The Nigeria Air Force has redeployed a total of 72 senior officers comprising 27 Air Vice Marshalls, 30 Air Commodores, eight Group Captains, four Wing Commanders and three Squadron Leaders for operational efficiency and effectiveness. NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Ibikunle Daramola, announced this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Mr Daramola, […]
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The Department of State Services (DSS) has explained why it complied with the directive to reverse postings of some officials transferred out of the headquarters of the service in Abuja. There were reports that the presidency mounted pressure on Mathew Seiyefa, acting director-general of the DSS, to recall the redeployed officers. In a statement on […]
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The Nigerian Navy has appointed new Principal Staff Officers (PSOs) and Flag Officers Commanding (FOCs) to head various Commands in the country. Commodore Ayo Olugbode, the Director of Information for the Nigerian Navy, said this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. Olugbode listed the affected officers to include Rear Admiral U.B. Onyia for Logistics […]
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Two police officers were among four people killed Friday in a shooting that sparked panic and a police lockdown in a sleepy eastern Canadian city, as the nation grapples with rising gun violence. Residents of the Brookside neighbourhood of Fredericton, New Brunswick woke to the sounds of multiple gunshots. Witnesses told the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation […]
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The Nigerian army has announced a major shake-up among top military commanders and senior officers, as redeployment and new postings have been announced. The redeployment, which was announced on Friday, affects principal staff officers both at the defence and army headquarters as well as general officers commanding (GOCs). Texas Chukwu, director of army public relations, […]
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114 inspectors, rank and file have been decorated with their new ranks by the Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG), Zone 5, Rasheed Akintunde. Akintunde made this known in a statement by the zone’s spokesman, DSP Emeka Iheanacho, in Benin on Wednesday. He charged the officers comprising 81 Sergeants promoted to Inspectors and 33 Corporals […]
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The Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC), Hameed Ali, has approved the appointment, in acting capacities, of three customs officers for being efficient in their duties. According to a Customs official statement, Joseph Attah, the spokesman for the NCS, named the benefitting officers as Talatu Isa, an Assistant Comptroller-General (ACG), Talatu Isa, now appointed the Deputy Comptroller-General […]
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The Nigerian Air Force, NAF, Council has announced the promotion of its spokesperson and 49 senior officers to higher ranks. According to a statement issued on Monday by Bassey Okon, a wing commander of the Directorate of Public Relations & Information, the promotion exercise was conducted to motivate Air Force personnel towards serving the nation […]
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The Nigerian Army has announced the promotion of 45 brigadier generals to major generals, while 92 colonels were promoted to brigadier generals, bringing the number of officers promoted to 136. A statement from the army spokesperson, Sani Usman, confirmed the promotions. Read the full statement from Mr. Usman, a brigadier general, below as edited for style. […]
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The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris has redeployed all junior and senior police officers currently serving in different formations along the Abuja-Kaduna Highway. Below is the full statement by Jimoh Moshood, the Nigeria Police spokesperson: To ensure total success of operations Absolute Sanity currently ongoing on Abuja-Kaduna Highway aimed at routing out gangs of kidnappers […]
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