The Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali has directed the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai to remain in the North East until security situation in the region improves. The Public Relations Officer of the minister, Col. Tukur Gusau said in a statement on Monday that Dan-Ali gave the directive when he met with the […]
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The Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun; governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele and Ministers of Defence, Mansur Dan Ali, have been summoned by the senate to appear before the Committee on Appropriation. Adeosun and her colleagues were on Tuesday summoned to explain why $462 million was released for the purchase of helicopters by […]
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Presidential media adviser, Femi Adesina says those opposing or criticizing President Muhammadu Buhari’s approval of one billion dollars for security funding are only playing politics with the lives of Nigerians. The Minister of Defence, retired Brig.-Gen. Mansur Dan-Ali had on Wednesday revealed that President Buhari had granted assent for the release of the one billion […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the release of $1bn for the procurement of security equipment to fight insurgency. The Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, disclosed this to State House correspondents at the end of a meeting Buhari had with security chiefs at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Wednesday. The President was also said to have […]
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Mansur Dan-Ali, the Minister of Defence, has described former Minister of Defence, Gen. Theophilus Danjuma’s comment has “highly uncalled for,” and an invitation to anarchy. Danjuma had, on Saturday at the maiden convocation of the Taraba State University, told Nigerians to defend themselves against killers, saying the Nigerian Armed Forces were not ready to defend […]
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