The Defence Headquarters, DHQ, has dismissed as misleading and distorted, claims circulating on social media concerning remarks by the Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, on the military’s deradicalisation initiative, Operation SAFE CORRIDOR. This is contained in a statement released on Friday in Abuja by the Director of Defence Information, Maj.-Gen. Samaila Uba….
President Bola Tinubu has made changes in the hierarchy of the Service Chiefs in furtherance of the efforts of the Federal Government of Nigeria to strengthen the national security architecture. The President appointed General Olufemi Oluyede to replace General Christopher Musa as the new Chief of Defence Staff. Channels /Deborah Olayiwola.
The Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, Gen. Christopher Musa, has welcomed the judgment of a Finnish court that sentenced Simon Ekpa to six years in prison for terrorism-related offences. The Päijät-Häme District Court in Finland delivered the ruling, which Musa described as a significant step in the global fight against terrorism. In a statement on…
The Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, Gen Christopher Musa, has reiterated the Nigerian Armed Forces’ commitment to United Nations, UN, peacekeeping operations. Gen Musa made this pledge in Abuja while receiving the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mohammed Fall. According to a statement by the Director of Defence Information, Brig.-Gen. Tukur Gusau, the…
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, has declared 2025 as a year for Nigeria’s military to decisively tackle and eradicate banditry, terrorism, and other security threats across the country. General Musa made this pronouncement during a visit to troops of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State,…
The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa, has accused some individuals of trying to sabotage the efforts of the government in curbing insecurity in the country. According to him, the individuals which he didn’t disclose their names, were doing everything possible to frustrate the efforts of the government. “There are certain individuals trying to…
President Bola Tinubu has ordered his minister of state for defence, Bello Matawalle, and the military chiefs to relocate to Sokoto State as part of efforts to rid the state and the entire north-west of rampant terrorism, an official has announced. The north-west is arguably Nigeria’s most terrorised region with four of the region’s seven…
The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has maintained that its directive on the suspension of biometric clearance and Community Development Services (CDS) still subsists. This is against a circular making the rounds on social media purportedly signed by the NYSC Director General. The Scheme said the directory in circulation was a ruse which only existed…