{"id":105528,"date":"2023-06-20T02:53:18","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T01:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=105528"},"modified":"2023-06-20T02:53:18","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T01:53:18","slug":"tinubu-retires-service-chiefs-igp-confirms-ribadu-as-national-security-adviser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/tinubu-retires-service-chiefs-igp-confirms-ribadu-as-national-security-adviser\/","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu retires service chiefs, IGP, confirms Ribadu as National Security Adviser\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">President Bola Ahmed Tinubu\u00a0 has approved the immediate retirement of all Service Chiefs and the Inspector-General of\u00a0 Police, Advisers, Comptroller-General of Customs from Service as well as their replacements with immediate effect.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The newly appointed Officers are:<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">S\/N NAME APPOINTMENTS<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">1 Mallam Nuhu Ribadu National Security Adviser<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">2 Maj. Gen. C.G Musa Chief of Defence Staff<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">3 Maj. T. A Lagbaja Chief of Army Staff<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">4 Rear Admirral E. A Ogalla Chief of Naval Staff<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">5 AVM H.B Abubakar Chief of Air Staff<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">6 DIG Kayode Egbetokun\u00a0 Acting Inspector-General of Police<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">7 Maj. Gen. EPA Undiandeye Chief of Defense Intelligence<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Mr President has also approved the following appointments:<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">S\/N NAME APPOINTMENTS<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">1 Col. Adebisi Onasanya\u00a0 Brigade of Guards Commander<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">2 Lt. Col. Moshood Abiodun Yusuf\u00a0 7 Guards Battalion, Asokoro, Abuja<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">3 Lt. Col. Auwalu Baba Inuwa 177, Guards Battalion, Keffi, Nasarawa State<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">4 Lt. Col. Mohammed J. Abdulkarim 102 Guards Battalion, Suleja, Niger<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">5 Lt. Col. Olumide A. Akingbesote\u00a0 176 Guards Battalion, Gwagwalada, Abuja<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Similarly, the President has approved the appointments of other Military Officers in the Presidential Villa as follows:<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">S\/N NAME APPOINTMENTS<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">1 Maj.\u00a0 Isa Farouk Audu<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">(N\/14695) Commanding Officer State House Artillery<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">2 Capt. Kazeem Olalekan Sunmonu (N\/16183) Second-in-Command, State House Artillery<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">3 Maj. Kamaru Koyejo Hamzat (N\/14656) Commanding Officer, State House Military Intelligence<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">4 Maj. TS Adeola (N\/12860) Commanding Officer, State House Armament<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">5 Lt. A. Aminu (N\/18578) Second-in- Command, State House Armament<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Mr. President has also approved the appointments of two (2) additional Special Advisers, and two (2) Senior Assistants, namely:<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">S\/N NAME APPOINTMENTS<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">1 Hadiza Bala Usman Special Adviser, Policy Coordination<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">2 Hannatu\u00a0 Musa Musawa Special Adviser, Culture and Entertainment Economy<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">3 Sen. Abdullahi Abubakar Gumel Senior Special Assistant , National Assembly Matters\u00a0 (Senate)<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">4 Hon. (Barr) Olarewaju Kunle Ibrahim\u00a0 Senior Special Assistant, National Assembly Matters\u00a0 (House of Representatives)<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Finally, the President has approved the appointment of Adeniyi Bashir Adewale as the Ag. Comptroller General of Customs.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">It is to be noted that the appointed Service Chiefs, the Inspector-General of Police and the Comptroller General of Customs are to act in their positions, pending their confirmation in accordance with the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Willie Bassey<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Director, Information<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">For: Secretary to the Government of the Federation<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Bola Ahmed Tinubu\u00a0 has approved the immediate retirement of all Service Chiefs and the Inspector-General of\u00a0 Police, Advisers, Comptroller-General of Customs from Service as well as their replacements with&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":105529,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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