The President of Nigeria and Commander in Chief of Armed forces Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday accepted the immediate resignation of the Service Chiefs and approve their retirement from service. EKO HOT BLOG have gathered their profiles and gist about who are the new bosses of Nigeria security defence. Here are their biographical notes. Profile of Major-General … Read more
Barely a week after their resignation, President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated ex Service chiefs as non-career ambassadors. The development is contained in a statement by special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, on Thursday. According to the statement, their names have been forwarded to the Senate for confirmation. The statement read, … Read more
Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, says those clamouring for the prosecution of the ex-service chiefs by the International Criminal Court (ICC) at the Hague do not love the Nigeria. Some civil society organisations (CSOs) and individuals have dragged former service chiefs, particularly against Tukur Buratai, ex-army chief, to the ICC, with allegations of … Read more
Presidency has said the appointment of service chiefs is not by ethnicity but by their ability to secure lives and property in the country. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said this on Monday while speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily. This came as a reaction to calls … Read more
The newly appointed Service Chiefs upon stepping into Borno State, have promised to step up the war against insurgency, and other violent criminal activities in the area. On arrival in Borno, Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, Major General Leo Irabor, led the Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Major General Ibrahim Attahiru, Chief of Naval Staff, … Read more
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New CDS, Service Chiefs Visit Maiduguri The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor, on Sunday paid his first operational visit to the Theatre Command in Maiduguri. He was accompanied by the Chief of Army Staff, Maj.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal Isiaka Amao and the Chief of Naval Staff, Rear … Read more
Kashim Shettima, former governor of Borno state, says President Muhammadu Buhari made a profound and well thought out decision in the appointment of new service chiefs. On Tuesday, Buhari appointed Lucky Irabor as chief of defence staff; Ibrahim Attahiru, chief of army staff; Awwal Gambo, chief of naval staff; and Isiaka Amao, chief of air … Read more
Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai (retd.), the immediate past Chief of Army Staff says the former President Olusegun Obasanjo nearly retired him at the rank of Major, 21 years ago. YOU MAY ALSO LIKE: Commissioner Lauds Gov. Bello For Development Of Roads Infrastructure In Kogi State New Chief Of Army Staff, Attahiru Ibrahim Officially Resumes Duty … Read more
Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, has handed over to the new chief of Army staff, Major General Ibrahim Attahiru. He resumed officially after a hand over ceremony at the Defence Headquarters in Abuja, on Wednesday. YOU MAY ALSO LIKE: 348 Out Of 802 Stranded Nigerians Return From Saudi Arabia You’re Man Of The People But Tread … Read more
Senate have asked President Muhammadu Buhari to give the new service chiefs an ultimatum to end insurgency and banditry or risk being sacked. The Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, Senator Ali Ndume, stated this Abuja on Wednesday. He also said Buhari should mandate the new service chiefs to report directly to the National Security Adviser … Read more
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A video making rounds on social media shows soldiers rejoicing over the removal of Tukur Buratai as the Chief of Army. The Armed Forces were delighted that the ex-military heads were substituted after 66 months. YOU MAY ALSO LIKE: Imo APC Crisis: Okorocha May Soon End Up In Jail – Gov. Uzodinma EFCC Nabs 22 … Read more
The newly-appointed Coordinator of the Southern and Middle Belt Forum, SMBF, Chief Nnia Nwodo, has lamented the non-inclusion of Nigerians of eastern extraction in the appointment of the new service chiefs. Recall that President Buhari had, on Tuesday, relieved the Service Chiefs of their duties and immediately replaced them with new ones, which did not … Read more
The PDP demands a probe of the ex-service chiefs The party says the replacement is coming rather late YOU MAY ALSO LIKE Extend IGP Adamu’s Tenure, Coalition Urges Buhari President Buhari Increases Nigeria Port Authority Board Tenure To 5 Years ‘Your Actions Are Reprehensible’ – Daily Trust Blasts Fani-Kayode For Attacking Its Reporter The Peoples … Read more
The presidency has given reasons behind the replacement of service chiefs. Femi Adesina while debunking reports that Buhari yielded to the call of Nigerian, said the development was aimed at altering the security system of the country. YOU … Read more
Fayose has hailed the President, Muhammadu Buhari for Sacking service chiefs. The former Ekiti state Governor also urged the ICC to probe the sacked service chiefs For Rights Violations, Extrajudicial Killings. YOU MAY ALSO LIKE: Fayose Seek Probe Of Sacked … Read more
Omokri commends Buhari on sack of Service Chiefs. The former presidential aide also said it was disappointing that Buhari maintained his practice of appointing largely Northern Muslim males. YOU MAY ALSO LIKE: The New Service Chiefs Must Send Every Terrorist To Hell- … Read more
 Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, says Nigeria’s service chiefs are becoming helpless in wrenching the country from the grasp of insecurity that threatens its existence. Speaking on Friday at the 2021 Armed Forces Remembrance Day in Port Harcourt, Wike implored President Muhammadu Buhari to replace Nigeria’s Service Chiefs. Wike said inability to find a … Read more
Ibrahim Shekarau, senator representing Kano central, says there are unambiguous rules guiding civil service employment in Nigeria and that a president can’t act outside this rules. The former governor of Kano state said this in reaction to President Muhammadu Buhari retention of the service. There have been strident calls for the president to relieve the … Read more