Bulletproof vests and helmets were manufactured and delivered by this Nigerian company.

Kabe2:
Bulletproof vests and helmets were manufactured and delivered by this Nigerian company.

And that's what they commonly use while the camo type is from DICON

Nigerian soldier bursting sick dance moves.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_Dafk8NTlM

Toju200:
And that's what they commonly use while the camo type is from DICON

I don't think the Camo type is from DICON, perhaps another manufacturer.

Kabe2:


I don't think the Camo type is from DICON, perhaps another manufacturer.

who else The Ballistic vest makers in Nigeria DICON, Proforce,NMT,EPAIL.
The DICON and EPAIL are the two companies NAF acquires their vest from
While the army is NMT,DICON
Navy is DICON
Police and DSS is Proforce and DICON

Toju200:
who else The Ballistic vest makers in Nigeria DICON, Proforce,NMT,EPAIL.
The DICON and EPAIL are the two companies NAF acquires their vest from
While the army is NMT,DICON
Navy is DICON
Police and DSS is Proforce and DICON

This is what DICON bulletproof vests look like. Those NAF bulletproof vests couldn't have come from DICON.

We cannot say for certain where the other agencies of government buy vests from.

Ultimately it's gratifying that security agencies purchase local.

Kabe2:


This is what DICON bulletproof vests look like. Those NAF bulletproof vests couldn't have come from DICON.

We cannot say for certain where the other agencies of government buy vests from.

the first one is customized for Immigration service..
In 2016 during the ECOWAS deployment to Gambia the Ballistic vest our Navy SBS wore was made by DICON.
And it's in military camo..

DICON does produces Camo vest..
Perhaps you haven't seen it yet

Toju200:
the first one is customized for Immigration service..
In 2016 during the ECOWAS deployment to Gambia the Ballistic vest our Navy SBS wore was made by DICON.
And it's in military camo..

DICON does produces Camo vest..
Perhaps you haven't seen it yet

Can you provide evidence that supports this statement in bold?

I'm just hearing this for the first time.

Please, a quick one brothers, Why are our special forces guys yet to be equipped with the standard issued side-arm(pistol)??
I think its a necessary part of them being well armed. cuz I don't see how special they are if they are not superior in weapons unlike the regular army.. I think its not only about training and tactics.

OutharryHIV:
Please, a quick one brothers, Why are our special forces guys yet to be equipped with the standard issued side-arm(pistol)??
I think its a necessary part of them being well armed. cuz I don't see how special they are if they are not superior in weapons unlike the regular army.. I think its not only about training and tactics.

Our AFSF,SBS are all equipped with Side arms..
Perhaps you haven't seen them..

Epenal patrol boats made in Nigeria, several units were donated to Chad by the German government to help secure lake chad.

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lebuhsi:
Epenal patrol boats made in Nigeria, several units were donated to Chad by the German government to help secure lake chad.

You beat me to it. Let me take mine down.

Toju200:
Our AFSF,SBS are all equipped with Side arms..
Perhaps you haven't seen them..

Thank you Mr. Toju.. My conclusion was made through the pictures I see here, my eyes always go to their right thighs, but I don't see anything there. and my experience with the Nigerian Army 72 special forces battalion, Makurdi, Benue state, whom were placed on our security detail.. they looked like regular soldiers coupled with the Ak47 they were brandishing.. but I noticed that wherever we go and they introduce themselves, the other soldiers' there just light up with respect.
Btw, Thank you for the clarification.

Kabe2:
Nigerian made Epenal Gunboats donated to the Republic of Chad by the German Government.

Germany also donated Epenal Gunboats to Nigeria last year.

Germany donated to us in 2017/2018 not last year boss
30units to us
8 precisely to chad

Nigerian Navy SBS

Nigerian Air Force MI-35M

OutharryHIV:
Please, a quick one brothers, Why are our special forces guys yet to be equipped with the standard issued side-arm(pistol)??
I think its a necessary part of them being well armed. cuz I don't see how special they are if they are not superior in weapons unlike the regular army.. I think its not only about training and tactics.

Nigerian special forces are issued with 9mm pistols, but it is not standard issue.

A side arm is only useful as a personal defence weapon or when soldiers are conducting close quarters combat operations.

Apart from these 2 scenarios there's really no need for them.

Kabe2:


You beat me to it. Let me take mine down.

Oops , sorry mate!

OutharryHIV:
Please, a quick one brothers, Why are our special forces guys yet to be equipped with the standard issued side-arm(pistol)??
I think its a necessary part of them being well armed. cuz I don't see how special they are if they are not superior in weapons unlike the regular army.. I think its not only about training and tactics.

Even from Across Africa, the South-African special forces operationally deployed in Burundi are not carrying side arms.

The main thing is tactics and can your special forces rapidly deploy.

Nigerian special forces in the last picture with a side arm.

lebuhsi:

Oops , sorry mate!

We are a certified defence exporter.

Kabe2:


Even from Across Africa, the South-African special forces operationally deployed in Burundi are not carrying side arms.

The main thing is tactics and can your special forces rapidly deploy.

Nigerian special forces in the last picture with a side arm.

People watch too much movies and dont know pistols are very in accurate....apart from close quarters combat , pistols are inherently useless in a battle sphere....its better you take an SMG or PDW as your backup, which are a bit better than useless.....if you have a pistol and I have an ak47....most likely you will be dead.

Kabe2:


Even from Across Africa, the South-African special forces operationally deployed in Burundi are not carrying side arms.

The main thing is tactics and can your special forces rapidly deploy.

Nigerian special forces in the last picture with a side arm.

Thank you very much for this.. and the picture really went a long way.

Tobiloba2407:



People watch too much movies and dont know pistols are very in accurate....apart from close quarters combat , pistols are inherently useless in a battle sphere....its better you take an SMG or PDW as your backup, which are a bit better than useless.....if you have a pistol and I have an ak47....most likely you will be dead.

They look cool in pictures though.

Ultimately you need a very reliable gun with good range, 600 meters, good optics, and enough mags.

I don't know when Nigerian army will buy new 155mm artilleries. Even if we can get 40 units.


Ceasar 155mm artillery set up and firing in just over 1 minute.




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFSZigjP5ew

SBS has done another rescue of a Trawler Abducted off the Coast of Cote D ivore


Image courtesy CRESMAO BY DR. IAN M. RALBY 05-17-2020 11:18:00
The Chinese fishing trawler Hailufeng 11, licensed to fish in Côte d’Ivoire, was taken by pirates on Thursday, May 14 in the Ivorian exclusive economic zone with 18 crewmembers aboard – eight Chinese, seven Ivorian and three Ghanaian. Through rapid and engaged cooperation among a number of different African states and institutions, the vessel was tracked, and the Nigerian Navy was able to interdict it 140 nautical miles south of the Lagos Fairway Buoy at about 2210 local time on the night of May 16.

When approached, the pirates refused to stop, and the Nigerian Navy’s Special Boat Service, embarked on the NNS Nguru, performed an opposed boarding while underway at 9 knots. The dramatic rescue was hugely successful, as all 18 hostages were recovered, 10 pirates were arrested, and the vessel was safely escorted into Lagos.



Image courtesy CRESMAO



Image courtesy CRESMAO

In a week that saw two incidents of theft from vessels at anchor, two incidents of kidnapping off vessels and one suspicious approach across the wider region, the Gulf of Guinea needed a victory. Reminiscent of the success story of the M/T Maximus in 2016, the Navies of Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin and Nigeria again cooperated to successfully track, interdict and liberate the Hailufeng 11. Benin and Nigeria both deployed naval vessels in pursuit, and while Nigeria’s Western Naval Command performed the interdiction, the end result was born of commendable cooperation.

Compared to the Maximus, however, there were five main differences: 1. The alert about the attack was raised and disseminated by local authorities; 2. The coordination was provided by the Yaoundé Architecture for Maritime Security; 3. Foreign navies were not involved, 4. Oil was not the focus of the attack; and 5. Nigeria has new legislation and procedures which may help produce a successful legal as well as operational finish.

Even before the owners of the pirated vessel and Chinese government officials began notifying local authorities in a variety of African states that they believed the Hailufeng 11 had been attacked, the Vessel Monitoring System in Côte d’Ivoire’s Fisheries Ministry had triggered an alert. Ivorian Fisheries were instrumental in sharing that information with other Ivorian authorities. The Permanent Inter-Ministerial Commission for State Action at Sea (SEPCIM), in turn, shared it with the Zonal and Regional authorities who disseminated the information further. Whereas there was no communication between the owners of the Maximus and the local authorities in 2016, this weekend’s chain of events shows that there are now means of sharing information rapidly and reliably to effectuate a meaningful national, zonal, regional and even inter-regional response.

Whereas in 2016, the West African navies cooperated successfully to recapture the M/T Maximus, much of that cooperation was ad hoc, born of relationships rather than formalized mechanisms. This weekend’s recapture of the Hailufeng 11 was coordinated by the established institutions of the so-called “Yaoundé Architecture for Maritime Security.”

Under that architecture, states are grouped into Zones, the regions of West and Central Africa each have a Maritime Security Center, and the two regions come together under the Inter-Regional Coordination Center. Importantly, while the Multinational Maritime Coordination Center of Zone E – which includes Nigeria, Benin, Togo and the “landlinked” state of Niger – led the coordination, Zone F, which is where the incident began, and Zone D, which is where it would have ended up had it gone beyond Nigeria, were both supporting with information sharing and assistance in tracking the vessel.

Furthermore, CRESMAO – the West African regional center of ECOWAS – helped coordinate the flow of information, and CRESMAC – the Central African regional center of ECCAS – also helped monitor the situation and provide input. Finally, all of this communication was further facilitated by the Inter-Regional Coordination Center. Consequently, while the Nigerian Navy deserves credit for the operational success, there are a lot of institutions without whom the situation would not have been resolved so quickly and successfully.

In some ways, the role of the Yaoundé Architecture supplanted the roles that the US Navy and French Intelligence provided during the case of the M/T Maximus. Many have argued that the 2016 incident would not have been a success story without the assistance of the foreign navies, working to track the vessel and coordinate the flow of information about it. This time, the Yaoundé Architecture and the states of the region were able to do so without any foreign involvement.

Even before oil futures dipped into negative territory last month, there had been a noticeable shift in focus of piracy incidents in the region away from oil theft and toward kidnap for ransom. In 2019 and 2020 there has been a big climb in the number of kidnapping incidents in the region, and an increase in the number of hostages being taken overall. This has raised concerns about oil installations, container traffic and tanker movements through the region. But the Hailufeng 11 is a fishing trawler, not involved in either the oil industry or maritime commerce. While fishing trawlers are often targeted for use as a mother ship, there is no indication that that was the intent in this particular incident. More analysis will need to tease out the details of this case, but certainly compared to the Maximus, this is quite a different modality of crime.

Finally, and quite importantly, since 2016, Nigeria has passed the Suppression of Piracy and Other Maritime Offenses (SPOMO) Act (24 June 2019) and developed the Harmonized Standard Operating Procedures (HSOP) for interagency coordination on maritime matters. One of the downsides of the Maximus case was that, while it was a counterpiracy success on the water, it was not possible to try it as a piracy case in the courts. This weekend’s incident may prove to be a valuable test of the HSOP, and, ideally, would be the first case tried under the new SPOMO Act. Given the tremendous operational success on the part of so many stakeholders in the region, it would be a good conclusion to have this case be a success story of “legal finish,” as well.

There will be other lessons to draw from this case, as it unfolds, such as what this may mean for countries that are perceived to be “softer targets” for pirates, and what the region may be able to do improve public-private relations for faster alerting and information sharing. But for now, it is a good chance to celebrate an inter-regional success that could be used to spark momentum towards more successes, thereby shifting the risk-reward calculus for piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. While the Covid-19 pandemic has confined billions of people to stay-at-home lockdowns, the maritime space continues to operate, both for legal and illicit purposes. It is remarkable, therefore, that not only was the Hailufeng 11 tracked and recovered after an opposed boarding, but that this all occurred during these difficult times.

Nigerian Navy Thwarts Hijacking of Chinese Fishing Vessel.

Nigerian Navy SBS arresting Pirates.

Video of the rescued ship



Maritime Security. Thanks Nigerian Navy for securing our waters; swift response by NNS NGURU to pirate attack on MV HAILUFANG II off the coast of Cote d'Ivoire on 15th May; 24-hr rescue of 18 crew of 8 Chinese, 3 Ghanaians, 7 Ivorians & apprehending 10 pirates of Nigerian origin


https://mobile.twitter.com/JamohBashir/status/1262300275626446849

This guy cracked me up ��

Zambia Air Force aircraft.

Activities being carried out by the Nigerian navy dockyard in Victoria island, Lagos, extensive repair and refurbishment on the NNS aradu, 2x commbattante class fast attack crafts, and construction of 3 new vessels(water and fuel supply vessels, SDB III), in partnership with Habtob and dorman long.

Kabe2:
Zambia Air Force aircraft.

the sweet super Sonic Hongdu L-15

War on terror

Nigerian army defensive position.