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Sat May 15 2021 The immediate former service chiefs are yet to be deployed to Nigeria’s diplomatic posts overseas because the federal government is yet to receive agreemo from the host countries, Daily Trust Saturday reports. President Muhammadu Buhari had on February 4, 2021, appointed the retired service chiefs as non-career ambassadors. The nominees are General Abayomi Olonisakin (Rtd) – Ekiti; Lt Gen Tukur Buratai (Rtd) – Borno; Vice Admiral Ibok-Ette Ibas (Rtd) – Cross River; Air M...

Nigerian Navy takeing delivery of purpose-built Offshore Survey Vessel. Photo; TWITTER/NIGERIANNAVYThe Nigerian Navy, yesterday, in Saint Nazaire, France, took delivery of its first-ever purpose-built Offshore Survey Vessel, ‘NNS LANA’. At the Flag Transfer Ceremony (FTC), the Minister of Defence, Maj-Gen. Bashir Magashi (rtd.), represented by the Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Awwal Gambo, stated that the new vessel was conceived as a replacement to the previous NNS LANA, a ...

• Women Groups Kick Over Low Number The President, Muhammadu Buhari, recently assigned portfolios to 52 non-career and 43 career ambassadors screened last year by the Senate. A cursory look at the postings released showed that 11 envoys were re-appointed with eight retaining their places of primary assignment, while the other three were redeployed to other countries. But that is not all the list revealed; it also showed that of the 52 non-career ambassadors, Only 12 are women with three caree...