Tag: Service Chiefs
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Insecurity: Only Buhari can assess, sack Service Chiefs – Adesina
Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has again emphasized that only President Muhammadu Buhari has the prerogative to fire the service chiefs because he appointed them. Adesina, who appeared on Hot Seat Special, a live programme on Ogun State Television, OGTV, on Sunday made that statement against the backdrop of…
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Obasanjo speaks on call for sack of service chiefs, way forward for Nigeria
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo Thursday declared that Nigeria need good leadership to overcome the various challenges presently facing the country Chief Obasanjo stated this in Ibadan while fielding questions from newsmen after paying a courtesy visit on Governor Seyi Makinde in his Agodi state secretariat office in Ibadan. The former President stressed that in addition…
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BREAKING: Service Chiefs must go, Senate tells Buhari
The Nigerian Senate has said it is time for President Muhammadu Buhari to fire all the nation’s Service Chiefs, saying they have done their best. The Senate said the primary function of the government is to protect the lives of citizens and that with the President as the Commander-In-Chief, if there is failure in the…
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BREAKING: Senate tackles Buhari, demands sack of service chiefs over worsening insecurity
Worried about the spate of insecurity in Nigeria, senators on Tuesday demanded the sacking of the nation’s service chiefs. The request is coming days after the gruesome killings by Boko Haram terrorists of 43 rice farmers in Zabarmari village in Jere Local Government Area of Borno State on Saturday. The lawmakers are also asking President…
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Killings: Buhari won’t sack service chiefs as long as he’s satisfied with their performance – Presidency
Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the President Muhammadu Buhari, says the clamour for the sacking of service chiefs is ‘out of place’. According to Shehu, the president has the prerogative to appoint or sack any of the country’s service chiefs, adding that the president keeps the service chiefs as long…
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BREAKING: Buhari, security chiefs, ministers meet in Aso Rock
President Muhammadu Buhari is currently presiding over the quarterly National Security Council (NSC) at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, the federal capital territory (FCT). Present at the meeting are Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Boss Mustapha; Chief of Staff to the President, Ibrahim Gambari, Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, and Minister…
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Insecurity: Reps resume calls for sack of Service Chiefs
The House of Representatives has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to give effect to subsisting resolutions of the House bordering on the removal of Service Chiefs. The lawmakers said, “the unjustifiable retention of the service Chiefs may be the cause of the lingering problem as their defensive strategies seem to be obsolete and must have outgrown…
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Northern elders insist on call for sack of service chiefs
Northern elite, yesterday, threw their weight behind the call on President Muhammadu Buhari by North-East elders to sack the service chiefs owing to the worsening security situation in the country, especially in the Northeast region. Among those that supported the firing of the security top brass was a delegate to the 2014 National Conference, Tony…
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Court summons Gov. Ishaku, service chiefs, others over frequent Taraba clashes
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered Governor of Taraba, Darius Ishaku, to appear before it over allegations of bias levelled against him in setting up a probe panel on the incessant communal clashes between the Jukun and Tiv Tribes in the state. Also summoned are the four service chiefs of the country and…
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Insecurity: We won’t rest till Buhari sacks Service Chiefs – Senate
Sequel to the rising insecurity in the country and the insistence of President Muhammadu Buhari to retain the Service Chiefs despite nationwide public outcry against such, the Senate has said it will keep persuading the president to do the popular wish of the people. Recall that the red chamber had, on July 21, asked the…