Tag: Service Chiefs

Tinubu decorates new Service Chiefs, orders crackdown on emerging threats

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Tinubu new S'Chiefs

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has decorated the newly appointed Service Chiefs with their new ranks and charged them to decisively confront emerging security threats across the country. Speaking at the decoration ceremony held yesterday at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, the President urged the new military leaders to demonstrate patriotism, professionalism, and urgency in restoring peace nationwide. “Security threats are constantly evolving, constantly mutating, and of grave concern to our administration is the recent emergence of new armed groups in the North-Central, North-West, and parts of the…

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Senate confirms nomination of Service Chiefs

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Senate confirms

The Senate yesterday 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 Kelvin Aneke, as Chief of Air Staff. The confirmation followed a two-hour closed-door session where senators questioned the nominees on their plans to strengthen national security and reform the Armed Forces. Earlier, President Tinubu has urged the upper chamber to screen and confirm the nominees. In line with the President’s request,…

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Tinubu writes Senate, seeks confirmation of new Service Chiefs

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Tinubu writes Senate

The 10th Senate has brought forward the screening of newly appointed service chiefs to today 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 Tinubu, seeking the confirmation of appointment of Chief of Defence Staff, General Olufemi Oluyede. Akpabio said the change was necessary to enable the military chiefs to assume their duties immediately. President Bola Tinubu had urged the Senate to give expeditious consideration to the confirmation process to…

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National Security: Tinubu replaces Service Chiefs in major shake-up

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Tinubu replaces S'Chiefs

…Retains Defence Intel Chief President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has announced a sweeping reorganisation of the Nigerian Armed Forces, appointing new Service Chiefs in what the Presidency described as a strategic move to strengthen the nation’s security architecture. In the new appointments, General Olufemi Oluyede replaces General Christopher Musa as the Chief of Defence Staff. Major-General W. Shaibu has been appointed the Chief of Army Staff, while Air Vice Marshal S.K. Aneke assumes office as the Chief of Air Staff. Rear Admiral I. Abbas is now the new Chief of Naval…

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Unabated Killings: “Sack Service Chiefs over rising insecurity” – Timi  Frank tasks Tinubu

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…Commends Trump, others over concerns  A political activist and former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to immediately sack the nation’s security chiefs following the unabated killings of Nigerians across the country. Frank, in an issued statement in Abuja, in reaction to the fresh killing of soldiers in Borno state by suspected Boko Haram insurgents, expressed deep concern over the rising wave of insecurity, banditry, and kidnappings, describing the situation as a national tragedy that requires urgent…

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“Ignore call for sack of Service Chiefs”, Ndume tells Tinubu

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Ndume on Service Chiefs

…Seeks adequate funding, training for Armed Forces Former Senate Leader, Ali Ndume, has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to ignore calls for the sack of his Service Chiefs. The former Chairman of the Senate Committee on Army made the call in a statement yesterday. Ndume’s advice to President Tinubu was on the heels of agitation for the removal of the Service Chiefs by a group, the Northern Ethnic National Forum. Convener of the group, Dominic Alancha, had on Tuesday in a statement, claimed that the present crop of Service Chiefs…

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Lavish retirement perks for Service Chiefs spark criticism amid economic hardship

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Asiwaju & Service Chiefs

President Bola Tinubu has approved an extensive retirement package for Service Chiefs and top military officers, including $20,000 for annual foreign medical treatment, bulletproof SUVs, domestic aides, and other benefits. The new provisions, outlined in the Harmonised Terms and Conditions of Service, (HTCOS), which was signed in December 2024, has however drawn sharp criticism from medical and civil society groups. The package includes a bulletproof SUV, replaced every four years, a backup vehicle, personal aides, and free medical care abroad. Lieutenant-Generals will receive $20,000 for medical treatment, two Toyota Hilux…

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Security Funds: Im happy with the military; no need for probe – Tinubu

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Tinubu on military probe

President Bola Tinubu has said that he has no reason to probe the military operations across the country.  Tinubu, who spoke during his first Presidential Media Chat yesterday, said while there might be leakages, the military hierarchy is judiciously utilising funds allocated to it. Im not probing any Service Chief, the President said, when asked if he has plans to do such. You cannot disrespect the institution because of threats of a probe. According to him, military operatives are living and operating in a very serious condition. Admitting that Nigeria,…

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TY ?anjuma tasks Service Chiefs to end banditry

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?anjuma tasks Service Chiefs

Says no excuses for insecurity Former Minister of Defence, General Theophilus ?anjuma (rtd), has asked Service Chiefs to end banditry and stop senseless killings across the country and return the country to the path of peace. ?anjuma said there was no excuses for the lingering insecurity ravaging the country. The former Army chief spoke at a book launch, titled: Big Boots: Lessons from my military service, by Major-General Solomon Udounwa (rtd) in Abuja yesterday. ?anjuma, who was the chairman of occasion extolled the virtues of the author and his commitment…

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‘Nigeria in worst situation apart from civil war years’ – Tinubu

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Tinubu and Service Chiefs

President Bola Tinubu says the country will prevail against the adversaries undermining its peace and security, saying Nigerians are living in the worst situation apart from the civil war years. Tinubu, represented by Senate President Godswill Akpabio, gave the assurance while inaugurating the Headquarters of the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA), yesterday, in Abuja. The President said his confidence was anchored on the unwavering commitment of members of the Nigerian Armed Forces and the intelligence agencies, including the DSS, NIA and the DIA. He said, You have all led me in…

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