President Muhammadu Bihari on Wednesday had a meeting with the new Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Lucky Irabor, Chief of Army Staff, Major General Ibrahim Attahiru, Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral Awwal Gambo and Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal Oladayo Amao. Present at the meeting were the Chief of Staff to […]
The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS has applauded the policy proposal by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, for students to undergo drug integrity test before admission into the University. President of NANS, Asefon Sunday Daye expressed the support for the initiative during a solidarity visit to the new Chairman/Chief Executive, Brigadier General […]
Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has hailed President Muhammadu Buhari for sacking the former Service Chiefs, thereby doing the right thing for the country. The CNPP congratulated the new security Chiefs, urging them to inject fresh ideas into the war against insurgency and criminality in the country. In a statement signed by its Secretary […]
Following the launch of the Nigeria Police National Command and Control (Public Safety Center) of a Free Help Apps called “NPF Rescue-me” by IGP Mohammed Adamu, the technology has began operation. The App is a free emergency call alert app for all emergencies that provides direct emergency notification to the Nigerian Police Force Command and […]
Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar Adamu said on Tuesday that as part of efforts towards ensuring Community Policing takes off on strong footing, a total of 18, 360 Police Constabularies from communities in the country have been recruited, vetted and trained. Speaking at a one day sensitization workshop on Community Policing in Abuja, he […]
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has congratulated Maj-Gen. Leo Irabor on his appointment as Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) by President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday. The governor’s felicitation was conveyed in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Olisa Ifeajika, on Tuesday in Asaba. He said that the sacrifices of the new defence chief […]
Governor Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno state has welcomed the appointment of new service chiefs, even as he expressed immense gratitude to the outgoing service chiefs, especially the Chief of Army Staff, Gen Tukur Buratai and the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Abubakar Sadique for working closely with the Borno State Government in the […]
Major General Lucky Eluonye Onyenuchea Irabor was at several times Brigade Commander in Kaduna, Director, Nigerian Army Aviation, Force Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, Force Commander Multinational Joint Task Force, Ndjamena, Chief of Training and Operations, Defence headquarters and later, Commander Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), Minna before President Buhari appointed his as the Chief of […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has accepted the immediate resignation of the Service Chiefs, and their retirement from service while appointing new ones. This was contained in a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Femi Adesina in Abuja Tuesday. According to the statement, “Those involved are the Chief of […]
Members of the Federal Character Commission (FCC) are locked in a ‘battle’ with their Commission’s Chairman, Dr. Muheeba Farida Dankaka less than six months after their appointments in June 2020. They have levelled allegations of corrupt practices, abuse of office, subversion of the provisions of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), FCC (Establishment Act), rules for […]