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By Henry Umoru THE Chief of Defence Staff (CDS)-designate and the Service Chiefs-designate forwarded to the Senate for screening and subsequent confirmation by President Muhammadu Buhari, Tuesday assured the Lawmakers and Nigerians of their readiness to end insecurity in the country. Speaking separately for few minutes, the Chief of Defence Staff and Service Chiefs Designate
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By Adewale Kupoluyi MANY Nigerians have come to see the appointment of new service chiefs as a boost in response to the parlous and fragile security situation in the land. Rampant cases of kidnapping, armed robbery, sectarian crisis, farmers-herders clashes, rape and insurgencies, among others, have become regular features in the country. The truth is
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By Olu Fasan PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari rejected National Assembly resolutions and public demands to sack his utterly inept service chiefs. Suddenly, on January 26, President Buhari tweeted: “I have accepted the immediate resignation of the service chiefs.” But, akin to a “golden handshake”, he promptly nominated them as “non-career ambassadors”. Was there a special relationship
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…Gov seeks stronger ties with Chad, Niger, and Cameroon armed forces By Ndahi marama The newly appointed Service Chiefs yesterday stormed Borno State, as they made their first official trip to the centre of the war against Boko Haram terrorist group, promising to step up the war against insurgency, and other violent criminal activities in
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The Chief Executive Officer of Geotag Oil and Gas Limited and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Delta North Senatorial District, Chief Dr. Gabriel Chukwuma Etaoghenevwegba Oyibode (JP) has commended President Muhammadu Buhari over the appointment of new service chiefs. Oyibode, who made the statement in Abuja through his media aide, Pastor Itodje Okiemute Godstime,
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The House of Representatives committee on the army has called on the new service chiefs to urgently plot a new strategy to end insurgency and banditry in the country.
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…Urges Buhari to reclaim forests, highways from criminals By Victor Arjihromanus Coalition of Northern Groups, CNG, has called on the newly appointed service chiefs to immediately disband all armed groups and militias in the country. It also urged the security heads to work in harmony with the civil society to ensure that no group has
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The new service chiefs, yesterday, pledged that the security challenges in the three northern states occasioned by the activities of the Boko Haram Islamic sect would be resolved before April 2014.
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