THE military should take the battle to bandits, the Senate said yesterday. It urged the Federal Government to deploy fighter jets to flush out terrorists from their hideouts. These were some resolutions taken after a debate on worsening insecurity in…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum Chairman, Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal yesterday said only corrupt party chieftains have defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Healso said the defectors left for APC to avoid likely prosecution for…
Nigeria Senate on Tuesday confirmed the newly appointed Service Chiefs to replace the former ones. President Muhammadu Buhari forwarded their names to the Senate for confirmatiion in line with the Military Act. The confirmation followed the report by the Senate…
Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike on Sunday said the former Service Chiefs failed to achieve much in securing Nigeria because they were fully involved in politics. President Muhammadu Buhari last week retired the former Service Chiefs comprising Chief of Defence Staff,…
Special Adviser Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, Femi Adesina, has revealed what Buhari told the new Service Chiefs during their first meeting. The new Service Chiefs were appointed on Tuesday and met the President on Wednesday evening for…
After several calls from Nigerians on the sack of service chiefs due to the worsening security situation in the country, President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday announced the sack the Service Chiefs. A statement by his Special Adviser on Media and…
Hon. Ben Rollands Igbakpa served as a member of Delta State House of Assembly. He later became a commissioner of Transportation. At the moment, he represents Ethiope Federal Constituency of Delta State in the House of Representatives. In this interview,…
The National President of the renown anti-corruption NGO; Almushahid Initiative for Transparency and Accountability (AITA), Ambassador Aminu Abubakar Majidadi says the sacking of the current service chiefs is long overdue considering the recent Kankara attack and the constant insecurity challenges…
ABUJA-Elders in the North have said they are concerned over President Muhammadu Buhari’s continuous silence to growing calls in many quarters that he rejigs the security architecture in view of the worsening insecurity in the country. They said the resolutions…
• ‘We’re tired of excuses by military top brass’• ‘Our silence misconstrued because of background of service chiefs’• Nyiam, Yakassai, others back call• ‘Their retention against military protocol’Northern elites, have threw their weight behind the call on President Muhammadu Buhari…
