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Northern youths raise alarm over alleged plot to remove Service Chiefs

June 19, 2026June 19, 2026 Aminu Imam

Northern youths under the umbrella of the Arewa Youth Assembly (AYA) have raised concerns over what they described as an alleged plot by certain political actors and power brokers to orchestrate the removal of Nigeria’s Service Chiefs, warning that any attempt to politicise the nation’s security leadership could undermine ongoing efforts to tackle insecurity. The spokesperson of the group, Aliyu Sanni Mohammed, at a press conference in Abuja, alleged that credible concerns had emerged suggesting that some influential individuals may have held meetings outside Nigeria aimed at engineering the removal…

Borno Attack: Tinubu orders S’Chiefs to Maiduguri

March 18, 2026March 18, 2026 Aminu Imam

…As Army warns of more suicide bombers President Bola Tinubu has ordered the nation’s Service Chiefs to relocate immediately to Maiduguri, Borno state, following a wave of deadly bombings that have heightened fears of renewed insurgent attacks in the region. The directive comes amid fresh security warnings from the Nigerian Army about the possible presence of additional suicide bombers in the city after coordinated explosions on Monday evening killed at least 23 people and injured over 100 others. The attacks, reportedly carried out by suspected Boko Haram fighters, struck crowded…

Rising Attacks: Defence Minister orders S’Chiefs to rejig operations in N’East, N’West

March 12, 2026March 12, 2026 Aminu Imam

Minister of Defence, General Christopher Musa (Rtd), yesterday summoned Nigeria’s Service Chiefs to an emergency security meeting in Abuja and directed them to immediately review and strengthen military operations in the North-East and North-West following recent attacks on military formations. The high-level meeting, held at the headquarters of the Ministry of Defence, brought together top military leadership including the Chief of Defence Staff, General Olufemi Oluyede, Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Waidi Shaibu, Chief of Air Staff, Air-Marshal Sunday Aneke, and the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice-Admiral Idi Abass. Representatives…

Tinubu decorates new Service Chiefs, orders crackdown on emerging threats

October 31, 2025October 31, 2025 Aminu Imam

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…

Senate confirms nomination of Service Chiefs

October 30, 2025October 30, 2025 Aminu Imam

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,…

Tinubu writes Senate, seeks confirmation of new Service Chiefs

October 29, 2025October 29, 2025 Aminu Imam

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…

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

October 25, 2025October 25, 2025 Aminu Imam

…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…

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

October 13, 2025October 13, 2025 Aminu Imam

…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…

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

September 12, 2025September 12, 2025 Aminu Imam

…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…

Lavish retirement perks for Service Chiefs spark criticism amid economic hardship

January 8, 2025January 8, 2025 Aminu Imam

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…