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The Commissioner of Police in Enugu State, Mr Mohammed Aliyu, has warned candidates of the Nigeria Police Academy (POLAC), shortlisted for physical screening/interview, to be wary of admission racketeers.

Tension, Anger In Police Academy As Nigeria Police Refuse To Pass Out 418 Cadets Enrolled Since 2015 Some of the cadets told SaharaReporters that life is no longer meaningful in the academy where they are without freedom, fed with substandard meals and denied access to their families. by SaharaReporters, New York Jun 09, 2021 There is anger at the Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil, Kano State, as the police authorities led by the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, failed to pass out 418 cadet...

The 29 army generals are seniors to Farouk Yahaya who was appointed COAS on May 27.

DHQ says no mass retirement Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has raised the alarm that armed bandits have taken over forests in the state, calling on the military to help flush them out. Ganduje, who disclosed this at the Defence Headquarters, Abuja, where he met with the service chiefs, said the bandits were grouping in Falgore forest, even as the state government was working hard to open up the forests. Though he assured of his administration’s commitment to sustain the relative peac...

About 30 generals were reportedly forced to retire following the appointment of their junior, Farouk Yahaya, by President Muhammadu Buhari, as COAS last week.

President Muhammadu has written the Senate seeking its confirmation of Maj.-Gen. Farouk Yahaya as Chief of Army Staff (COAS).

Here comes yet another quota-system Chief of Army Staff! We welcome him with little or no enthusiasm.

The appointment of Major General Farouk Yahaya may lead to the forced retirement of up to 25 Generals. Yahaya was appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari

• You’re fuelling tension, ethnic distrust, YCE, Southeast groups blast President • Buhari appoints Mohammed as NAPTIP DG, Abari NOA DG Six days after the tragic death of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant-General Ibrahim Attahiru, in a plane crash in Kaduna State, the Nigerian Army got a new chief, Major-General Farouk Yahaya, following his appointment as the new COAS yesterday by President Muhammadu Buhari. The announcement followed the end of three-day mourning after the Fe...

Punch Newspapers Sections Adelani Adepegba, Solomon Odeniyi, Kayode Oyero and Godwin Isenyo Published 28 May 2021 Adelani Adepegba, Solomon Odeniyi, Kayode Oyero and Godwin Isenyo Published 28 May 2021 The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Thursday appointed Major  General Farouk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff, one week after the demise of the former COAS, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru and 10 others in a plane crash in Kaduna. Until his appointment, Yahaya was the Thea...