Tag: Security Chiefs
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Buhari meets security chiefs in Abuja
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday met behind closed doors with the nation’s security chiefs. The meeting, which was held inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja, was meant to review ongoing efforts aimed at tackling security challenges across the country. Those who attended the meeting included the Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali; National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno;…
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Killings: Buhari, security chiefs meet in Aso Rock
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday met behind closed doors with security chiefs. The meeting started around 10.30am at the President’s office. It is expected to discuss security challenges facing the nation. The meeting will be the last security meeting before President Buhari proceeds on 10-day working holiday on Friday. Details later…
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Relax, my security chiefs ‘racking’ their brains to end killings – Buhari tells Nigerians
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday appealed to Nigerians to exercise some patient while his security chiefs find long lasting solutions to the killings across the country. A statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, quoted the President as saying this while condemning killings of many people, including a district head,…
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Killings: Buhari meets Army Chief, vows commitment to ending security challenges
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday met behind closed doors with the Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting, which was held behind closed doors inside the President’s office, centred on efforts being made by Army authorities to restore peace to troubled parts of the country. Buhari disclosed this in…
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Senators call for sack of security chiefs, calls for self-defence
Senators yesterday in plenary suggested various measures to address the current state of insecurity in the country following fresh herdsmen violence in Nasarawa state. Senator Suleiman Adokwe (PDP, Nasarawa) drew the attention of the red chamber to ongoing crises in his Nasarawa South senatorial district that led to the death of 32 persons. According to…
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2019: Only Buhari, APC can disrupt credible polls, Obasanjo’s coalition replies security chiefs
The Coalition for Nigeria Movement led by former President Olusegun Obasanjo has reacted to claims by the country’s security chiefs that some groups were plotting to discredit the conduct of the 2019 general elections. The group explained further that the statement by a former Minister of Defence, Lt. Gen. Theophilus Danjuma (retd.), that the military…
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Plans ongoing by some groups to disrupt 2019 election – Security chiefs
Security Chiefs in the country have expressed concerns over alleged attempts by some groups to disrupt the 2019 general election processes. This was revealed by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu in a statement made available to journalists in Abuja on Thursday. Shehu said the heads of the…
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Senate summons security chiefs over Chibok, Dapchi girls’ abduction
…demands two-week rescue plan The Senate has summoned the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris and the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, to explain the circumstances surrounding the abduction of 110 students of Government Girls Science and Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe State, by Boko Haram on February 19. The invitation followed the adoption of…
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Dapchi Girls: Hold Buhari, Security Chiefs responsible for abduction – PDP tells Nigerians
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has told Nigerians to hold the President Muhammadu Buhari led federal government responsible for the abduction of some schoolgirls in Dapchi, Yobe State on Monday by the Boko Haram sect. The party accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of complacency and insincerity in handling the abduction. Recall that President…
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Buhari summons security chiefs over insecurity
President Muhamamdu Buhari on Thursday met behind closed doors with the nation’s security chiefs as part of efforts aimed at ending the spate of insecurity across the country. The meeting was held inside the President’s office at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali; and the National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno, led…