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8 Dec, 8 tweets, 6 min read
Nigeria is currently the largest importer of military equipment in sub-Saharan Africa, with China now the largest foreign exporter of military equipment to Nigeria.

Nigeria’s ongoing military modernization program is firing on all cylinders.
Nigerian officials being introduced to the the Chinese Type-039A Yuan Class submarine design.
China's recent export to Nigeria includes:

CS/VP3 Bigfoot MRAP.
Type 89 infantry fighting vehicles
Dongfeng 4x4 amoured personnel carrier.
Nigeria and the China North Industries Group Corporation Limited (Norinco) fulfilled a recent contract. The contract was worth $152 million and included

S-105mm wheeled self propelled artillery...
...VT-4 main battle tanks and STI light tanks.
CAIC Wing Loong II and CH-4 armed attack drones.

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8 Dec
The Nine Year evolution of the Nigerian army's domestically built MRAPS.

IGIRIGI Mrap unveiled in 2012. Its the Nigeiran armys first locally built
2018 iteration. It carries a crew of 12 commander, driver, two gunners and eight soldiers.
January 2019 iteration.
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7 Dec
Paul Melly, of the think-tank at Chattam House, London is coming to the defence of France by trying to blame ECOWAS. These guys are so out of touch.

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A growing number of young people regard the ECOWAS as an incumbent presidents' club, too slow to criticise civilian
rulers who manipulate rules and unwilling to acknowledge the strength of popular support for promising reform. So in backing Ecowas as the legitimate African crisis management institution, France ends up being perceived as a prop for the old guard establishment.

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This is Paul Melly trying to paint France as the victim. Unfairly targeted. His views are an embodiment of how out of touch European powers are as regards Africa. The narrative is always the same " its the corrupt African governments. Its the Africans.
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7 Dec
Coordinated airstrikes have eliminated a notorious ISWAP commander, Abou Sufyan, and scores of his fighters along the fringes of Lake Chad in Borno state.

A-29 Super Tucanos hit ISWAPs armoury base at Kusuma and Sigir in Marte Local Government Area of Borno State on Sunday
after ISR revealed the presence of ISWAP fighters converging on the area in their preparatory move to launch attacks on troops in the axis.

Super Tucano aircrafts were launched in attacking the target area in multiple waves scoring direct hits on a weapons facility, fuel dump
armoury base and an infrastructure filled with vehicles and motorcycles.
Some terrorists fleeing the area were also intercepted and neutralised in follow up attacks by the Nigerian troops.
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7 Dec
We have to keep an open mind and be realistic.

Never in my life have i seen a situation whereby a subject vehemently insists "I must help you" even when the subject matter says "No thanks. Im good. My friend is here."

Lets not kid ourselves. The French war in
.. not just Mali, but the Sahel as a whole is a neo- colonial war of plunder. Withdraw French troops from Africa and watch insurgent groups gradually lose steam. The war in Mali, which will now involve German, EU and French allies has nothing to do with terrorism.
Rather, it is the continuation of the bloody 2011 NATO war in Libya, in which Paris armed Islamist and tribal militias against the Libyan government.

Lets take Syria as an example. Notice how NATO bizzare ties with militants in their proxy war in Syria.
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7 Dec
The Nigerian Army showcases its latest home built equipments at the Chief of Army Staff Conference 2021 in Abuja.

Latest iteration or Proforce MRAP -
PF- Viper. Courtesy Proforce Nigeria.
Counter IED robot. Courtesy Nigerian Army Robotics.
M2 105mm howitzer. Courtesy Nigerian army School of Artillery.
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3 Dec
The greatest continuous theft in human history. Sixty years of continuous exploitation.
Remember folks. France holds $500 billion from 14 francophone states in its treasury every 12 months. This is the biggest continuous theft since God created planet earth. The high standard of living the French have been enjoying since the end of WW2 has been on the backs of
...impoverished African states. If you are France, will you let go without a fight?, especially when you have the strongest military in Europe, a nuclear powered aircraft carrier, ballistic missile submarines and 300 nuclear weapons. Sadly many choose to live in denial.
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