Some survivors of Monday night’s bomb blasts in Maiduguri, Borno State, recounted their ordeals yesterday, describing the multiple explosions as reminiscent of a war situation. The accounts came on a day President Bola Tinubu ordered service chiefs to relocate to Maiduguri to take charge of the situation, reports Vanguard. This is even as the ...
•Musa Minister of Defence, General Christopher Musa (Rtd), has summoned all the Service Chiefs to his office for a crucial meeting over recent attacks on different military bases in the North East. Those currently attending the meeting at the Headquarters of Ministry of Defence, Abuja, include the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen Olufemi Oluyede an...
•Tinubu meets service chiefs President Bola Tinubu is currently meeting behind closed doors with the service chiefs at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting started at about 06:01pm after the President left the State House Conference Hall for the book launch of “From Soldier to Statesman: The Legacy of Muhammadu Buhari”. It is Tinubu’s fi...
•Tinubu (C) and service chiefs Step up your strategies for greater efficiency and results in the fight against terrorism, banditry and other emerging threats, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu yesterday ordered Service chiefs and heads of intelligence agencies. The president demanded greater efficiency, stronger coordination and improved execution o...
•Tinubu with the new service chiefs President Bola Tinubu is currently holding closed-door talks with service chiefs and heads of security agencies at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The service chiefs were spotted arriving at the forecourt of the Villa at about 04:30 pm today. Today’s meeting is being held barely three hours after Tinubu nomin...
•Tinubu and the new service chiefs President Bola Tinubu has decorated the newly appointed service chiefs with their new ranks. The short ceremony took place in the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The new Chief of Defence Staff, (formerly Lieutenant General) Olufemi Oluyede, was decorated with the new rank of General. The new...
•The new service chiefs The Senate today confirmed President Bola Tinubu’s nominees for the positions of service chiefs. Those confirmed are Olufemi Oluyede as Chief of Defence Staff, Wahidi Shaibu as Chief of Army staff, Idi Abbas as Chief of Naval staff, and Kennedy Aneke as Chief of Air Staff. The confirmation followed a two-hour […]...
•Tinubu, service chiefs and the Senate The Senate has brought forward the screening of newly appointed service chiefs to tomorrow, Wednesday, October 29, reversing its earlier decision to conduct the exercise next week. The announcement came shortly after Senate President, Godwill Akpabio, read a separate correspondence from President Bola Tin...
•The new security chiefs and Tinubu A security analyst, Bulama Bukarti, has said that merely rotating Nigeria’s service chiefs will not solve the country’s security challenges. He stated this on Channels Television last night following President Bola Tinubu’s recent reshuffle of the military leadership. Bukarti acknowledged the credentials of ...
•Tinubu and ADC logo The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has asked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to be honest with Nigerians on the real reasons behind the sudden and rather abrupt change in the leadership of the Nigerian military. The party said: “While we acknowledge that the President, as the Commander-in-Chief, reserves the power to make [...

