President Tinubu swears in Service Chiefs today

President Bola Tinubu has decorated the nation’s new Service Chiefs with their new ranks.

The decoration was held at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Thursday afternoon.

The new Chief of Defence Staff, Olufemi Oluyede, was decorated with the new rank of General. He was Lieutenant General.

While the new Chief of Army Staff, Wahidi  Shaibu, was decorated with his new rank of Lieutenant General, the Chief of Naval Staff, Idi Abbas, was decorated with the new rank of Vice Admiral.

The Chief of Air Staff, Kelvin Aneke, was decorated with the rank of Air Marshall, while the Chief of Defence Intelligence, Emmanuel Undiendeye, was decorated with the rank of Lieutenant General.

The president, who’s poker during the short ceremony, charged them to discharge their duties with patriotic zeal and bring peace to the nation.

On his part, the Chief of Defence Staff, Oluyede, gave the assurance that along with others, they would fight terrorism and other criminal activities in order to ensure peace and growth of the country.

Present at the ceremony were Vice President Kashim Shettima; President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio;  Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas; Deputy President of the Senate, Jubril Barau and the Deputy Speaker, Benjamin Kalu.

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume; the National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu; and the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, among others were also present.

The Senate on Wednesday had screened and confirmed the appointment of the service chiefs following their nomination by Tinubu.

President Tinubu had in a letter addressed to the President of the Senate and read at plenary on October 27 sought the expeditious consideration and confirmation of appointment of the service chiefs by the Senate.

Tinubu said their nomination was part of a strategic realignment aimed at deepening professionalism, boosting morale, and enhancing inter-agency coordination in national security operations.

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Dele Fashomi

Dele Fashomi, seasoned journalist and communication teacher, is a holder of Master of Arts degree in Communication and Language Arts from the University of Ibadan in 1992/93.

Earlier, he had bagged a Bachelor degree from the same university in 1984, after which he proceeded to the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos, in 1990, for a postgraduate diploma in Journalism.

He had done many courses in communication, including the EU-BBC Editing Course in 2002.

Mr. Fashomi combines effectively the practice, research and teaching of communication. And to date, he has published two academic works in communication: Issues in Communication Technology and Policy (2010) and Economic and Social Issues in Advertising and PR (2013).

He had his first break in the Nigerian media in Concord Newspapers in 1990 and today, he has over two and half decades experience earned in several newspapers.

He has been part of many start-ups, such as The Republic (1987), The Comet (1999), The Anchor 2001 – 2002; Sun Newspapers (2003); Westerner newsmagazine (2005 – 2010) as Editor; National Life (2011) as Sunday Editor, and Newswatch Newspapers (2012- 2016) as Daily Editor.

Dele Fashomi is now the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Newstide247.com newspaper online, which he started in July 2015. He is also into biography writing, with many books in his trail, some of which he wrote alone and one he co- authored with his mentor, Mr Dare Babarinsa, entitled:  Olabiyi Durojaiye – DARE TO BE DiFFERENT. He also guided and collaborated with Pa Olatunji Odusanya in writing his autobiography – AGAINST ALL ODDS. There are many other books in the works under his pen.

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