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Punch Newspapers Sections Our Reporters No fewer than 20 members of courses 34 and 35 may proceed on retirement as the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.),  on Tuesday removed service chiefs and appointed a new set of officers to replace them. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina,  in a statement titled, ‘President Buhari appoints new service chiefs,’ named officers who would head the nation’s armed forces. According to him, they includ...

Cheers, jeers, hope as new service chiefs take over On 2. Chief of Army Staff: Major-General I. Attahiru 3. Chief of Naval Staff: Rear Admiral A.Z Gambo 4. Chief of Air Staff: Air-Vice Marshal Isiaka Oladayo Amao *We hope new service chiefs’ll justify Buhari’s confidence in them — ACF *Nothing special — Afenifere *PANDEF lauds Buhari *APC expresses confidence in new service chiefs *PDP, Fayose want probe of ex-service chiefs By Kingsley Omonobi, Dapo Akinrefon, Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Pet...

Maj. General LEO Irabor This man is a known name in the military, mostly as the Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole tasked with reclaiming the country’s territory from Boko Haram. Lucky Irabor led his men to some major gains in the fight against insurgency in the Northeast. His leadership style has been commended as open as he regularly held press briefings to update the country on the progress of his troops. He has been described by people within and outside the force as a brave, cour...

Share The Defence Headquarters (DHQ)  has said that troops of Operation Tura Takaibango, a subsidiary Operation of Operation Lafiya Dole in the North-East, has continued to degrade the Boko Haram/Islamic State’s West Africa Province criminals as they eliminate more Boko Haram/ Islamic State West Africa Province terrorists in their enclaves at Chindila town in Yobe State and Mayankari in Borno State respectively. This was disclosed by the Acting Director, Defence Media Operations (DMO), Briga...

The Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brig.-Gen. Bernard 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, while some escaped with gunshots wounds. Onyeuko said that ...

While benefiting from considerable economic growth, Niger faces significant challenges. The government is deploying an assertive social strategy to support at-risk populations.

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 14 January 2021 CALLS on the government to secure greater foreign assistance to crush terrorism have peaked as insurgents continue to slaughter and kidnap Nigerians and vandalise communities. A Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, adding his cerebral voice to those of security experts, governors and traumatised victims, said Nigeria’s situation had become desperate and required robust external assistance. The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), must...

English Analysis on World about Humanitarian Financing and Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding; published on 14 Jan 2021 by ICG

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 7 January 2021 A Chibok community leader in Abuja and the spokesman, Kibaku Area Development Association, Dr Manasseh Allen, in this interview with ADELANI ADEPEGBA blames lack of military and political leadership for the unending insurgency in the North-East Will you say the security situation is improving in the North-East?  The security situation is bad and it’s getting worse because the attacks are on the rise and casualties are on the rise;majority o...

Share Brigadier General Jon Temlong (retd), while in the military, was the Commander in charge of Multinational Joint Task Force, Baga. He was also a delegate to the 2014 National Conference and Plateau State governorship candidate of Action Democratic Party (ADP) in the 2019 elections. He speaks to ISAAC SHOBAYO on the recent abduction of students in Katsina State amid worsening insecurity and corruption in the country.   Sir, insecurity pervades every nook and cranny of Nigeria,  the recen...