Tag: Service Chiefs
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Insecurity: Umahi rules out sabotage, advises Buhari to retain service chiefs
Ebonyi State Governor David Umahi on Friday advised President Muhammadu Buhari to retain the current armed force service chiefs against the backdrop of calls from several quarters to replace them. Umahi gave the advice while laying the foundation stone of the Nigerian Army Reference Hospital, Abakaliki. The governor said that instead of replacing the service…
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BREAKING: Only Buhari has powers to hire, fire Service Chiefs, Presidency replies Senate
Only President Muhammadu Buhari can sack Service Chiefs, the Presidency declared on Tuesday. It was reacting to resolution of the Senate earlier in the day, asking the Service Chiefs to resign or get sacked for rising insecurity in the nation, especially the recent killing of soldiers and mass resignation in the military. The resolutions of…
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JUST IN: Senate asks all Service Chiefs to resign
The Senate on Tuesday called for the resignation of all Service Chiefs over recent killing of soldiers and mass resignation from the military. The Senate also resolved that the top hierarchy of the military should brief its relevant committees on the factors militating against the operations of the military to find a way forward. The…
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Courage, Confidence and Commitment : What Buhari Saw in the Service Chiefs
By Idoko Ainoko Someone said the other day that, “We can never go back to the old days prior to 2015, ” and I asked what he meant by that. It was when he explained to me that his position is based on the security situation in the country prior to 2015 that I got…
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Insecurity: Community-based organizations urges support for Buhari, Service Chiefs in fight against insurgency
A group of community-based organizations, under the auspices of People’s Parliament, have vowed to maintain total support for President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration and the Service Chiefs in the fight against insurgency. The group made this known in a communique signed by George Gondo and Adamu Bagudu, its Chairman and Secretary respectively and addressed by Gabriel…
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BREAKING: Buhari issues Service Chiefs strong warning: your best not good enough
President Muhammadu Buhari is unhappy with the current state of the security situation in the country. Disclosing this to State House Correspondents on Thursday, after a security briefing, the National Security Adviser (NSA), Maj. Gen. Babagana Monguno (Rtd.), said the President had charged managers of the nation’s security to redouble their efforts. According to Monguno,…
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Buhari meets Security Chiefs at Aso Villa
President Muhammadu Buhari is currently meeting with security and service chiefs behind closed doors at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The service chiefs were led by the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Gabriel Olonisakin. Others attending the meeting included the Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari and the Minister…
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Lawan, Gbajabiamila to meet Buhari, security chiefs over renewed Boko Haram killings
Senate President Ahmad Lawan and Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila have been mandated to urgently meet with President Muhammadu Buhari and heads of the nation’s armed forces over the renewed upsurge in Boko Haram attacks. The resolution of the Senate followed a point of order moved by Senator Abubakar Kyari (Borno North), on the recent killing of…
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Much ado about nothing on Service Chiefs tenure
By Idoko Ainoko To say that Nigeria remains the best place on earth is no longer news. Despite all the conspiracies against her as a nation, Nigeria has continued to defeat her adversaries without going to war. So, many things naturally work out positively for the country even without the citizens ever knowing.…
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Insecurity: NAPS calls off protest, rallies support for PMB, Service Chiefs on war against terrorism
The National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS) has distanced itself from a planned protest by some students against the nation’s Service Chiefs and has instead thrown its weight behind the military’s top hierarchy. Speaking on behalf of the group at a press conference on Thursday, National President, Activist Sunday A Asuku, said NAPS came to…