Monthly Archives: January 2014

FIRST OF TWO INCOMING P18N (ENLARGED TYPE 056 DESIGN) 1,800 TON STEALTH OFFSHORE PATROL VESSELS OF THE NIGERIAN NAVY LAUNCHED IN CHINA ; ASSIGNED THE PENNANT NUMBER ‘F91’

Posted on January 29, 2014 by beegeagle

full helicopter handling facilities – hangar and helipad Main gun – 76mm naval artillery is it PHOTO CREDIT: CHINA DEFENSE/WEIBO

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OPERATIONAL IMAGERY : NIGERIAN NAVY MARITIME PATROLS

Posted on January 28, 2014 by beegeagle

A Nigerian Navy seaman wields a Singapore Technologies Kinetics CIS-50 12.7mm heavy machine gun on board a patrol boat near the Atlantic coast off Bayelsa State, 19 December 2013 PHOTO CREDIT: REUTERS

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CAMEROON ON HIGH ALERT TO COMBAT INSECURITY ALONG ITS BORDERS…PRESIDENT JONATHAN OF NIGERIA DUE TO VISIT YAOUNDE TOMORROW FOR TRANSNATIONAL SECURITY TALKS

Posted on January 26, 2014 by beegeagle

PAN AFRICAN NEWS AGENCY 24 January, 2014 Cameroon is on high alert due to the insurgency and political instability in neighbouring countries, and has therefore honed its strategies to counter the situation along its borders. The terrorist activities of the … Continue reading →

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NIGERIA COUNTS ON REGIONAL SUPPORT TO END TERROR

Posted on January 25, 2014 by beegeagle

Nigerian defence and security forces PAN AFRICAN NEWS AGENCY 24 Jan, 2014 By Abudu Babalola, PANA Correspondent, Lagos As the fight against terrorism intensifies at the national level in Nigeria, the link between the internal and international terrorist groups,has made … Continue reading →

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DCD PROTECTED MOBILITY IN TALKS WITH MEKAHOG TO SET UP ARMOURED VEHICLE PLANT IN NIGERIA ; 44 SPRINGBUCK VI MINE AND BLAST PROTECTED VEHICLES DELIVERED TO NIGERIA

Posted on January 24, 2014 by beegeagle

IHS JANE’S DEFENCE WEEKLY Helmoed-Römer Heitman Pretoria 22 January 2014 South Africa’s DCD Protected Mobility is in discussions with Nigeria’s Mekahog Group with an eye to establishing a plant to build the Springbuck armoured personnel carrier (APC) in the West … Continue reading →

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NIGERIA POLICE FORCE TECHNICAL CREW ATTEND TRAINING COURSE ON THE SPRINGBUCK VI MINE AND BLAST PROTECTED VEHICLE

Posted on January 24, 2014 by beegeagle

Springbuck VI mine-protected vehicle ENGINEERING NEWS 17 January, 2014 During November and December 2013, a group of 10 operators and maintenance personnel from the Nigerian Police Force attended a two week training course at DCD Protected Mobility in Isando and … Continue reading →

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COUNTERINSURGENCY OPERATIONS : LARGE NUMBER OF BALLISTIC ARMOURED TACTICAL TRANSPORT (BATT) APCs REPORTEDLY SHIPPED TO NIGERIA

Posted on January 24, 2014 by beegeagle

BATT XL excerpts QUOTE The Armored Group (TAG) has just announced the delivery of a large quantity of Ballistic Armored Tactical Transport (BATT) units to Senegal and Nigeria. Additional requests have been pouring in from countries like Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, … Continue reading →

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NIGERIAN OVERNIGHT REFUGEES (NIGHT COMMUTERS) WORRY CAMEROON

Posted on January 24, 2014 by beegeagle

An Army Special Forces commando leads CTCOIN troops of the Multinational Joint Task Force on patrol in the Far Northeast district of Baga bordering on the Lake Chad by IRIN News 26.12.2013 MINAWAO CAMP, 24 December 2013 (IRIN) – Only … Continue reading →

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BORNO YOUTH VIGILANTE ARREST 9 TERROR SUSPECTS IN SEPARATE SWOOPS ; INSURGENTS KILL 3 IN BORDER VILLAGE OF WALA NEAR CAMEROON

Posted on January 23, 2014 by beegeagle

DAILY POST 23 January, 2014 Six suspected members of the Boko Haram were on Wednesday arrested by the Vigilante Youths Group at a petrol station while buying fuel for the sect’s operations in the Sambisa Forest. Another three suspects were … Continue reading →

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NIGERIAN ARMY TRAINS 114 SOLDIERS IN COUNTER INSURGENCY

Posted on January 23, 2014 by beegeagle

A cross section of trainees in Counter Terrorism and Counter Insurgency, demonstrate their skills, during the graduation ceremony at Jaji, Kaduna State on Tuesday (7/8/12) PHOTO CREDIT: NEWS AGENCY OF NIGERIA NEWS AGENCY OF NIGERIA January 21, 2014 Kachia (Kaduna) … Continue reading →

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