will come by 21st of July"

https://thenationonlineng.net/how-we-spent-1bn-to-acquire-weapons-defence-ministry/

NAOWA center to treat soldiers with PTSD, and other psychological + Mental issues. Mambilla barracks

The NAOWA National President, Mrs Fati Attahiru, flags off initiative to build @NaowaHQ Wellness Centre aimed at addressing mental, emotional and psychological needs of Military Personnel & their Dependents Cc @beegeaglesblog @segalink pic.twitter.com/Hz1pGZe0iJ

— Doron (@MaziDoron) April 30, 2021

The NAOWA National President, Mrs Fati Attahiru, flags off initiative to build Wellness Centre to address mental, emotional, psychological needs of Military Personnel & their Dependents pic.twitter.com/E48LFAAmQx

— NA Officers’ Wives (@NaowaHQ) April 29, 2021

Plan to replicate this in all geo political zone

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The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon Femi Gbajabiamila, recently led top Government Functionaries, members of the Diplomatic Corps and Captains of Industries to the foundation-laying ceremony of the Nigerian Army Officers Wives’ Association Wellness Centre, pledging the Legislative Arm’s support toward the actualization of the project.

The Centre which is located at the Mambilla Barracks, Asokoro Discrict, Abuja, is designed to offer services that will address mental, emotional, psychological needs of the military personnel, their dependents and the general public.

The Wellness Centre is a brain child and initiative of the National President NAOWA (wife of the Chief of Army Staff) Mrs Fati Attahiru, to addres cases of mental health, substance abuse and rehabilitation of victims of all kinds of abuses within and outside the barracks.

Rt Hon Gbajabiamila, while commending the initiative of the wife of the Chief of Army Staff, described the project as a landmark achievement which would provide opportunity to address the mental and psychological needs of all military personnel, especially those who have, for long, been deployed in the battle field, appreciating their sacrifice for the peace and security of the nation.

When we talk about sickness, wellness and health, we are not just talking about the body or physical health; we are talking about the mental and soul.

https://www.naowa.org/speaker-house-of-reps-lays-foundation-for-naowa-wellness-centre-as-un-others-pledge-support/


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It says it the brain child of NAOWA Chairperson, she has a very good CV. I'm Impressed. Apparently the wife of COAS can also assist in improving the Army . Make una dey marry Intelligent ladies ooo


https://www.naowa.org/profile-of-fati-attahiru/

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In her previous role where she served as the Operations and Coordination Specialist at UNDP, she provided strategic programmatic and operational oversight for the UNDP North East program in Nigeria. She was instrumental in jointly organizing a high-level AU-LCBC Ministerial conference with the Federal Ministry of Water Resources, managing responsible party agreements, drafting donor progress reports amongst others.

Often described as a passionate leader with a deep interest in economic development, Mrs Attahiru has championed many innovative paths while on the job. She built a reputation for developing business strategies and embracing the core values of integrity, innovation, and growth, which made her highly successful in prior roles held at the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), British High Commission Nigeria, EDF Energy Limited UK, HSBC Bank Limited UK and more.

She is a recipient of the Commonwealth Chevening Scholarship and holds a masters degree in Development Studies with specialization in Power, Participation and Social Change from the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex; an MSc in Information Technology, from Cranfield University, UK, and a Bachelor of Arts in Business Economics from the University of Leicester.

Saw this article
https://dailytrust.com/how-b-haram-survives-on-weapons-stolen-from-nigerian-military

^^ Is this chart true ?

$1bn fund: How defence ministry purchased N37.9bn military vehicles, arms

The Ministry of Defence has purchased equipment for the Nigerian Army, Nigerian Navy and the Defence Intelligence Agency worth $99.5m (N37.9bn), out of the $1bn approved by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), Sunday PUNCH can authoritatively report.


Buhari had told the National Assembly in 2018 that he ordered the payment of $496m to the United States Government for the purchase of 12 Tucano aircraft ahead of legislative approval to withdraw the $1bn fund from the Excess Crude Account.

Documents obtained by our correspondent showed that the Ministry of Defence subsequently awarded contracts worth a total of $99,538,467.23 for the military equipment.

The ‘Certificate of No Objection for Award of Contract’ issued by the Bureau of Public Procurement (Ref No. BPP/S.1/Vol.XV/19/114), dated January 16, 2020, referred to the source of funding for the military hardware as “$1bn under the Intervention Fund subject to Mr President’s approval,” while indicating that the Ministry of Defence was the implementing ministry/agency.

The document was signed by the Director General of the Bureau of Public Procurement, Mamman Ahmadu; and BPP Director, Compliance, Certification and Monitoring, Ishaq Yahaya.

The Ministry of Defence, on September 17, 2018, also approved a ‘Letter of Award of Contract for the Procurement of Critical Equipment – Two Types of Vehicles, Reutech Surveillance Equipment, Three Types of Weapons and Three Types of Ammunitions for the Nigerian Navy’ (Ref No. MOD/PROC/SIF/2018/1/2).

Items listed under the ‘Vehicles’ category included 10 units of T-90 Tank Second Generation ($43.68m), and 10 units of BREM-4 Armoured Recovery ($20,794,619.56).

Under ‘Surveillance Equipment,’ the document quoted 20 units of Ground Surveillance Radar equipment – Reutech ($7,041,245.91), while the ‘Weapons’ category comprised 20 units of 81mm mortar ($1,050,600), 120 units of MG-127-DSHK-M guns ($2,715,553.80), and 2,012 units of AKMS rifles ($1,608,151.36).

Under ‘Ammunitions,’ the items listed included 8,141 units of 81mm Mortar Bombs ($9,955,615.97), 1,103,000 rounds of 12.7mmx108mm Cartridges ($7,157,367), and 3,259 units of 122mm Grad (Rocket) ($5,535,313.73).

However, in a letter with Ref No. MOD/PROC/SIF/2018/1/2 dated February 5, 2020, the ministry sought to replace the $43.68m T-90 tanks in the previous document with a new list of items for the same amount.


The document is titled ‘Letter for Award of Contract for the Procurement of Critical Equipment for the Nigerian Army, Nigerian Navy and the Defence Intelligence Agency: Replacement of the 10 T-90 Tanks with 60 Legion MRAP Including DSHK Guns, Codan HF Vehicular Radio and Automatic Turret with Pre-Shipment Inspection; and 24 Phantom II APC Including Pre-Shipment Inspection, Complete with Spares, Training and Maintenance.’

Under the ‘Legion MRAP’ category, the document listed 60 units each of Legion MRAP vehicles ($475,587.42), 12.7mm DSHK AA Guns ($18,750), Codan Radios ($6,920), and Armoured Turrets ($29,631).

Under the ‘Phantom II APC’ category, the document listed 24 units each of Phantom II Armoured Personnel Carriers ($385,208.67), 12.7mm DSHK AA Guns ($18,750), Codan ($6,920), and Turret ($29,631).

The sub-totals of the Legion MRAP ($530,888.42) and Phantom II APC ($440,509.67) added up to $971,398.09. However, the total contract sum was put at $43,680,000, including ‘Total for MRAP and Phantom II APC including pre-shipment inspection’ ($42,425,537.10), and ‘Balance for Spares + Training + Maintenance’ ($1,254,462.90).

Further investigation showed that several shipments of some of the listed equipment were obtained by the military with certificates of delivery issued by Brig-Gen B.A. Ilori or Brig-Gen M.T. Jinadu, for the Chief of Army Staff.

According to one letter dated May 29, 2019, the Nigerian Army, in Abuja on May 20 and 22, 2019, took delivery of 2012 AKMS rifles, 70 DSHK 12.7mm guns, 250 CZ 75 pistols and 550 units of 122mm Grad rockets.

In another document dated November 29, 2019, the Army confirmed receipt of 3,259 122mm Grad rockets, 20 40x46mm LV HE cartridges, 160 7.62mmx54mm ball-rimmed cartridges, 167 7.62mmx51mm metal link cartridges, and 30,939 7.62mmx39mm ball special cartridges.

Also, a letter dated January 31, 2020, indicated the delivery of 20 GSRS through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos on December 26, 2019. Another dated September 3, 2020, said the Army received 84 DSHK guns on August 11, 2020, and “found to be new and suitable for operational use.”

While a January 5, 2021 letter showed that the Army took receipt of 24 Phantom II APCs on December 14, 2020, another dated January 6, 2021 said 589,337 rounds of 12.7mmx108mm cartridges were delivered on December 12, 2020 and found to be “new and suitable.”

A document dated March 23, 2021, also confirmed the delivery of 20 81mm mortars and 8,141 81mm mortar bombs were delivered on September 18, 2020.

Sunday PUNCH gathered that several items had yet to be delivered as international flights came to a standstill owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Federal Government finally lifted the restriction on flights in September 2020, six months after the ban took effect.

A Supplementary Agreement between the Federal Government and the contractor dated August 12, 2020 said, “Further execution of the contract has been stalled since February 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the embargo on international flights that has prevented the carrying out of the mandatory pre-shipment inspection by the authorised representatives of the buyer (Federal Government).”

Based on the contract awarded by the defence ministry, the items yet to be delivered include 10 BREM-4 Armoured Recovery vehicles ($20,794,619.56), 50 MG-127-DSHK-M guns ($1,131,480.75), 513,663 12.7x108mm cartridges ($3,333,159.21), 84 Codan radios ($13,840), and 84 Armoured Turrets ($59,262). The total cost of the remaining items is $25,332,361.52.



https://punchng.com/1bn-fund-how-defence-ministry-purchased-n37-9bn-military-vehicles-arms/

@xxxtedyxxx

Hello, i have gone through your posts, Thank you for your advice but my problem is that i like this girl, i think i have gotten her interested in me, i have done the rapport part but what i can't do is show her my feelings towards her, thing is i don't know how to do that. We talk, we chat but i don't know how to take it to the next stage !!! I don't think i have told or shown her my feelings towards her

Thanks in advance

SiriusBlack: Pls don't bring your BH P.R here..Nonsense.

Look its not BH PR, personally they have killed 3 people close to me, and have injured about 5, am aware they did the same to your friends also, we have one thing in common : To see the end of this mofos

But one thing i do NOT like is the constant lies by the Army, try and visit Twitter and see people's reaction no one believes DHQ statement's anymore, remember initially they claimed they freed the Chibok girls, and the soldiers allegations of damaging BRT buses in Lagos was perhaps the last straw, people do NOT believe and have no faith in the Army, which by all indications are beyond incompetent.
Even TY Danjuma said they have an edge, someone of his caliber can't be dishing out words, without facts and reason.
Now of course this is a guerrilla warfare and it is not easy but perhaps what annoys Nigerians is the way the Army goes about it, and the usual PR (lies) , they lie to cover their incompetency, am sure you have doubts about the way the Army is handling this war

Am on your side, but am not blinded, i try and see the incompetency in the Army, and would commend them if there's something to commend, i hope the National Assembly approves the loan ASAP, am aware it is a government to government loan, the money won't be given to the Govt similar way Venezuela uses loan from Russia to buy defense equipment, and frankly if any National Assembly member opposes it on the floor, then they might be BH sponsors, or are benefiting from it
We need to arm up

I look forward to the day you would post images of the operation that led to Shekau's,his commanders, and his foot soldiers capture
P.S God would bless you for your work and keep posting ignore the haters ,

According to Sahara Reporters http://saharareporters.com/2014/07/24/nigerian-army-unable-retake-damboa-boko-haram The Incompetent Nigerian Army has been unable to retake Damboa which is unsurprising and expected, this people are beyond incompetent.

Secondly, liked i mentioned, it was said that the Mi 24 (Note: NOT Mi 35) was SHOT DOWN , instead of it crashed like the DHQ Said
Common people, an Air force helicopter crashed during a training mission in a CONFLICT ZONE while people know BH have AA Guns , no one does training over conflict zones especially if the belligerents in the conflict posses the weapon to shoot down your plane /helios

This also confirms my suspicion, BH have the upper edge, the Army has been providing false information am sure most Nigerians don't believes ANY of the PR statements they issue and i think they lie about the casualties they suffer, i think they lower it in the PR statements (lies)

Sad to hear about the death of 3 people on board the Mi 35 helicopter and a great loss to the air force, we now have -1 helicopter

the helicopter was SHOT DOWN am sorry Chris Olukalade (Nigeria's no 1 Liar for the moment ) we don't believe it crash on a training mission in a conflict zone .
Fact is Nigerians don't believe the liars called PR statements released by the Military any more, The Military keeps failing, BH have the upper hand as said by TY Danjuma and confirmed by the recent events

Jakumo: Uncle Sam has major vested business interests in Nigeria, and would NOT be prepared to stand by and watch the very existence of all those concerns threatened by the emergence of a fundamentalist terror regime in Nigeria.

In the likely event that those vested interests held by the United States are deemed important enough to dust off, re-arm and sell off a few old used A10 Warthogs to the federal side at some point during the course Nigeria's second civil war, then those planes will be on a vessel at sea heading for Nigeria so fast it will seem like magic when those birds of prey suddenly take to the air and proceed to whup major asz at the war
front.

I've got my family-sized bucket of popcorn here in this front-row seat to witness Nigeria's unfolding history, and this is one show I wouldn't miss for the world. Nothing beats an old-fashioned duke-out between the forces of good and evil, to bring the curtain down on a riveting show.

Well, Uncle Sam won't still sell it to us, apparently they won't sell anything to us, because of our Military Human Rights issue
NSA Dasuki requested help from uncle Sam last year, they refused but were quick to criticize our military although they were too kinds with words, our military under this C -in C and COAS are very clueless

Secondly, if a miracle were too happen, they would be strings attached, i hope we have learnt our lessons from the Jaguars acquisitions of yesteryear

Thirdly, with the Anti-Gay Law signed, they would use it to their advantage like threaten to cut off any support(maintenance, spare parts ) [believe me they would ] unless it gets repealed,
Fourthly, No technology Transfer whatsoever

Having said that, it is really sad, because the A 10 is such a beast, very good for COIN operations, i guess we can manage Super Tucanos instead which is very cheap to run around $500 per hour, especially useful in our case, where the Military commanders pocket our defense money and Finance Minister Madam Ngozi was boasting to the world about how she cut our defense spending in the middle of a war, quite shamefully, especially so when the WEF for Africa was marred by security problems and having the Capital City closed down


Good to see Mi 35 arriving, can we upgrade our older Mi 35 to the M version when the remaining 4 Mi 35M arrive i suggest one at a time to avoid having less air frames

Someone asked, using RPG and AA guns on the Mi 35, well i do know that Mi 28 are stronger than Mi 35 and hence can take more damage than Mi 35, the Mi 28 N (Night ) Kenya acquired some of those bad boys a while back, the Russian Air Force are migrating to Mi 28 and Ka 52, from the 2008 conflict they learnt Mi 24/35 is good but they needed something better

Btw, i think BH have our new Spartan APCs, watch Shekau's latest video.
It is a shame, and our clueless Military keeps lying

Please how do I use my blackberry as a modem,using blackberry desktop manager

felxfame: I will say that your friend is an old C++ developer, because the newest version of C++ is simpler and easy to understand.
But it depends on what you told him.

i dont know about the newest version of c++ but am guessing its not like vb
i know vb doesnt use braces, to start and end a class,method e.t.c you dont use braces to instantiate you dont have dim blah blah

c++ is similar to c,java,c#,javascript except vb
hope you get what i mean , syntax-tically

Okay thanks how do I put the N500 in the tweakvpn account ?

Websurfers: Hi @Rich4god, I am sorry for the discomfit. I made an update on this some time ago and I am glad that I stumbled upon your question here. The update is working. I guess your subscription is still active, so you can use the trick but this time it will be with a premium VPN/500 naira. Go check it out; http://www.worldwebsurfers.com/2013/02/is-mtn-bis-still-working-on-pc-100-yes.html

Kind Regards.

Pls can I have your email ?

Chikebrain: Mtn BIS still works on PC using a VPN software that connects through UDP or ICMP.
Mail me up on chike.louis@yahoo.com.
NB: This service may be unlimited but definitely not free.
Thanks

I just sent you an email
Pls reply asap

monkvirus: Well I wanted to learn c++ for embedded programing and robotics nd was advised to learn visual basic first so as to get used and familiar with the syntax and the rest, wen don wit dat learning c++ nd see would be much more easier since av met nd been familiar wit som syntax. Well these were the advise I got from a programer frnd. I don't know how viable it is. Need more advice from the house.

the vb i know is nothing like c++

netesy: No i was wide awake when he makes a form with no functionality he will be tempted to learned the language simple.
Ps.
.Net also include C++

oh okay
i know visual c++ is part of .net - i dont like the language at all so i dont advice people to learn it
i dislike the syntax, what a gibberish language it is

i like pagination but i also like infine scroll so i think the best is pagination by default with the option of infinite scroll

netesy: just download and use the visual studio
then choose forms projects its just drag and drop

Haha were you sleeping when you wrote that ?
If the lazy person doesn't learn C# and he used the Visual Studio Drag and Drop at the end he would have a win forms application that would contain textboxes, images, buttons that's all - there would be NO functionality
for the functionality you MUST learn C# or Vb.net (which isn't advisable to learn btw)

If am willing to give you, how am i supposed to give it to you ?
Magic ? No email address so i might email you ?

Sybellah: ok, I was asking: do you think web apps is able to overtake the app market in the near future? If yes, why?

Impossible to say, unless we see HTML6 or 7 , HTML5 is really good, but a web app with html5 is a bit limited compared to a native app
Native app also is faster, i have made a web app myself with HTML5,CSS3 and JS but it was a bit slow compared to the native app of the same function which was faster - and again its a bit limited i couldn't do what i wanted to do with the web app

What are the advantages that web apps have and native don't.

with web apps you can target multiple devices,and multiple OS be it desktop OS or mobile OS with a single piece of code, basically WORA[write once read anywhere] while native apps you have to do use a different programming language,tools for each OS you are developing for

What kind of users do u target when developing web apps?
-users that wont consume rich contents
-normal computer and phones users, simple for them and works for them, also simple for you since its basically the same code

Zuckerberg said betting on HTML5 was facebook biggest mistake. Are web apps not well suited for the kind of company facebook is or did the facebook team just misapplied HTML5?

Well what Zuckerberg said is incorrect , first all facebook's engineers who developed the html5 app are bad enginners, Fastbook was developed with html5 which infact is faster than facebook native's apps and also better

gregorian calendar is what you need to use
Read about the class - the solution of your problem lies there

worldbest: Sadly, I stopped development. I felt there wasn't any innovation in that project. An "OS" that runs on a browser isn't really an OS, its just another glorified browser extension with lots of features. It would be difficult to get developers to develop apps for such an OS when they already have their apps on the chrome/firefox store.

I was sad when you stopped, i liked the project

Nice, was thinking of the same project a few months back but i got occupied by many projects of mine
Anyway, as of this moment apart from the login screen what other screen do you have ?
You posted a non working code of your login- here is a snipet from my own login in my projects i did a year ago

    String sql="Select * from login";
    try {
    Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver";
    Connection con= (Connection) DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/mine","root","root";
    Statement stmt=con.createStatement();
    ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery(sql);
    
    String user=jTextField1.getText();
    String pwd= new String (jPasswordField1.getPassword());
    while(rs.next()) {
    String uname=rs.getString("username";
    
    String password=rs.getString("password";
    if ((user.equals(uname)) && (pwd.equals(password)))  {
    new admin().setVisible(true);
    
    
    }
    else { 
    JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(this, "incorrect username or password";
    }
    }
    }
    catch (Exception e){
    JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(this, e.getMessage());
    }

You don't need anything again, you can start writing java programs congratulations

use the data sources panel

Are you using Netbeans ? if yes, then try to upload a screenshot here please to see what you have done so far that way i can give suggestions

you need the compiler only when you need to COMPILE a java program, that is why the name is a COMPILER
If you have no knowledge of java, head to the first page of this forum, you would get what you want there
You should go there because from your question it seems you have NO knowledge of java, go to the threads from page 1 if you don't get what you want then ASK javanian THERE

INNO18 - is your family in sokoto? & do you intend to continue living there after growing up or you want to go back to the east?

spyder880: I am loving this, maybe it will inspire me to take an adventurous holiday in the north instead of my normal Lagos this year. Keep em coming.

If you are indeed going to the nort, you should definitely go to Bauchi and visit Yankari Games Reserve, you'll love that place

@OP - Inno18
Can you please continue uploading the pictures - you said you would continue by mid night
Please & Please Continue

clementcro: Please i need someone who has a vast understanding about microsoft technologies to explain to me, what is the differences and similarities between
C# and C#.net
C++ and C++.net


Thanks

C# - pronounced 'C-Sharp' is a language created by Microsoft in the early 2000s. It is Object Oriented, it can be used for Console applications,mobile ( Microsoft's useless mobile OS) and desktop applications. It is NOT built to be Multi-platform or WORA(Write once read anywhere).
C# is part of Microsoft's .NET Framework , the .NET Framework is a combination of languages such as VB short for Visual Basic, C#, F#, it also has it's runtime called CLR - Common Language Runtime, applications written with .NET languages would ONLY work if .NET Framework is installed,and it ships with Microsoft's Crappy Windoze so that is not a problem but applications targeted at .NET framework 4.5 ( the latest) would not work until you have it installed.
.NET languages are written using Visual studio and i can say it is the BEST IDE . With Visual Studio (VS) you can also write html,css,javascript and C++. The C++ in used in Visual Studio is usually called Visual C++,it includes additional classes for writing windows desktop applications & others

C++ - basically it is the OOP of C Programming Language used to program everything from nuclear reactors,to fighter jets,embedded systems,windows applications (winforms only). It is Built to be Multi-Platform and it is WORA it has the extension of cpp.