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Military authorities have dispelled the rumour of mass compulsory retirement of senior military officers, following the appointment of the new Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Major General Farouk Yahaya.
The Acting Director of Defence Media Operation, Brigadier General Benard Onyeuko, faulted the claim at a press conference on Thursday at the Defence Headquarters in Abuja, the nation’s capital.
“At this point, you are all aware of the appointment of the new Chief of Army Staff, Major General Farouk Yahaya. This has stirred up a lot of rumours in the media about mass retirements in the military,” he told reporters at the briefing.
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1. The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has requested for the immediate establishment of Ecclesiastical Courts in Nigeria. CAN’s chairman in Kano State, Reverend Adeolu Adeyemo made the request at the House of Representatives Public Hearings on the Review of the 1999 Constitution (As amended) taking place in Kano.
2. Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, lamented the deplorable state of Nigeria, saying the country now flows with bitterness and sadness, rather than milk and honey. The former president spoke at the unveiling of a book in his honour at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital.
DHQ says no mass retirement
Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has raised the alarm that armed bandits have taken over forests in the state, calling on the military to help flush them out.
Ganduje, who disclosed this at the Defence Headquarters, Abuja, where he met with the service chiefs, said the bandits were grouping in Falgore forest, even as the state government was working hard to open up the forests.
Though he assured of his administration’s commitment to sustain the relative peace in the state, the governor pleaded with the army to hasten work on the training depot in Falgore and take over the forest.