Tag: ACCF, CDS
Protest: Like CDS , Arewa Forum backs media blackout
Caption:Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa The Arewa Concerned Citizens Forum,ACCF, has backed the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa’s...
Okuama 17:Tinubu confers MON, OON on slain soldiers, houses, scholarships for families
Caption:Pictures of the 17 slain soldiers President Bola Tinubu has conferred posthumous national honours on the 17 soldiers who were killed in Okuama...
Okuama 17:Tinubu, governors pay last respect as slain officers are buried
Caption: Remains of 17 slain military officers The remains of 17 military personnel killed in Okuama community in Delta on March 14, have arrived the National Military...
Banditry now big business by top Northerners for economic gains -Matawale
…Says banditry is source of crime in the country Governor Matawalle Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, has said that banditry is now a big business in...
Ex-CDS had brilliant military career – Oborevwori
Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State on Saturday extolled immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, CFR (rtd) for his brilliant and successful...
We are under pressure to compromise 2023 polls – Defence Chief
The Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor has disclosed that the security agencies and the military under pressure from unnamed quarters to compromise 2023...
Stop reprisal attacks – CDS urges Plateau, Fulani leaders
By Chijioke Chijioke The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Lucky Irabor, has charged all stakeholders in Plateau State to warn their youths from carrying out reprisal...
NDA: Attack is a worrisome development-CDS Says..We can’t rule out insider collaboration The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor has declared that the Nigeria Army is not ruling out an inside collaborator in the attack on Nigeria Defence Academy (NDA) earlier on Tuesday. While reacting to the early hour’s attack on NDA that led to the death of one officer and the abduction of a Major, the CDS said that the incident is worrisome and the military is looking into it with keen interest adding that the attack is like robbers entering a house with the knowledge of an insider General Irabor also said that the experience and ideas of retired Senior Military Officers will go a long way in tackling insurgency and other criminality in the North-East sub region and country at large. General Irabor stated this in Yola, on Tuesday as part of his programs to meet Retired Senior Military Officers in the geo-political zones of the country worried by the security challenges faced in the country particularly in the North-East sub-region. The Yola meeting is the fifth zone the CDS is holding with the Retired Senior officers. General Irabor in an interview shortly after declaring the meeting opened said that the military is doing its best to crack down on the insurgents, bandits and other criminality saying that the recent surrendering of some Boko Haram members is a sign of the combined efforts the military. While assuring Nigerians that in no distance time, Nigeria will be safe for all, adding that the meeting with retired senior officers is to tap their wealth of experience and advice in the fight against insurgency and other criminality in Nigeria. On the repentant Boko Haram, the CDS said that the military has taken necessary measures to ensure that they did not go back to crime. Earlier, the Commander, 23 Brigade, Brigadier General Aminu Garba who represented the GOC 3 Div said that the contemporary security challenges in the region call for a holistic approach that entails all hands to be on the desk including the retired senior military Officers. He added that their knowledge of the area since they are all from this region will be of great help in combating crime and criminality (Nigerian Tribune)
…Says..We can’t rule out insider collaboration The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor has declared that the Nigeria Army is...
DS pledges military support for protection of oil, gas assets
…As NNPC loses 200k barrels of oil daily The Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Lucky Irabor, has promised to galvanize the military to provide maximum security for...
Okowa hails new CDS
Delta Governor, Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, has congratulated Major-General Leo Irabor on his appointment as Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) by President Muhammadu Buhari...
