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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...

•Changes made to inject fresh ideas into system, says presidency •National Assembly, Afenifere, ACF, others welcome new appointments By Deji Elumoye, Chuks Okocha, Kingsley Nwezeh, Onyebuchi Ezigbo, Adedayo Akinwale, Udora Orizu in Abuja, Seriki Adinoyi in Jos, John Shiklam in Kaduna, George Okoh in Makurdi President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday injected fresh vigour into efforts by his administration to combat insurgency, banditry and other forms of criminality with the appointment of new se...

Daily Post Nigeria Published Buhari had on Tuesday approved the resignation of the outgoing Service Chiefs. The president commended them, while accepting their immediate resignation and retirement from service. Buhari had applauded the immediate past Service Chiefs for their achievements in ensuring peace in Nigeria. Following their resignation, the president immediately appointed Maj Gen LEO Irabor, CDS, Maj Gen I Attahiru, Army, Rear Adm AZ Gambo, Navy, AVM IO Alao, Air Force. Below is the pr...

Buhari Service Chiefs: Ibrahim Attahiru profile and wetin we know about why Buratai sack di Major General am for 2017 27 January 2021 Di new Army Chief, Ibrahim Attahiru replace di man wey sack am in 2017. Di now-former Army Chief, Tukur Buratai bin sack im replacement, Ibrahim Attahiru as di commander leading di fight against militant Islamist group Boko Haram for December 2017. Although dem no give official reason for Maj Gen Ibrahim Attahiru removal dat time. Im redeployment to an unspecifie...

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...

President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo General Assembly Worldwide, Basil Onuorah, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to appoint an officer of South-East origin as the next Inspector-General of Police. Onuorah made the call in a statement on Wednesday in reaction to the appointment of new Service Chiefs. He commended Buhari for yielding to Nigerians’ demand. Onuorah charged the new military chiefs to get prepared for “the onerous task and challenges of insecurity in our country”. He, how...

Daily Post Nigeria Published The meeting which was held behind closed doors on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the service chiefs, who were appointed on Tuesday, arrived at the villa in their old official vehicles at about 4.00p.m. NAN gathered that the new service chiefs – Maj.-Gen. Lucky Irabor, Chief of Defence Staff; Maj.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, Chief of Army Staff; Rear Adm. Awwal Zubairu Gambo, Chief of Naval Staff and AVM Isiaka Amao, Chief of Air Staff – may ...

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday, appointed new heads of the Army, Air Force and Navy. He also appointed a new Chief of Defence Staff, Lucky Irabor, a major general.

Here are brief profiles of the new service chiefs: Major General L.E.O. Irabor Chief of Defence Staff Maj-Gen Leo Irabor Irabor hails from Agbor in Delta state and he’s a member 34 Regular Course of the Nigeria Defence Academy (NDA). He’s an alumnus of Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife as he also holds two Masters Degrees from the University of Ghana, Accra, and Bangladesh University of Professionals, Dhaka. Before his appointment as the new CDS, Major General Irabor was Chief of Training ...

Channels Television     President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday appointed new Service Chiefs following the resignation of the former officers. Major-General Leo Irabor replaced General Abayomi Olonisakin as Chief of Defence Staff; Air Vice Marshal Isiaka Oladayo Amao replaced Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar as Chief of Air Staff; Rear Admiral Awwal Zubairu Gambo replaced Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas as Chief of Naval Staff; while General Ibrahim Attahiru replaced Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf ...