Finally, president Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, having faced intense public pressure, sacked his service chiefs, who ironically have overstayed their tenure for several years. Those sacked include, Chief of Defence Staff, General Abayomi Olonisakin; Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai; Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok Ekwe Ibas; and Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar. In the same vein, Buhari also appointed new Service Chiefs including, Major-General Leo Irabor, Chief of Defence Staff; Major-General I. Attahiru, Chief of Army Staff; Rear Admiral A.Z Gambo, Chief of Naval Staff; and Air-Vice Marshal I.O Amao, Chief of Air…
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The troops of Operation Tura Takaibango, a subsidiary of Operation Lafiya Dole, have overran more Boko Haram/Islamic States West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists’ enclaves, killing scores in Borno and Yobe. The Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brig.-Gen. Benard Onyeuko, in a statement on Tuesday, said the enclaves were located at Chindila town in Yobe and Mayankari in Borno. Onyeuko said the troops of 233 Battalion on Monday, made contact with the terrorists during an aggressive clearance patrol at Chindila village. He said the troops engaged the terrorists with fierce volume of fire and neutralised five of them in the process,…
The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, CISLAC, has charged the new Service Chiefs, appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, to be the professional soldiers that they are and not politicians in uniform. Buhari accepted the resignation of service chiefs and appointed new ones in their place. CISLAC in a statement by its Executive Director, Auwal Rafsanjani and made available to ASHENEWS on Tuesday said, while it is “Good enough that their credentials suggest that they are well experienced in tactics and strategy, which is the immediate fresh breath that is required to engage,…they should not be politicians in uniform.…
President Muhammadu Buhari has replaced the Service Chiefs and their retirement from service, after they tendered their letters in that regard. His spokesperson, Femi Adesina confirmed this development in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. Those that resigned the Chief of Defence Staff, General Abayomi Olonisakin; Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai; Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok Ekwe Ibas and Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar. Meanwhile, Buhari has approved the appointment of new Service Chiefs. They are Maj.-Gen. Leo Irabor, Chief of Defence Staff; Maj.-Gen. I. Attahiru, Chief of Army Staff; Rear Adm. A.…
After unheard calls by Nigerians for a change of the leadership of the Nigeria’s service chiefs, President Muhammadu Buhari, has finally replaced then with new ones. The new ones include: Major-General Leo Irabor, Chief of Defence Staff; Major-General I. Attahiru, Chief of Army Staff; Rear Admiral A.Z Gambo, Chief of Naval Staff; and Air-Vice Marshal I.O Amao, Chief of Air Staff. Details later…
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, ordered the final forfeiture of former governor of Zamfara, Abdulaziz Yari’s funds domiciled in Zenith and Polaris Banks. The funds include $56,056.75 in Polaris Bank; N12.9 million, N11.2 million, $301, 319.99; N217, $388.04 and $311,872.15 in different Zenith Bank accounts in the name of Yari and his companies. Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu, in a judgment, held that the former governor had not shown good cause why the order sought by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) should not be granted. The ICPC had instituted a suit, praying the court for…
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has expressed his government’s commitment to implementing global climate change adaptation initiatives. Kenyatta said this in Nairobi during a virtual high-level session of the Climate Adaptation Summit 2021. Kenyatta called for concerted global efforts in addressing climate change saying, like COVID-19, the challenge is a reality that the world must confront urgently. “Kenya commits to implement the adaptation action agenda, but we can only succeed if we all, as a global community, collaborate in this noble endeavour,” Kenyatta said. The meeting was attended by several world leaders including UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. According to a statement…
By Suleiman Mande Leadership is an act of surrender, an act of sacrifice of ones health, wealth, time, energy and any other resources that one possibly possesses in order to add value, create meaning and purpose, build and enlarge the society to attain to its ideal goals, dreams and aspirations. “Standing between Problem and solutions to those problems are critical entities called leaders” – William Ruto, Kenyan Vice President. Standing between where we are and where we want to be is decisive, pragmatic and bold decisions that takes leaders to make. When we say leaders in this respect, we are…
“Omo Ghetto” (The Saga), a movie by Actress Funke Akindele-Bello, popularly known as Jenifa has been declared Nollywood’s highest grossing movie of all time. The 2020 comedy film has broken a four-year record formally held by Kemi Adetiba’s ‘The Wedding Party’. In a statement released by Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN), the 2020 comedy film has so far grossed N468,036,300 after holding the number one spot for its third week in a row. “Omo Ghetto’ has officially broken a four years record by knocking off Kemi Adetiba’s 2016 Comedy movie” The Wedding Party” The movie had been Nollywood Highest…
One of the residences of Chief Sunday Adeyemo, a.k.a Sunday Igboho, in Soka area of Ibadan was gutted by fire in the early hours of Tuesday. Property worth millions of naira was damaged by the fire, the source of which could not be immediately ascertained. It was gathered that fire fighters from the Oyo State Fire Service arrived at the scene few hours after to douse the fire. Speaking about the incident, the Director of Operation Oyo State Fire Service, Mr Ismail Adeleke, said no life was lost in the fire incident. Adeleke said that it was the only the…