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President Bola Tinubu has charged the new service chiefs not to leave any stone unturned in the country’s battle against insecurity. The President gave the directive on Thursday during the decoration of the service chiefs at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, stressing that Nigerians expect results and not excuses. “I charge you, as the heads of our nation’s armed forces, …

The Nigerian Army has redeployed 60 major generals and 11 brigadier-generals in a major shake-up across formations and units. In a memo dated October 30, signed by EL Okoro, the military secretary (army), and seen by TheCable, the affected senior officers are expected to resume their new primary assignments on November 3, 2025. Only four of the senior officers, who …

According to our sources, 12 of the 14 army officers belong to the Infantry Corps, the army’s frontline combat unit whose troops primarily engage in ground battles. One officer is from the Signals Corps, which manages military communications, while another serves in the Ordnance Corps, responsible for procuring, storing, and maintaining weapons, ammunition, vehicles, and other essential hardware. The army …

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on 30 October 2025 witnessed a landmark transition of leadership as Air Vice Marshal Sunday Kelvin Aneke officially assumed duty as the 23rd Chief of the Air Staff (CAS). In his inaugural address, AVM Aneke described his appointment as “a tremendous privilege and a solemn duty,” pledging to lead with humility, integrity, and an unwavering …

Six members of the House of Representatives have defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC), making the ruling party to clinch 2/3 majority in the Green chamber. The defections of five Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmakers from Enugu and one Labour Party member from Plateau State, has further increased the strength of the ruling party’s membership in the parliament. The …

When citizens are appointed to prominent positions, people rush to know their roots. The major appointments of Friday, October 24, 2025, were no exceptions. The military served meticulous dossiers: parents, wives, children, travels, qualifications, training, and degrees. Air Vice Marshal Sunday Kelvin Aneke, the 23rd Chief of Air Staff, popped up like a supernova in a cosmic carnival destined to …

A legal practitioner and analyst, Frank Tietie, has said that once the president grants pardon, he cannot take it back. Tietie made this known on Wednesday in an interview on Arise Television He was reacting to president Bola Tinubu’s reversal of pardon granted to convicts of various crimes. Recall that President Tinubu on Wednesday reduced the death sentence passed on …

The Majority Leader of the Kano State House of Assembly, Hon. Lawan Hussaini Dala has raised alarm over what he described as a gross injustice and imbalance in the ongoing recruitment exercise by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), alleging that the process favours the southern part of the country. Speaking during plenary on Wednesday, Hon. Dala said the recruitment exercise …

The Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB) has released names of candidates shortlisted for the paramilitary agencies recruitment Computer Based Test (CBT). The Board Secretary, Maj.-Gen. Abdulmalik Jubril (rtd), announced this in a notice issued on Wednesday, October 29, 2025. The agencies are the Nigerian Correctional Service, Nigeria Immigration Service, Federal Fire Service, and Nigeria Security and …

Details have begun to emerge about the identities of at least 16 of an unknown number of Nigerian military officers currently being detained over an alleged coup plot. According to sources familiar with the matter, fourteen of the 16 are from the Nigerian Army, while the remaining two belong to the Navy and the Air Force. Among the Army officers …