So 7,000 people (and counting) have signed an online petition demanding the trial of Buhari by the International Criminal Court. Yet another example todays generation of Nigerians are the dumbest since the Amalgamation of the Southern and Northern Protectorate in August 1914.
People actually think this makes them woke. From cheerleading ISWAP to calling for the trial of a sitting President. The damages Nigerians are inflicting on the country is on a scale ISWAP cannot hope to replicate.
Its ironic that the beneficiaries of the peace and stability
..secured with the lives of thousands of our troops and airmen in a decade of war, now pose an existential threat to country.
This was EXACTLY how the war in Libya started. Thousands of Libyans took to the streets of Bhengazi with placards calling for the arrest of Gadaff.
The dumbest generation of Libyans, who enjoyed arguably the best standard of living in Africa got what they wished for.
They realized their mistake. But it was too late. The Libya they once knew will exist only in their memory. They destroyed their country with their "Woke exuberance". This is path a cross section of Nigerians are driving us into.
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In 1994 Cameroon went to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to avoid war with Nigeria after many armed clashes occurred in the disputed regions. Heres a brief chronology of events that led to Cameroon taking this decision.
In 1987 after repeated clashes three Cameroonian soldiers were kidnapped and tortured. That same year Cameroonian troops attacked 16 villages around Lake Chad and exchanged the Cameroonian flag for the Nigerian flag.
Nigerian troops stormed the villages in an attack that took the lives of 50 civilians, hoisted the Nigerian flag and began boarding and inspecting every Cameroonian fishing boat close to Lake Chad.
If the territorial integrity of Nigeria is violated over and over and over and over again and we don't even get something as simple as verbal condemnation much less punitive action, then we deserve ridicule. Weakness they assay attracts aggression. The Nigerian governments
..response to these activities have been beyond shameful. You can have the all the state of the art weapons system, but what good is it if Nigeria's diplomacy is being run at kindergarten level. The ministry of foreign affairs and the Executive office itself has been aloof.
Weeks ago Cameroonian gendarmes on two occasions crossed into Nigeria to harass citizens without consequences. Now Amazonian militants are doing the same, this time they took it a step further.
Armed Ambazonian militants from Southern Cameroon crossed into Nigeria and carried
Amnesty International reacts to EndSars report from EndSars panel and calls for sanctions.
Weird all this coming out at a time the military has momentum. They will latch on to this and squeeze out every drop for what its worth to derail the war effort and stoke more division
Nigeria is too big to fail. With 200 million people, thats more than the combined population of all of West and Central Africa. The next most populous nation is Ghana with 25 million people. If Nigeria fails the refugee problem will take down all of West Africa.
Calling for sanctions against a country fighting a myriad of armed insurgency is proof these agencies dont care about the life of the average Nigerian, who have been hoodwinked into thinking these organisations have their best interest at heart. Why the focus on sabotaging
The air defence weapons system we fail to upgrade today will have to be replaced tomorrow...at many times the cost, and possibly with devastating losses.
ZSU 23-4 "Shilka". The only mobile air defence artillery in the Nigeiran military is over due for upgrade. The "Shilka" is a Soviet SPAAG produced in 1965. The armament consists of four 23mm cannon with a vertically moving breechblock locking system.
The ZSU-23-4 can engage targets using only one or two of the four cannons. The weapons have a maximum effective range of 2,500 m against aerial targets and can be also used against land targets.
I need help understanding this dynamics. Africa is host to more foreign military presence than any other continent in the world. About 66 countries maintain a military presence in Africa. Yet at the same time terrorism in Africa has been rising sharply over the decade.
These terrorists have increasingly targeted civilians in their campaigns of violence. From Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya in the north, to Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Eritrea and Ethiopia in the east, to Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Mali and Burkinafaso in the West,
..to Cameroon , C.A.R, D.R.C in Central Africa. Southern Africa used to be immune to the terrorist threat. Not anymore. Mozambique has been the first victim of an ISIS affiliated terrorist group expansion in the region.
NAF A-29 pilot. When they show up overhead, the Army have the confidence to continue attacking on ground. Close air support is a decisive factor in dealing with the insurgency.
It can observe, interdict and attack. That is, is is capable of conducting close air support, aerial escort, armed overwatch and aerial interdiction. Its the only aircraft in the NAF inventory designed to operate in extremely rugged terrain. Given the fact that it's a prop job
its easy to forget the A-29 is 4th generation weapons system capable of delivering precision guided munitions. It can fly at low speeds and low altitudes which provides exceptionally accurate weapons delivery. The NAF has remained resolute in its focus on combat capabilities..