If you want success you must build a road to it...first. No nation develops without investing in infrastructure.
That is exactly what Nigeria is trying to with infrastructure. Nigeria' rail infrastructure is gradually bringing convenience to many. Heck there are people in Abeaukuta who now ditch their cars when coming to Lagos.
When it comes to Lagos traffic Nigerians have escaped a nightmare. Going on roads for hours can be stressful.
Lagos-Ibadan train has the capacity to travel at 150 km per hour. Its air conditioned coaches are outfitted with overhead TV screens. The toilets are clean. The window seats have charging ports.
Already having the longest "light rail" network in Africa. Nigeria plans to tripple the size of its light rail networks. The majority of this expansion will be done in the east.
Light trains in Nigeria are world class. Comparable to what you find in developed nations. The importance of infrastructure to a nations development cannot be over emphasized. Besides,.. investments in infrastructure work as a force multiplier wherein the monies
invested in building train networks, and ports and airports not only creates the "hardware" for a nation’s development but also results in more growth because the huge amounts of money are spent on construction materials, wages, and production of other raw materials which help
those industries to grow faster. Therefore, it is indeed the case that massive investments in infrastructure is the key to Nigeria's development.
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Sixty years after independence France's influence in West Africa remains all pervasive. It is time that francophone states to cut the umbilical cord and put an end to Françafrique.
Nigeria on its part can no longer feign ignorance in a majority francophone region.
Out of the 17 countries that make up West Africa, there are only 5 English speaking countries. The biggest English speaking country in Africa and home to the biggest English speaking city in the world is
November 2017, French President Emmanual Macron publicly humiliates the president of Burkina faso right in front of his own people.
With optics like this its a no brainer why anti French sentiments continued unabated.
Then in December 2019. At a NATO Summit in London. Yes.."NATO", Macron orders francophone leaders to "crush" the growing anti french sentiments if they want continious French assistance
against islamist militants. So here we have the French who used NATO as its glove to destroy an African Union member state Libya. Create an enabling environment for terrorists to thrive by allowing militants raid Gadaffi's huge stockpile of weapons...
Another attack on demonstrators by French troops. This time killing three. The protesters who were demanding the departure of French troops in the Sahel region blocked a French military convoy last saturday. The soldiers opened fire killing three and dozens injured.
The protesters erect barricades to prevent the convoy from continuing on its route. The convoy had already been blocked several times since it left Abidjan in, several places en route in Burkina Faso. At each blockade, the protesters make the same demands.
French troops out now, and an end to the transfer of military equipment through their countries which locals are experiencing as a form of recolonization.
Demonstrators chant “FRENCH ARMY OUT NOW !! and “LIBERATE THE SAHEL” and “NO MORE FRENCH INVADERS and
Say hello to the Nigerian Air Force 33 Logistics Group (33 LOG GP), Makurdi. The 33 LOG GP is one of the most important component of the NAF because of the critical role it plays, from fulfilling Nigeria’s security imperatives to international peacekeeping..
..operations and ensuring stability, not just in West Africa, but also across the continent. In other words they carry out a wide range of mission critical tasks vital for Nigeria's warfighintg operations. From delivering weapons, personnel and other military equipments.
With military operating in every geopolitical zone of the country for the first time in our history, these "skyships" are crucial to maintaining supply lines to forward bases that are difficult to reach by ground or waterborne access..
Weapons that turned the tide in Nigeria's war against terror.
What makes the MI-35M "Hind" devastating are its panoply of weapons. The most destructive of which are the RBK-250 bombs, each containing 60 AO-1SCh submunitions
..and the RBK-500 bomb loaded with fragmentation submunitions designed to saturate advancing enemy mechanized forces with armor killing munitions. Its also loaded with sensor fuzed submunitions designed to effectively defeat tanks.
So U.S secretary of State Anthony J Blinken, who was in Nigeria a week ago has threatened the United States will apply the legal laws against Nigeria, including an arms embargo, if the allegation of human rights violations were found to be credible.
Amids this threats by the U.S to impose an arms embargo on Nigeria, Chief of Army Staff Farouk Yahaya tells troops to ignore the threats and deal decisive with terrorists to restore peace and stabiiity to the country.
Yet another case of a superpower misusing that power to the advantage of terrorists. In Nigeria Blinken said the U.S will no longer treat African countries as subjects. Here we are again. Same ole threats of an arms embargo over human rights saga. It never ends.