Zeus_Ayo: М̣̣̣̥γ̲̣̣̥ fellow nigerians we re surrounded by i*diots on dis thread...........u south africans re 4cking, spineless, ballzless, stupid racists u guyz nid to β wiped out 4rm D̶̲̥̅̊ earth hw can u call a fellow human being a monkey nd bring up pictures of a anoda mans cross.......ehn foolz............... ℓ̊ wish U̶̲̥̅̊я̩̥̊ wife wld giv brith to somefin lyk d̶̲̥̅̊@t? So we can also call u D̶̲̥̅̊ father of a monkey..................dick face........ Sensible pple can we plz talk millitary?..........tnks

That's what the truth does. It brings about fits of mouth-foaming and lower-lip trembling.

There's nothing more military than the below.

This is "very military".

BCraig:

That's what the truth does. It brings about fits of mouth-foaming and lower-lip trembling.

There's nothing more military than the below.

This is "very military".

ℓ̊ waz talking to humans nd a swine is responding...............smh................ U̶̲̥̅̊я̩̥̊ such an a*ss

Zeus_Ayo: ℓ̊ waz talking to human nd a swine is responding...............smh................ U̶̲̥̅̊я̩̥̊ such an ass

The swine has clearly hit a nerve and induced an avalanche of jungle noises. Are you going to start throwing bananas now?

And will the loser soldiers walk out of their mass caves below, if you do that?

*sighs*...............pathetic moda 4cka.............imagine a lemur calling someone a monkey...............last time ℓ̊ checkd........monkeys were smarter............. Ouch!!!!! he waznt tot I̶̲̥̅̊n̶̲̥̅̊ SA....... Such a f*ool

Zeus_Ayo: *sighs*...............pathetic moda 4cka.............imagine a lemur calling someone a monkey...............last time ℓ̊ checkd........monkeys were smarter............. Ouch!!!!! he waznt tot I̶̲̥̅̊n̶̲̥̅̊ SA....... Such a f*ool

Assuming you have a mind, do make it up, now. Swine? Lemur? Both?

Good to see you admit you are a monkey. You're smarter than a Lemur, no doubt.

Still, you aren't smart enough to cause your soldiers, who were killed by fellow Naai-gerians, to spring up from their mass caves. No amount of banana throwing can help you with that. They swallowed Boko Haram bullets in their own land.

Their own land. SMH.

Ѧп̥̥̲̣̣̣̥∂ u are not also smart enof to stop D̶̲̥̅̊ indiscrimate raping nd molesting of U̶̲̥̅̊я̩̥̊ sistas wifes Ѧп̥̥̲̣̣̣̥∂ modas unda U̶̲̥̅̊я̩̥̊ own roofs.............u knw jez saying...............ass hole

CraigB:

Assuming you have a mind, do make it up, now. Swine? Lemur? Both?

Good to see you admit you are a monkey. You're smarter than a Lemur, no doubt.

Still, you aren't smart enough to cause your soldiers, who were killed by fellow Naai-gerians, to spring up from their mass caves. No amount of banana throwing can help you with that. They swallowed Boko Haram bullets in their own land.

Their own land. SMH.

Ѧп̥̥̲̣̣̣̥∂ u are not also smart enof to stop D̶̲̥̅̊ indiscrimate r*aping nd molestation of U̶̲̥̅̊я̩̥̊ sistas, wives Ѧп̥̥̲̣̣̣̥∂ modas unda U̶̲̥̅̊я̩̥̊ own roofs.............u knw jez saying...............ass hole

Zeus_Ayo: Ѧп̥̥̲̣̣̣̥∂ u are not also smart enof to stop D̶̲̥̅̊ indiscrimate raping nd molesting of U̶̲̥̅̊я̩̥̊ sistas wifes Ѧп̥̥̲̣̣̣̥∂ modas unda U̶̲̥̅̊я̩̥̊ own roofs.............u knw jez saying...............ass hole Ѧп̥̥̲̣̣̣̥∂ u are not also smart enof to stop D̶̲̥̅̊ indiscrimate r*aping nd molestation of U̶̲̥̅̊я̩̥̊ sistas, wives Ѧп̥̥̲̣̣̣̥∂ modas unda U̶̲̥̅̊я̩̥̊ own roofs.............u knw jez saying...............ass hole

I'm not the one who admitted to being a monkey now, am I?

Cry molestation. Cry colestation. Cry freedom. But the secret is out. The Naai-gerian military is getting their behinds bliksemmed. That is not changing today. Bananas and jungle noises? No difference. The men are dead.

Let's hope u use U̶̲̥̅̊я̩̥̊ lemur brain properly here................minus 14 4rm 2000........wat do u hav left??................. Ѧп̥̥̲̣̣̣̥∂ wats D̶̲̥̅̊ population of boko haram membas I̶̲̥̅̊n̶̲̥̅̊ nigeria presently

Zeus_Ayo: Let's hope u use U̶̲̥̅̊я̩̥̊ lemur brain properly here................minus 14 4rm 2000........wat do u hav left??................. Ѧп̥̥̲̣̣̣̥∂ wats D̶̲̥̅̊ population of boko haram membas I̶̲̥̅̊n̶̲̥̅̊ nigeria presently

Totally irrelevant.

Changes absolutely nothing. Brings no victory to the Naai-gerian loseritary.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/13/world/africa/nigeria-violence-explainer

Its way past U̶̲̥̅̊я̩̥̊ bedtime ♈̷̴̩‎ dnt u go to bed b4 mummy catches u wif her system...sebsless toddler.....gud nyt

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[size=16pt]Strongest Military In Africa, Egypt's Army and Police K.ill 525 Civilians In Political Crisis[/size]



if it is done by Nigerian army or police....south africans will open their basket mouth

http://www.news.com.au/world-news/egypt-bloodbath-leaves-278-dead/story-fndir2ev-1226697234967



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HfdAG6Zv2s


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fC207ll7Wjk


This is the strongest military in Africa...i post this for all the 33% brain south africans to try use their head a little more before they post comments

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BCraig:

We have been through this before. You have the worst indicators in the world on education and you have proudly produced a 98% failure rate on exams.

In addition, the nation of "dummies" is better than yours. Therefore, you are worse than dummies, no so?

[size=16pt]South Africa Begs Nigeria For Teachers[/size]




due to nigeria's higher standards of a 50% score in 5 subjects including mathematics and english language, the south african 33% brain level educational system is begging nigeria to send 50% brain Teachers to upgrade the inferior south africans who cannot even find enough 33% brain teachers to teach their students.

intellectually and academically, the average student of nigeria is proved better than the best student of south africa. proved.

Abuja — Federal Government has disclosed it will send teachers to help out in the South Africa education system.

Education Minister, Dr. Sam Egwu who made this known said that contrary to reports that Nigeria is worse off in term of teaching force, the South African educational system was in dire need of teaching personnel particularly at the basic education level.

http://allafrica.com/stories/200910210423.html


core subject areas the nigerians are to teach south africans will be mathematics and sciences.

this is true from experience on this nairaland forum, when military arguments get to mathematican calculation of weapons speed, range, force, velocity, and principles of physics, all the south africans on this forum run away after making some basic errors in calculations and are totally unable to solve simple equations or applied scientific formulas.

nigerian educational system is the hope of south african upgrade from 33% to 50% level of academic capacity


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BCraig:

From a ten-page letter to two short paragraphs. The death of a Naai-gerian dreamer. There's nothing in your post worth any serious look. It's just hot air. Jungle noises, to be exact. The only post worth looking at is the one immediately preceding yours. Mine to be exact. The one with the facts that you cannot deny.

Once again, go join your weeping president in the corner of the faint hearted. Take your weeping soldier along as well.

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@CrazeB's photo of crying soldier posted as nigerian army soldier at the burial of fellow soldiers, is actually an American army soldier crying at the after burial memorial service of his fellow American soldier killed by Islamic Terrorists in Iraq

SOURCE : http://www.flickriver.com/photos/brandonglass/16407304/


@CrazeB is actually telling us that he knows that America, the strongest military in the world has its soldiers killed by the same islamic terrorists as Nigeria...this south african Crayfish is actually proving himself to be a fool whose head works in permannent reverse mode

no nigerian soldiers cried over b.oko h.aram, our boys are too hardened and too busy k.illing b.oko h.aram like insecticide kills mosquitoes

south africans can go d.ie of envy....seleka used them for shooting practice and they could not return to CAR and get a revenge like an army of men.

http://www.flickriver.com/photos/brandonglass/16407304/



image details :

CRYING SOLDIER
Task Force 2-69 Armor, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division from Fort Benning Georgia: SSG. Lonnie Roberts cries at a memorial service in Baghdad for PV2 Gregory R. Huxley Jr., 19, of Forest Port, NY who was killed in action April 6th when the armored personnel carrier he was riding in was hit by a rocket propelled grenade. Huxley had just finished basic training five months earlier. Roberts was the squad leader and was riding in the carrier at the time of the incident. He is a member of 317 Engineer Battalion, 2nd Platoon Bravo Company. Photo by: David Leeson/The Dallas Morning News

image source :


http://www.flickriver.com/photos/brandonglass/16407304/


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agaugust:

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@CrazeB's photo of crying soldier posted as nigerian army soldier at the burial of fellow soldiers, is actually an American army soldier crying at the after burial memorial service of his fellow American soldier killed by Islamic Terrorists in Iraq

SOURCE : http://www.flickriver.com/photos/brandonglass/16407304/


@CrazeB is actually telling us that he knows that America, the strongest military in the world has its soldiers killed by the same islamic terrorists as Nigeria...this south african Crayfish is actually proving himself to be a fool whose head works in permannent reverse mode

no nigerian soldiers cried over b.oko h.aram, our boys are too hardened and too busy k.illing b.oko h.aram like insecticide kills mosquitoes

south africans can go d.ie of envy....seleka used them for shooting practice and they could not return to CAR and get a revenge like an army of men.

http://www.flickriver.com/photos/brandonglass/16407304/



the above photo is a crying American soldier in Iraq

Rubbish. Take you kak and eat it. This is your weak soldier. Don't give him to the Americans. He's weak like your president and the rest of your military, who are busy being handed their behinds by boko.

Yes, your boys are hardened enough to swallow boko bullets. What choice do they have? And then you want people to believe in your loseritary? Naai-gerian vs Naai-gerian couldn't make anyone envious. No, I don't think.

http://meniru..com/2008_09_01_archive.html?m=1

swanky@vodamail:
A country of intelligence their army is being bleksemed left right and centre in their own backyard but you. Still come here and claim that your army is the greatest in all of Africa oh please give us a break you looser

since you are also a poorly informed south african fool, i will help you upgrade your 33% south african brain with some information from a 50% mathematical nigeria brain... free education for below


[size=16pt] Ireland's IRA K.ill 656 British Army Soldiers Inside Britain [/size]

QUOTE :

" IRA took to the offensive and conducted a relatively high intensity campaign against the British and Northern Ireland security forces and the infrastructure of the state. The British Army characterised this period as the 'insurgency phase' of the IRA's campaign.

The IRA made some attempts in the 1980s to escalate the conflict with the aid of weapons imported from Libya. In the 1990s they also began a campaign of bombing economic targets in London and other cities in England."

SOURCE :


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army_campaign_1969%E2%80%9397


the British army is still ranked today as number number 3 best in the world today, with the best combat history and war experience in the world from hundreds of years in battle all over the globe.

now, all foolish sons of Mandela on nairaland...go kiss the nearest toilet Cockroach

IRA terrorists k.illing the mighty British Army inside Britain



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BCraig:

Rubbish. Take you kak and eat it. This is your weak soldier. Don't give him to the Americans. He's weak like your president and the rest of your military, who are busy being handed their behinds by boko.

Yes, your boys are hardened enough to swallow boko bullets. What choice do they have? And then you want people to believe in your loseritary? Naai-gerian vs Naai-gerian couldn't make anyone envious. No, I don't think.

http://meniru..com/2008_09_01_archive.html?m=1

we nigerians enjoy making you @CrazeB look like a first class south african born fool


http://www.flickriver.com/photos/brandonglass/16407304/

you really messed up with that your fake crying soldier photo....the icheoku web blog man was fooling you and you were too dull to realize it

i just pity your mama

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agaugust:


[size=16pt]South Africa Begs Nigeria For Teachers[/size]




due to nigeria's higher standards of a 50% score in 5 subjects including mathematics and english language, the south african 33% brain level educational system is begging nigeria to send 50% brain Teachers to upgrade the inferior south africans who cannot even find enough 33% brain teachers to teach their students.

intellectually and academically, the average student of nigeria is proved better than the best student of south africa. proved.

Abuja — Federal Government has disclosed it will send teachers to help out in the South Africa education system.

Education Minister, Dr. Sam Egwu who made this known said that contrary to reports that Nigeria is worse off in term of teaching force, the South African educational system was in dire need of teaching personnel particularly at the basic education level.

http://allafrica.com/stories/200910210423.html


core subject areas the nigerians are to teach south africans will be mathematics and sciences.

this is true from experience on this nairaland forum, when military arguments get to mathematican calculation of weapons speed, range, force, velocity, and principles of physics, all the south africans on this forum run away after making some basic errors in calculations and are totally unable to solve simple equations or applied scientific formulas.

nigerian educational system is the hope of south african upgrade from 33% to 50% level of academic capacity


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Old news 98% failure rate brain. What happened to it?

Grasping at straws, seeing as your military argument has fallen by the wayside. Well, we continue to point out the story of the day.

The supposedly strong Naai-gerian military is not so strong. Missions abandoned as the boko challenge claims the lives of so-called soldiers. You have no peacekeeping capacity today. You are a failure as a military. You are having your heads sent back in DHL backs. No amount of diversion will change that.

Crying president. Crying soldiers. Weak hearts.

agaugust:


we nigerians enjoy making you @CrazeB look like a first class south african born fool


http://www.flickriver.com/photos/brandonglass/16407304/

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Of course, you do. Only you fail to.

You can't disown your crying soldier. Not today. Maybe another day.

http://meniru..com/2008_09_01_archive.html?m=1

To think this is the only argument you have; and you've actually failed at it. Goes to show how much boko haram has taken from you personally. All pride, gone.

Next thing, you'll try to disown the crying Goodluck Jonathan. Of course, you'll fail at that too.

Before I forget. You are now unranked as a military. You have no capacity whatsoever. Boko has you tied into a never-ending battle to nowhere.

BCraig:

Old news 98% failure rate brain. What happened to it?

Grasping at straws, seeing as your military argument has fallen by the wayside. Well, we continue to point out the story of the day.

The supposedly strong Naai-gerian military is not so strong. Missions abandoned as the boko challenge claims the lives of so-called soldiers. You have no peacekeeping capacity today. You are a failure as a military. You are having your heads sent back in DHL backs. No amount of diversion will change that.

Crying president. Crying soldiers. Weak hearts.

its so sweet to watch you go insane its real real fun to kick you around like a soccer ball

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agaugust:


its so sweet to watch you go insane its real real fun to kick you around like a soccer ball

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Empty post. No substance. Wishful thinking. Same story for two days straight.

Once you are done, we are left with the same tale of an incapacitated Naai-gerian loseritary.

now back top military stuff...after nigeria's super eagles used south african bafana for another football practice yesterday in Mandela cup encounter.

same way nigerian army will use south african army for shooting practice...called live target firing


south african president zuma celebrates nigerian superiority over all africa

agaugust:


since you are also a poorly informed south african fool, i will help you upgrade your 33% south african brain with some information from a 50% mathematical nigeria brain... free education for below


[size=16pt] Ireland's IRA K.ill 656 British Army Soldiers Inside Britain [/size]

QUOTE :

" IRA took to the offensive and conducted a relatively high intensity campaign against the British and Northern Ireland security forces and the infrastructure of the state. The British Army characterised this period as the 'insurgency phase' of the IRA's campaign.

The IRA made some attempts in the 1980s to escalate the conflict with the aid of weapons imported from Libya. In the 1990s they also began a campaign of bombing economic targets in London and other cities in England."

SOURCE :


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army_campaign_1969%E2%80%9397


the British army is still ranked today as number number 3 best in the world today, with the best combat history and war experience in the world from hundreds of years in battle all over the globe.

now, all foolish sons of Mandela on nairaland...go kiss the nearest toilet Cockroach

IRA terrorists k.illing the mighty British Army inside Britain



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Yeah - the UK isn't the one that abandoned its Mali mission, now is it? The UK isn't the one that's incapacitated today now, is it?

Seeing as you believe so much in rankings, why are you on this thread? The rankings already say you're behind South Africa.

At this rate, with boko and stuff, you have slid down to the top 60, at best.

agaugust: now back top military stuff...after nigeria's super eagles used south african bafana for another football practice yesterday in Mandela cup encounter.

same way nigerian army will use south african army for shooting practice...called live target firing


south african president zuma celebrates nigerian superiority over all africa

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

All you have now is football talk.

Have a look at what you've become. Boko isn't helping the situation at all.

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By Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai
Last week’s column on our nation's peacekeeping failures ruffled more than a few feathers both within the defence establishment and corridors of executive power. That was expected, because when those wasting our resources in the name of our defence become exposed in the way our peacekeeping capacity has rapidly deteriorated, all kinds of motives will be imputed to divert attention from the wanton looting of the defence and security budgets going on between the presidency and the agencies concerned.

Far more humbling and sobering for me were the number of military officers, both serving and retired that called, wrote, tweeted and sent emails to confirm the essence of what we wrote last week, and offered further stories, anecdotes and facts about the general decline of our once-proud military and peacekeeping capabilities.

It seems according to one commentator, that the Nigerian military now has acquired all the sad constituents of decay that have bedeviled the country. We will share some of these today, looking a little closer at the quantity and quality of the equipment of the Nigeria Army, facts about the declining levels of our peacekeeping capacity and the disorganization and mismanagement of our defence infrastructure in the last few years.

The backbone of any Army is the Infantry, Armoured and Artillery Corps. They are the ones that fight the wars. All other corps largely provide support services. Let us look at information published in Failed States - 2030 authored by some colonels of the US Air University in 2010. So consider first, some of the equipment holdings of the Armoured Corps of the Nigerian Army, of the 129 T-55 main battle tanks owned, 29 are out of service. Similarly, only 36 of 150 Vickers Mk 3 battle tanks are functional. Out of 120 AML Reconnaissance vehicles, only 40 were functional in 2010, and only four Saxon Armoured Personnel Carriers were operational out of 75. No wonder, we can only send a few broken-down APCs to Darfur.

Take the Artillery Corps. They initially owned 48 155mm FH-77B Howitzers but only 25 are working. Out of 200 122mm D-74/D-30 Field Guns, only 84 worked in 2010, while all the eight 122mm BM-21 rocket launchers we had had broken down. The anti-tank weapons cache is slightly better, though pathetic by the standards of modern warfare. We have 3,000 RPGs for the entire Infantry Corps, explaining why our soldiers in Darfur cannot have any to repel rebel attacks. We had 240 of 3.5" RL M20 anti-tank guns but when you have a country where equipment continually depreciates with no effort or resources put into maintenance or replacement, barely 10% (24) of those guns are functional. It does not get any better; only 12 of the 50 40mm Bofors L/60 air defense weapons are still doing what they were purchased to do. The list goes on and on with barely any of the categories having all their equipment ready for the defence job for which they are meant. And yet, we budget over nearly 1.2 percent of our GDP on defence!

It is also sad to note that one brand of the Armoured Personnel Carrier, Cobra which is in the holding of the Nigerian troops in Darfur is a topic of jest amongst other country contingents. It is reputed to be Chinese manufacture, but the engines were sourced from another country. The Cobra APCs are not up to 7 years old, yet they have all broken down. In saner climes, whoever purchased such refurbished contraption should be court-martialled or put on trial, but in Nigeria, he probably got a promotion and national honour!

Apart from our major military equipment which to a large extent are broken-down, there are quality issues with the personal equipment such as boots, blankets and bullet proof vests, which to say the least is pathetic. Some of the troops deployed to UNMIL in August to September 2010 lacked beds and mattresses; some had only mattresses, while others slept on the bare floor, and the conditions have not changed for the better.

As is usual in the case of Nigeria, the decline in quantity and quality of defense equipment is ironically not as a result of funds allocated to the sector; instead it is quite the contrary. As the government allocates more resources to the sector, there is a corresponding decline in the quality of our peacekeeping capacity. It is also evident that the defence ministry specializes in purchasing sub-standard equipment that are not durable. There appears to be no procedure or consideration made to replace already broken-down equipment until the troops are left with nothing thereby giving room for a huge allocation to be made for the purchase of such equipment which eventually never happens.

Besides the sorry state of defence equipment, the quantity and quality of the peace-keepers are on the decline. Quality, as shown in last week's article, is a function of training, both in hard military fighting skills which we demonstrated in Congo in 1960 and ECOMOG in Liberia and Sierra Leone in the 1990s, but are unfortunately losing as shown by the ease with which our troops are being routinely disarmed and killed in Sudan sometimes without fighting back. Training in "soft skills" required in modern peacekeeping operations to address human rights and sexual exploitation, disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR),etc. are absolutely necessary to enhance our peacekeeping capabilities. These soft skills training has never been our forte and it is disheartening to observe that no efforts have been put towards changing the status quo.

Quality is also measured by logistic capability of the contingent which includes the capacity and ability to transport a contingent to and from theatre using a nation's own air force, how it maintains those troops in the theatre in terms of feeding, medicals, accommodation, water, sanitation, minor engineering, transport needs and recreation. This is the area where countries make the money UN pays them for logistics but Nigeria scores abysmally low here and our soldiers are among the worst in almost all operations we participate. Apart from loss of money, there is the attendant loss of prestige in fielding a rag tag army that cannot cater for itself while other national contingents from even poorer African countries are doing far better with Ghana, Rwanda, and Ethiopia just to mention a few.

The MOU signed in January 2008, between Nigeria and the UN for troops deployment to UNAMID in Sudan, provides that Nigeria will be paid a sum of $83,422,020 each quarter, all things being equal, for deploying 4 infantry battalions. However, out of this amount, for a particular quarter, the country was only able to claim, a paltry $15,902,122.07 thus losing a whopping $67,519,897.93. If one takes into account that the MOU was signed in January 2008 at the beginning of UNAMID, an operation which is still ongoing, and also the fact that the logistical situation of the Nigerian units in the operations has not improved since then, and may have even deteriorated further, the losses as at present (2012) would be colossal as Nigeria would have lost a total of at least $804 million since the operation started, a potential revenue loss of N128 billion, or nearly a third of the defence budget in 2012.

Sadly, in UNMIL, the Nigerian units were rated lowest among all national contingents deployed to the operation meeting barely 60% of COE obligations thus forfeiting another $325,196,93 for the corresponding period. In typical fire brigade manner, the Nigerian government made the necessary minimal purchases for the contingents to ensure that the Nigerian units were not deactivated following the threat by the UN to do so.

Nigeria was until recently, the biggest African contributor in terms of quantity to global peacekeeping. Quantity is assessed in terms of the number of military and police peacekeepers that each member state contributes to the UN peacekeeping. The UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations, towards the end of 1999 began to display and keep monthly records of peacekeeping contributions by each country. The countries are then ranked in order of the total number of peacekeepers they contribute monthly to the UN.

It is interesting to note that for more than 3 years unbroken, Nigeria was placed fourth largest contributor to UN peace operations behind only India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, and also the largest contributor among African countries. Unfortunately, once again, rather than improve, Nigeria has slipped back a place from December 2011 to number 5 and Nigeria's fourth position is occupied by Ethiopia, another less-endowed African country. Another record which Nigeria held up till the end of 2011 was being the highest contributor of female peacekeepers. Once again, the position has been taken by South Africa.

Until recently, Nigeria held top mission leadership positions in the UN such as Special Representative of the Secretary General, Force Commander, Deputy Force Commander, Sector Commanders and Police Commissioner. This no longer obtains due to the deterioration in the quality and quantity of our peacekeeping contributions. For instance, Nigeria lost UNAMID command to Rwanda when General Agwai was not given an extension. Nigeria also lost some positions in UNMIL Liberia. Currently, only Ambassador Ibrahim Gambari of UNAMID and General Moses Obi, Force Commander UNMISS occupy such posts. A contributory factor to Nigeria losing such positions is the dysfunctional selection process into the peacekeeping force that allows for people to be sent for missions not based on their abilities but on who they know. Eventually they compete with the best from other countries and as expected, cannot beat the competition and meet the rigorous standards of the UN.

Finally, corruption within the Nigerian Army is a major mitigating factor to any meaningful progress in the defence sector. Rather than use the UN peacekeeping reimbursements (which are not claimed in full due to our poor performance) gained from participation in peacekeeping to better equip and train the armed forces, these monies are diverted for political interests such as funding political campaigns. In 2010, there was a case where the national,assembly raised queries regarding funds earmarked to buy equipment for peacekeeping which was never spent. The issue died a natural death as soon as the relevant committee was "carried along" in Nigerian political parlance!

In conclusion, the hard earned reputation of Nigeria in international peacekeeping gained through the efforts of late General Aguiyi-Ironsi, Generals Yakubu Gowon, Murtala Mohammed, Olusegun Obasanjo and T Y Danjuma, as far back as 1960 is about to be lost as our contingents are now rated among the worst in terms of training, logistics and professionalism. Even the fighting reputation we used to have no longer exists as all it takes to disarm our ill equipped troops are rag tag bandits. Something needs to be done. Is the commander-in-chief listening, or do all Nigerians need to take up arms against the state, become militants, insurgents or terrorists to attract his attention?

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BCraig:

Yeah - the UK isn't the one that abandoned its Mali mission, now is it? The UK isn't the one that's incapacitated today now, is it?

Seeing as you believe so much in rankings, why are you on this thread? The rankings already say you're behind South Africa.

At this rate, with boko and stuff, you have slid down to the top 60, at best.

was really fun plucking out your feathers...you fly no more...

agaugust:

was really fun plucking out your feathers...you fly no more...

In your dreams. That you admit I've flown goes to show I have stated. Which you haven't been able to disputes. If posting bafana stories means you're plucking out my feathers, then you're worse than originally thought.

Post your bafana pictures. I will post my boots.

BCraig:

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

All you have now is football talk.

Have a look at what you've become. Boko isn't helping the situation at all.

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By Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai
Last week’s column on our nation's peacekeeping failures ruffled more than a few feathers both within the defence establishment and corridors of executive power. That was expected, because when those wasting our resources in the name of our defence become exposed in the way our peacekeeping capacity has rapidly deteriorated, all kinds of motives will be imputed to divert attention from the wanton looting of the defence and security budgets going on between the presidency and the agencies concerned.

if your source is a fool, do you have to be more foolish than him

your 33% brain cvannot discern a fool from a normal human....see the extracted quote from your source

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It is also sad to note that one brand of the Armoured Personnel Carrier, Cobra which is in the holding of the Nigerian troops in Darfur is a topic of jest amongst other country contingents. It is reputed to be Chinese manufacture, but the engines were sourced from another country. The Cobra APCs are not up to 7 years old, yet they have all broken down."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otokar_Cobra

even the civilians on nairaland know that Cobra APC is a 100% Turkish product plus a GM engine....not China as your source claims

a fool wrote a story, a south african CrazeB fool copied and pasted it verbatim, unable to think


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agaugust:

if your source is a fool, do you have to be more foolish than him

your 33% brain cvannot discern a fool from a normal human....see the extracted quote from your source

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It is also sad to note that one brand of the Armoured Personnel Carrier, Cobra which is in the holding of the Nigerian troops in Darfur is a topic of jest amongst other country contingents. It is reputed to be Chinese manufacture, but the engines were sourced from another country. The Cobra APCs are not up to 7 years old, yet they have all broken down."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otokar_Cobra

even the civilians on nairaland know that Cobra APC is a 100% Turkish product....not China as your source claims

a fool wrote a story, a south african CrazeB fool copied and pasted it verbatim, unable to think


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Yes. A fool wrote the story. That's why you are pulling a Wikipedia source. Sure, dude. We believe you. That why your missions sit abandoned today.

No need to even read your wiki rubbish. Boko and Mali confirm everything the fool says. Everything we've said about your uselessness, the fool confirms, CNN confirms; and your dead soldiers confirm.

You have no capacity. It's a brilliant piece. The fool event accepts that South Africa has pipped you nicely there.

Accept your uselessness and be happy.

BCraig:

Yes. A fool wrote the story. That's why you are pulling a Wikipedia source. Sure, dude. We believe you. That why your missions sit abandoned today.

Not need to even read your wiki rubbish. Boko and Mali confirm everything the fool says.

You have no capacity. It's a brilliant piece. The fool event accepts that South Africa has pipped you nicely there.

only a 33% brain like you will proudly quote a source that claims Otokar Cobra APC is a Chinese product to discredit nigerian army..fool

http://www.military-today.com/apc/cobra.htm

http://www.army-technology.com/projects/cobra/

go suck your mama's milk before you sleep, your brain cells still undernourished

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agaugust:

only a 33% brain like you will proudly quote a source that claims Otokar Cobra APC is a Chinese product

http://www.military-today.com/apc/cobra.htm

http://www.army-technology.com/projects/cobra/

go suck your mama's milk before you sleep, your brain cells still undernourished

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Who's going insane now?

See what your loseritary has become:

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Recently, this column analysed Nigeria’s defence spending and raised concerns about the poor levels of equipment of our armed forces. The write-up reflected pride in the Army for its various peace-keeping roles from the 1960s to the recent ones in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Sudan and Somalia and concluded that our military deserved credit for stabilising and democratising Sierra Leone and Liberia in the 1990s. This, my brother Sanusi Lamido Sanusi once tragically observed, is a peculiar Nigerian tendency of exporting what we lack (like true democracy, internal security), while ironically importing what we have in abundance (like petroleum products)!

Since the publication, I have received diverse responses from informed Nigerians. Many confirmed the alarms raised about the state of equipment in the armed forces, while others disagreed with the claims of Nigeria's stellar peacekeeping roles. The one point of agreement was that the deterioration of the quality of governance in the country has equally reflected on the peacekeeping capacity of the Nigerian Army and the police. Is this administration bent on destroying one of the areas where Nigeria established a global competitive advantage?

The United Nations was formed after World War II to "save succeeding generations from the scourge of war". Peacekeeping is undertaken under the auspices of the UN and other regional groupings like the African Union (AU) and Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to end violence between contending parties, restore peace, build social capital and physical infrastructure destroyed by conflict, and get the ex-combatants to respect any agreements and commitments made. The UN has led nearly 50 peacekeeping operations since the 1950s, 40 of them in Africa.

Nigeria joined the UN in October 1960 and a few weeks later offered our Army officers and men as peacekeepers to the Congo; Yakubu Gowon and Olusegun Obasanjo cut their military teeth as young officers on this mission. Since then, we have been involved in over 20 such operations in and outside Africa, largely under the UN. The notable exceptions were the ECOWAS monitoring group (ECOMOG) which we led in the 1990s to end conflicts in Liberia and Sierra Leone – and reportedly spent between $8 and $10 billion.

The Army is hierarchically organised starting with a 'section' consisting of about 10 men (and women!), with a corporal or sergeant as section commander. Five sections make up a 'platoon' commanded by an officer - second lieutenant to captain with a staff sergeant as the second-in-command. Three platoons make up a 'company' of at least 90 men led by a Major. Three companies make up a battalion which is made up of at least 270 infantry officers and men, with support staff like military police, intelligence, medical, supply and transport, imam and chaplain raising a typical battalion size to at least 500, and as many as 1,100.

A battalion is usually commanded by a Lieutenant-Colonel. Amongst the various corps of the Army, the Infantry and Armoured are organised as battalions, while the Artillery, Engineers and Signal Corps are organised as regiments, so battalions are often larger in size. Three battalions make up a brigade in the Infantry Corps - the heart of the Army. The size of a brigade differs from corps to corps, depending on the mix of equipment and human resources. A brigade is commanded by a brigadier; three brigades make up a division commanded by a major-general. Nigerian peacekeeping contingents have ranged from a platoon to a division.

The Nigerian Army’s 60,000 officers and men are distributed across five divisions and a special brigade. The major equipment of the Army include battle tanks, reconnaissance vehicles, personnel carriers, Howitzers, field guns and rocket launchers, as well as anti-tank guns and surface to air missiles. Like every institution in Nigeria, the levels of equipment holding and state of preparedness of the Army have deteriorated to a level that it can hardly meet its constitutional role – a decay that is directly affecting our competitive edge in peacekeeping roles which was one of our few successes.

We have every reason to be proud of our peacekeeping record. Some of the peacekeeping operations that we have been involved include sending a battalion to Congo (ONUC) 1960-1964; military observers to New Guinea (UNSF), 1962-1963; battalion to Tanzania by bilateral agreement, 1964; military observers during the India-Pakistan conflict (UNIPOM) 1965-1966; battalion and staff officers to Lebanon (UNIFIL) 1978-1983; battalion and staff officers to Chad (Harmony I, via bilateral agreement) 1981-1982; brigade to Chad (Harmony II under auspices of the OAU) 1982-1983; military observes during Iran-Iraq conflict (UNIIMOG) 1988-1991; division to Liberia (ECOMOG) 1990 to date; military observers for Iraq-Kuwait (UNIKOM) 1991, and to Angola (UNAVEM II) 1991-1992; training teams for Sierra Leone (NATAG) 1991; company to Angola (UNAVEM III) 1992-1995; military observers to Namibia (UNTAG) 1989-1990; to Western Sahara (MINURSO) 1991; and to Cambodia (UNTAC) 1992- 1993.

We also contributed a battalion and staff officers to Somalia (UNOSOM) 1992-1994; battalion and staff officers to the former Yugoslavia (UNPROFOR) 1992; military observers to Mozambique (ONUMOZ) 1992; a battalion to Rwanda (UNAMIR) 1993; training teams to the Gambia (NATAG) 1993; military observers to Aouzo Strip (UNASOG) 1994; and to Israel (UNTSO) 1995; and more recently Liberia – ECOMOG where a Nigerian General, Suraj Abdurrahman, is Liberian Chief of Army Staff; to Sierra Leone – UNMIL; and finally Dafur - UNAMID, which we will discuss in some detail as it is an ongoing operation. Our hope is that we will learn from the current failures to retrieve our national image and our reputation in the global peacekeeping community.

The achievements of Nigeria’s peacekeepers in Africa and elsewhere led the UN to entrusting us the lead role in global peacekeeping; since 1999, Nigeria's successive ambassadors to the UN have chaired the UN Special Committee on Peacekeeping. The Head of the Darfur Mission and Joint Special Representative (JSR) of the UN Secretary General, Ibrahim Gambari, is Nigerian. Until 2009, my brother and former Nigerian army and defence chief General Martin Luther Agwai commanded UNAMID, and Lt-Gen Chikadibia Obiakor was the UN military adviser on peacekeeping operations for two years until 2010. In UNAMID Darfur, Nigeria was the largest Troops Contributing Country (TCC), with four battalions, one Military Hospital, Military Observers, and Staff Officers.

However, the poor equipping of our troops has resulted in the total loss of confidence of the UN and other observers in the Nigerian Army. In fact, the UN has recently questioned the operational capacity of our troops in Darfur. The government of Sudan in March 2010 and January 2012 protested to the UN Security Council over what it considered "the deliberate re-arming of rebel groups in Darfur by Nigerian troops". This may not be unconnected with the ease with which Nigerian troops, out of the 53 participating armies, are easily captured, disarmed or killed. In the five years of UNAMID, Nigerian troops have never won any fire fight or fought back in self defence, resulting in the highest casualty recorded by any contingent.

In February 2010, a Nigerian military patrol of a company strength was intercepted by a rebel group and disarmed completely with their Armour Personnel Carriers (APCs) seized without any resistance. In January 2012, another Nigerian patrol was waylaid by a small rebel group and disarmed. Apart from taking their weapons, the commander was killed. From these failures, the humanitarian community in Darfur and International NGOs prefer being by other national troops; the Sierra Leonean forces that were trained in 1990s by the Nigerian Army are now more valued than our troops!

The February 2012 visit of the American Envoy to Sudan, Ambassador Smith to our Minister of Defence was principally to do with the poor performance of Nigerian troops in Darfur. What are the reasons for the decay of our peacekeeping capacity? Poor equipment, corruption, poor personnel selection and training, inadequate feeding and welfare of officers and men seem to be the reasons - symptomatic of the general malaise in governance in Nigeria under Jonathan.

Our equipment holdings are disgraceful and totally unacceptable; every country earns money from its Contingent Own Equipment (COE) - from uniforms, boots, face masks, compass, rifle, mortar, RPGs, APCs, power generating sets, kitchen equipment and even furniture. They are inspected every month and payments made, but our military and police contingents cannot meet up to 20 per cent of the COE required by the UN. Out of over 45 APCs for four battalions of 800 troops, less than seven are serviceable.

Some of the problems of the APCs are as basic as batteries and tires. The equipment available to our troops is enough to demoralise them when compared to other countries. The Nigerian government is supposed to earn $6,000 monthly for each APC. By contrast, each Rwandese battalion can boast of over 50 vehicles. Rocket Propel Grenades (RPGs) is today the weapon of deterrence to wade off ambushes, but it is rare to find any with Nigerian troops.

The process of selecting troops to peace missions is also flawed. Some battalions are loaded with clerks, cooks, batmen and orderlies who can barely handle a weapon, but are well-connected! It is not unusual for legislators, retired military officers and traditional rulers to influence the selection process, so competence and capacity get compromised. Some of these ill trained soldiers simple take to their heels when under attack. The end result is the high casualty rates of our officers and men. Similarly, poor feeding also affects the performance of our troops.

The UN pays for the feeding of the troops but in our case, the money is provided to the home government to ensure the inclusion of local content. What is ultimately provided by the MOD/Presidency contractors never meets the expected international standards. The Rwandese government allows the UN to directly feed their troops and so four Rwandese soldiers share one whole chicken during a meal. A Nigerian soldier is not likely to see a piece of chicken throughout his or her six months tour of duty in Darfur.

How is the money paid upfront by the UN for our participation in peacekeeping spent? Other countries use the funds to sustain their military and add value to their national economies; in Nigeria, such funds and even the income tax deductions from the earnings of military officers are not remitted to the treasury but supposedly re-channelled into the armed forces - with no accountability! The monies earned from peacekeeping are not recognised as revenues, the procurements not subject to rigorous 'due process' scrutiny on spurious security grounds and therefore often looted by the Ministry of Defence and the Presidency.

Many observers opined that the policy changes introduced by two former Chiefs of Staff, Agwai and Azazi to transform the army into an American-type institution destroyed the British military tradition of valour, honour and integrity. These two army chiefs between 2003-2006 introduced the policy of achieving C+ at the staff college as the main criterion to earn promotion and command appointments. This was abused and mediocre officers were able to buy their way and move up to command positions.

The poor performance of our troops today is a direct consequence of deficits in command capability. Currently, over 90 per cent of those who placed Nigeria on the world map with their extraordinary feats in Liberia and Sierra Leone are out of service due mainly to the C+ policy. It is time to correct these errors, equip our armed forces better and restore our nation's reputation in international peacekeeping. It is not too much to ask of a real commander-in-chief.

BCraig:

In your dreams. That you admit I've flown goes to show I have stated. Which you haven't been able to disputes. If posting bafana stories means you're plucking out my feathers, then you're worse than originally thought.

Post your bafana pictures. I will post my boots.

no, its not enough, post more, boots, caps, berets, coffins, helmets, post more....you are even too slow...post more

agaugust:

no, its not enough, post more, boots, caps, berets, coffins, helmets, post more....you are even too slow...post more

Point already made. Why expand more energy? The secret is out.

BCraig:

Who's going insane now?

See what your loseritary has become:

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IN a move that is now interpreted as a fore-runner to the planned review of her multilateral diplomacy, only the signals corps of Nigeria’s 1,200 troops (initially 900) in Mali is being left behind as the Federal Government withdraws its peace-keeping contingent from the West African country.

Until the beginning of last year, facts from the report of the UN Department of Peace-keeping showed that Nigeria had about 6,000 peace-keepers in various flash-points, a figure only surpassed by those of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.

In the course of time, over 250,000 members of the Nigerian Armed Forces have participated in UN-sponsored missions worldwide, translating to 73 per cent involvement, having participated in 40 of the 55 UN peace-keeping missions.

see the part i put in bold from your own post...thanks for glorifying Nigeria again as the 4th largest UN Peace-keeping force in the world with one quarter of a million nigerian army soldiers so far done UN operations....and south africa is NOT on the UN military capacity list your source quoted

post more dude, post more, i am enjoying it...hurry up....you too slow...post more !!!!

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