TRANSITION

Two-Time Nigerian Leader & Commander-in- Chief, Major General Muhammadu Buhari, Dies At 82. He Passed Away At A London Hospital This Afternoon

He was military Head of State, 1 Jan 1984 - 27 Aug 1985 and elected President, 29 May 2015 - 29 May 2023

May His Soul RIP
Buhari enlisted as a cadet of the Nigerian Military Training College Course 5 whose ante date was 19 April 1962.

He was short-service commissioned after further training at MONS Aldershot on 26 Jan 1963, alongside the likes of Chris Ugokwe, Robert Akonobi, Ola Oni et al.

1990s Era Sierra Leonean Military Officers Who Trained In Nigeria

In recent narratives about ECOMOG and indeed earlier,you probably heard one mention the fact that the former Sierra Leonean President, General Joseph Momoh was a NMTC Course 6 mate of Generals IBB + Abacha in 1962

In 1992, a group of fifteen Sierra Leonean cadets arrived to be trained alongside an array of Nigerian professionals who hold direct regular commissions today.

That group, alongside the 40th RC cadets, earned their commissions on 25 Sept 1993.

Yours truly was on the spot.

Nigerian Military School Marks Its 70th Anniversary With Grand P’rade

Survivor: One of the 30 pioneers who was admitted as a 14 year old boy soldier on 20 May 1954.

Major General IBM Haruna, a civil war era GOC (seated right)

#Coup In #Niger : The Security Implications For West Africa + The #Sahel

Abdourahmane Alkassoum, a Nigerien national and a political + security analyst who focuses on the Sahel, stated as follows in a Voice of America (VOA) interview

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“If Niger falls, it’s all ECOWAS that falls, and all the Sahel that falls and if we are not careful the same way the other countries with military dictatorships have fallen into total insecurity, that’s not excluded [for us],” said Alkassoum

voanews.com/a/analysts-nig…

MARITIME OILFIELDS SECURITY

The Synergy Between OP DELTA SAFE (the triservice N-D Ops), NNPC and TANTITA Security Services

TANTITA bring local knowledge and gather intelligence a la the “Civilian JTF” in the Northeast

WATCH
(0:30-3:00m, 11:00-14:38m)
https://t.co/crOtWuFiDL




Simply put, just like the CJTF and hunter militia have provided intel + guidance in the NE - an area larger than Britain where two states - Adamawa + Taraba play host to 120 ethnic groups, so do TANTITA offer guidance around the Niger Delta,a labyrinth of 3,014 creeks + waterways

NAVAL POSTINGS

The CNS, Rear Admiral E.I Ogalla Approves The Redeployment Of DHQ, NHQ Branch Chiefs, FOCs + Directors

HIGHLIGHTS

- Rear Admiral Ibrahim Dewu, Chief of Civil-Military Cooperation, DHQ

- Rear Admiral Olusanya Bankole, Chief of Communications and Info Tech, NHQ - Rear Admiral Kennedy Ezete, Chief of Administration, NHQ

- Rear Admiral Livingstone Izu, Chief of Logistics, NHQ

- Rear Admiral Zakariya Muhammad, Chief of Training and Operations, NHQ

- Rear Admiral Musa Madugu, Admiral Superintendent, Naval Ordinance Depot

BATTLE OF FREETOWN II :

The ECOMOG Troop Surge Of December 1998

https://t.co/AfgZtkajjqbeegeagle.wordpress.com/2010/08/07/eco…
1. Prior to the Sunday 27 Dec 1998 commencement of the said troop surge, “ECOMOG had some 9,500 troops in Sierra Leone, 7,000 of them Nigerian..”

ECOMOG IN SIERRA LEONE

In recent years a Nigerian-led intervention force prevented the RUF from taking control of the country, but last year, with the Nigerians wearying of the expense and bloodshed>>> << the U.N. brokered a peace accord under which the RUF was given a share of power and an amnesty for crimes it committed during its reign of terror.

Major General Kamaldeen Kadiri

Might not be very much in the public eye but he is surely one of the seniormost officers of the Nigerian Army

Dunno the RC cohort to which he even belongs but the former Commander of the Corps of Engineers is a very senior officer

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At this time, Kadiri serves as the pioneer Director General of Nigerian Army Heritage and Future Centre, Giri, Abuja.

It boggles the mind surely that his deputy - designated as Provost of the Centre is a RC 37 course mate of the COAS no less, Maj Gen Victor Ezugwu

Nigerian Military Fact File:

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo emerged as an officer cadet in March 1958.

The following officers were his course mates - S. Adegoke, UJ Esuene, BAM Adekunle, Humphrey Chukwuka, Emmanuel Udeaja, Henry Igboba, Patrick Amadi and Foluso Sotomi After a 6 months-long stint in preparatory training at the Regular Officer Special Training School, Teshie, they group split up and variously proceeded to the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and to MONS at Aldershot, both in the United Kingdom.

Nigerian Civil War : Weekend Class..

The May-July 1967 Preparations And The 6 July 1967 Commencement Of The Civil War

1. In the lead-up to the start of the war, the first ten formed battalions of the NA were 4 Battalion, 1 Bn, 2Bn, 3Bn, 5Bn, 6Bn, 20 Bn, 21 Bn, 22 Bn and 23 Bn QUICK NOTE ON 4 BATALLION

The primary military engagement on the last FULL DAY of the life of assassinated Head of State, Gen Aguiyi-Ironsi on 28 July 1966 was his attendance at the 103rd year anniversary of 4 Battalion - a unit which was garrisoned at Ibadan at the time

ACQUISITIONS: MD-530F Cayuse Warrior+🇳🇬

Emerged TODAY That The Nigerian Army Have A Cumulative Order For THIRTY-SIX (36) Units Of MD-530F Cayuse Warrior+ With MD HELICOPTERS (USA)

There was a subsisting order for 24 units; 12 more units announced today

ainonline.com/aviation-news/… 36 units in one hop! We have hoped for this day and it is upon us. No more piecemeal, miserly acquisitions in the name of “competing demands”.

We must learn to plug capability gaps once and for all..in one hop - like our Algerian and Egyptian neighbours do.

MILITARY HISTORY

THIS Lucid 1976 New York Times ARTICLE On General Obasanjo’s Emergence As Head Of State, Perused For The First Time Ever TONIGHT, Affirms What My Deep Research Into Nigerian Military History Had Long Led One To Conclude

ARTICLE Follows After These Preambles 1/

https://twitter.com/beegeaglesblog/status/1133957085648101376

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https://twitter.com/beegeaglesblog/status/1612345977880330241

EXIT: Brigadier General Sunny Tuoyo (1935-2022)

- Civil War era brigade commander under the 3 Marine Commando Division

- Military Administrator, pre-partition Ondo State, 24 July 1978 - 30 Sept 1979. Handed over to the first elected governor, Chief Michael Ajasin on 1 Oct 1979 Sunny Tuoyo joined the Nigerian Army as a cadet of the Nigerian Military Training College’s Course 3 cohort in April 1961. He was one cohort senior to Joe Garba, two senior to Muhammadu Buhari and three senior to Ibrahim Babangida.

Chief Instructors/Directors Of Military Training Of The Nigerian Defence Academy: This Mix-Up In Chronicling Needs To Be Corrected 1. The fifth officer listed was Lt Colonel A.B Umaru (Wase). He held that appointment between 1974 and the time of his arrest for top-tier involvement in the abortive coup of 13 Feb 1976 and NOT Feb 1975 as indicated. That failed coup ended the life of Gen Murtala Muhammed.

2022 Army Promotions: General Officers

Another noteworthy promotion which has just been announced is that of Brigadier General FOLUSO OYINLOLA who has been elevated to the rank of Major General.

Amiable and towering, here is Foluso’s story.. 1. Major General Foluso Oyinlola is the nephew of Somalia theatre hero, Brigadier General Olagunsoye Oyinlola. They are both princes of the royal house of Okuku in Osun State.

Maj Gen Oyinlola and Maj Gen Alechenu are RC 42 course mates and ECOMOG veterans

ARMY RECRUITMENT

Talking About The Recruitment Of Soldiers, We Are Now Achieving Optimum Numbers

The 83 Regular Recruit Intake Which Passed Out On 10 December 2022 Had An Impressive 6,226 Recruits. Those Are Top-Tier Figures As Far As Recruitment Goes

blueprint.ng/2023-army-chie… Been talking this morning to a rookie soldier of the said 83 RRI. Basic training has become more intensive but entails a shortened regimen of four months. Includes a two week-long sojourn in the Falgore Forest of Kano State.

These are numbers such as we have always called for

Just For Clarity

The 46 metre Chinese-built patrol vessel (right) donated on 28 October 2022 is the EXACT replica of NNS Sagbama (left) which the Chinese donated in 2015 - both Modified Type 062 Shanghai III types.

It is INCORRECT to describe NNS Sagbama as a 38 metre vessel The confusion might stem from the fact that the more popular Type 062 Shanghai II patrol vessels were 38 metre platforms.

These two evolved Type 062 III in Nigerian naval service are however larger and shaped differently, resembling the Damen Stan 4207 design.

FACT FILE: NIGERIAN DEFENCE ACADEMY

The greatest gap in seniority which has ever existed between ANY two regular course cohorts at the Nigerian Defence Academy was that which existed between Regular Courses 1 and 2.

Per commonality, both RCs uniquely had no NAF cadets Whereas the Regular Course 1 cohort commenced training on 20 January 1964 and were commissioned in March 1967, Regular Course 2 arrived there on 9 May 1966 and were commissioned in March 1969.

They were the ONLY two NDA RC cohorts which fought in the Nigerian Civil War

BORDERLANDS SECURITY AFFAIRS

Dozens of Chadian Soldiers Killed in #BokoHaram Surprise Attack | RFI

amp.rfi.fr/en/africa/2022… Looks like this was the second deadliest attack suffered by our Chadian brothers after the March 2020 blowout which saw them losing 92 soldiers in one battle.

reuters.com/article/chad-s…

ICYMI:

Nigeria’s Air Force Defends The Region

adf-magazine.com/2018/03/nigeri… Excerpts

1. In the 1990s, Nigeria became the key player in a West African mission to restore order to war-torn Liberia.