NIGERIA'S DEFENCE MINISTER SUMMONS SERVICE CHIEFS AMID SURGE IN ATTACKS ON MILITARY BASES. (PHOTO).
Nigeria's Defence Minister Summons Service Chiefs Amid Surge in Attacks on Military Bases Nigeria's Minister of Defence, General Christopher Musa (Rtd), has urgently summoned the nation's top military leaders to a high-level meeting at the Ministry of Defence headquarters in Abuja. The session addresses the escalating attacks targeting military installations, particularly in the North East region. The meeting includes key figures such as: - Chief of Defence Staff, General Olufemi Oluyede - Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Waidi Shaibu - Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sunday Aneke - Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Idi Abass - Representatives from the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) The summons comes in response to recent deadly assaults by terrorists on military bases in the North East. Reports indicate that no fewer than three Commanding Officers of Lieutenant-Colonel rank were killed in Borno State, alongside scores of soldiers lost. Additionally, hundreds of civilian...
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed ''heart-felt'' sadness over the death of Madam Omowunmi Bisi Akande,wife of the founding chairman of the governing All Progressives Congress,APC.In a letter penned by him on the heels of an earlier telephone call to the bereaved party chieftan on wednesday,President Buhari described as ''irreparable'' the loss by Chief Akande of his wife of 50 years.The President's message reads as follows:''I received the very sad news of the death of your dearly beloved wife,Madam Omowunmi Akande this morning.I am following our phone call with this letter of condolence,which comes from my heart.To lose a wife,a dear wife after 50 years,a constant and loving companion through good and bad times,is a blow only a ma of unshakeable faith can withstand.Please extend my personal condolences to the immediate and wider Akande family and to friends of the family for this irreparable loos.May Allah give you the strength and Iman to endure her passing away''.
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