In Break from Military Rule, in Line With Global Best Practices, It’s Police-led Security Apparatchik Ribadu, Police intelligence veteran, is now the NSA
Olawale Olaleye
Yesterday’s appointment of a former chairman of the Economic
News Analysis and Financial Crimes Commission
(EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, as the National Security Adviser (NSA), appeared a strong pointer to President Bola Tinubu’s resolve to
rejig the nation’s security apparatus by returning intelligence to the first line of defence – the police. The world over, the police,
being the first line of defence, is effectively in charge of security and Continued on page 25
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Ribadu
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New Service Chiefs, Acting IG and CG Customs
Maj. Gen. C.G Musa, Chief of Defence Staff
Maj. Gen. T. A Lagbaja, Chief of Army Staff
Rear Admiral E. A Ogalla, Chief of Naval Staff
AVM H.B Abubakar, Chief of Air Staff
DIG Kayode Egbetokun, Acting Inspector-General of Police
Adeniyi Bashir, Acting Comptroller General of Nigerian Customs
Tinubu Sacks All Service Chiefs, IG, CG Customs, Advisers Appoints Bala-Usman, Musawa, Gumel, Ibrahim, others SAs Dissolves boards of parastatals, agencies, government-owned coys
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BOOSTING US-NIGERIA RELATIONS...
L-R: United States Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Energy Resources, Amb. Geoffrey Praytt; President Bola Ahmed Tinubu; Special Adviser to the President on Energy, Mrs. Olu Verheijen; Special Adviser on Monetary Policies, Mr. Wale Edun; Consul General, American Embassy, William Stevens and the Group Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation ( NNPC), PHOTO: GODWIN OMOIGUI Mele Kyari, during the courtesy visit of the American Assistant Secretary of State to the President at the Presidential Villa, Abuja …yesterday
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