Tag: Service Chiefs
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Buhari, Service Chiefs meet in Aso Rock [ Photos]
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met behind closed doors with service chiefs. The meeting started at the President’s office in the State House around 11am. Discussions at the meeting would likely dwell on the security situation in the country and how to ensure maximum security during next Saturday’s governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections…
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Why I won’t sack service chiefs, Police IG despite killings – Buhari
Why I won’t sack service chiefs, Police IG despite killings – Buhari
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Igbo youths chides Ohaneze elders over call for sack of service chiefs
The Igbo for Nigeria Movement has described the call for the sack of Service Chiefs by the Ohaneze Elders as a misnomer as well as a deliberate attempt to distract the ongoing efforts of the Nigerian Military in routing the remnants of Boko Haram terrorist in the North East region. In a statement issued by…
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Soldiers’ Killings: Reps to probe Service Chiefs utilization of $1bn, other funds
From Jonas Ezieke Abuja The House of Representatives has resolved to set up an Ad-hoc Committee to probe the utilization of $1bn approved for the Federal Government to fight insurgency in the North-East region of the country by Service Chiefs saying that someone must be held accountable for the recent killing of 118 soldiers at…
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Buhari, Service chiefs meet over soldiers’ killings
President Muhammadu Buhari and Service chiefs met yesterday over the recent attacks on and killing of soldiers by Boko Haram insurgents at the 157 Task Force Battalion in Metete, in Borno State community on the Nigeria-Chad border. According to Presidency sources, all the Service chiefs and the Inspector-General of Police met behind closed doors with…
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Soldiers’ killings: Buhari summons service chiefs, sends Defence Minister to Chad
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday summoned Service Chiefs over the recent alleged killing of 44 Nigerian soldiers by Boko Haram Insurgents. The president also sent the Minister of Defence, Brig.Gen. Mansur Dan-Ali, to neighbouring Chad Republic as part of moves to unravel the mystery behind the gruesome killing of the soldiers by the insurgents. According…
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2019: CSOs protest at US Embassy, accuse service chiefs of pledging loyalty to APC
A coalition of civil society groups on Friday protested at the Embassy of the United States in Abuja, against the presence of the service chiefs at the inauguration of President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election campaign at the Presidential Villa last Sunday. The group said the presence of the heads of security agencies at the event meant…
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Why service chiefs ‘appeared’ at Buhari’s campaign launch – Presidency
The Presidency on Monday described the appearance of service chiefs at Sunday’s launch of President Muhammadu Buhari’s campaign manual as “mistaken assumption.” Recall that Buhari on Sunday presented his campaign document at an event tagged “Next Level 2019” which held at the State House Conference Centre, Abuja. The nation’s military chiefs were reportedly at the…
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Buhari resumes duties after vacation, meets service chiefs in Aso Rock
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met behind closed doors with service chiefs at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. It was one of the President’s first major engagement since returning to Abuja on Saturday after 10-day working holiday in London. The meeting, which was held at the President’s office stated around 11.27a.m It was still in progress…
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Killings: Miyetti Allah rejects calls for sack, replacement of service chiefs
The umbrella body of the Fulani social-cultural organisation in Nigeria, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, has rejected calls in some quarters for the sacking and replacement of the service chiefs because of the gruesome and persistent killings going on in some parts of the country. The Secretary-General of the group, Saleh Al-Hassan, said this during an…