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Trending News: SERAP Urges Tinubu To Order Probe Into Alleged ₦94.4bn Oil Fund IrregularitiesImo NYSC Abduction: Police Locate Kidnappers’ Camp, Say Location Mined With IEDsKidnappers give parents of abducted corps members 24 hours to pay N1bn ransomNDLEA intercepts N5bn drugs at ports, arrests Milan-bound businessmanSack Konti, Ochudo now for abuse of ARTMA objectives, Anambra Stakeholders Forum tells SoludoEXTRA: Edo APC chair threatens ‘AK-47 fire’ against opponents of 2.5m votes target for Tinubu18 Passengers, Two Others Killed In Plateau Road CrashTerrorists kill 15 farmers in BornoGunmen kidnap travellers in ImoWorkers declare three-day warning strikeFULL TEXT] Nigeria @66: Tinubu declares ‘age of prosperity’ after three years of reformsFlood kills 9 in Bauchi mining pitEXTRA: Tinubu should remove me as minister if he loses FCT, Rivers in 2027— WikeCourt remands ‘fake’ PFIPC DG Adeniyi in prisonTwo Nigerians bag 189 months for $2.4m US cyber fraudSuspected Bandits Abduct Farmers In Niger State, Demand ₦2m Ransom EachCourt orders final forfeiture of 431 phones seized from Chinese suspectsCourt sentences four to death over kidnapping in EdoFrom Obohia to Adakam: Who Controls the Guns in Our Communities?Nigeria demands justice over death of 3 nationals in South AfricaDelta dep director’s killing: Police arrest commissioner, 3 othersDSS Secures Death Sentence For Suspect In Sokoto Kidnap, Killing CaseAlleged Murder: DSS Arraigns Four IPOB Members Over Operative’s KillingRivers Assembly Endorses Constitutional Amendment On State PoliceDon’t travel to Libya, hardship worse there, FIJ founder Soyombo warns NigeriansNigeria seeks fresh $1.5bn World Bank loan27 dead in South Africa mass shootingsNDLEA Arrests Newlywed With 72 Wraps Of Cocaine At Enugu AirportMan allegedly kills 80-year-old father in KatsinaSERAP gives CBN 7 days to account for allegedly diverted $6.23m election funds, ₦1.63trn other public fundsTrump Rejects Iran Proposal For Deal To Reopen HormuzGunmen kill miners in PlateauNigerian man shot dead in South AfricaNECO Releases 2026 SSCE Results, 58.67% Secures Five CreditsNDLEA dismantles Nigerian-Mexican meth cartel in Enugu, arrests two kingpinsJudge orders Trump to restore White House access to CNN, MS NOW and PoliticoCanada warns citizens against unregulated alcohol in NigeriaFour Persons Killed As Mining Pit Collapses In PlateauFuel Under-Dispensing: PETROAN Orders Members To ‘Check’ Meters NationwidePolice recover 52 stolen vehicles, nab 177 criminals in one week — OfficialICC convicts ex-Central Africa rebel leader for crimes against humanityNigerian pleads guilty to defrauding 150 Americans in $2.5m romance schemeGunmen kill security operative, three civilians in PlateauPolice nab man for abduction, sexual abuse of five young girls in EdoI’ll never support Uzodimma to be senate president, says WikeJAMB sacks staff for extorting candidates12 killed in Plateau attacksFlood: 8,000 communities, 4,500 schools at risk – FGNSCDC arrests suspended Niger state commandant, 23 personnel over deaths of 37 ‘illegal’ minersShettima to lead Nigeria’s delegation to 81st UNGA18 Suspects Arrested In Killing Of Haitian PresidentCleric arrested for allegedly abducting 5 girls, impregnating 15-yr-oldRelease more funds to complete medical bills of Onitsha police gun shot victims, CD/HURIDE tells Anambra CPMore Than 1,000 Migrants Rescued Off West Africa In One WeekPeter Obi Cautions Against Violent Campaign As Youths Block Him From Entering BenueAppeal court upholds 490-year jail term for Ex-NEXIM MD Orya over N2.4bn fraudRussia ‘Ready To Negotiate’ — ZelenskyPolice rescue 17 children from interstate child-trafficking syndicate, say six died in custodyExtend palliative measures on Onitsha urban roads, CD/HURIDE tells SoludoSet machineries in motion to conduct election in ASMATA, other Anambra markets, ASMEF tells SoludoOgun prison: Mother nabbed trying to ‘sneak in drug’ for son on Death RowEFCC dismissed over 40 staff for corruption, financial malpractice in three years — ChairmanEXTRA: Borno Commissioner threatens to cut off fingers of those who vote against APCEFCC recovers N1.23tn, $684m in 32 months – OlukoyedeCrude Prices Rise Above $90 Per Barrel On US-Iran StrikesCourt remands Brazil-based Nigerian businessman over ‘importation of cocaine’US Resumes Strikes On Iran Over Strait Of HormuzGunmen kill popular comedian, one other in AnambraGroup Demands End To Checkpoint Extortion In Nigeria’s South-eastNDLEA Arrests Cross-Border Kingpin, Intercepts N6.2bn ‘Jihadi Drug’, Opioids At Lagos AirportAPGA wins all seats in Anambra LGA electionsBandits kill eight farmers, injure five others in Sokoto communityDSS to suspend Sowore cybercrime case till after 2027 electionNepal begins burials as flood death toll rises to 752Nigerian jailed eight years in US for stealing $7.5m from charitiesPolice Arrest 70-Year-Old Man Over Alleged Defilement Of Eight-Year-Old Girl In BauchiNiger Republic says attack on airport attempted coup by mutinous soldiersNepal-China Floods Death Toll Rises To 675, Missing Persons Soar To Nearly 3,000Police rescue two Colombians ‘lured to Nigeria, held against their will by Chinese nationals’Tinubu Files Case In US Court To Block Release Of Alleged Drug Trafficking Record — LawyerTwo Nigerians extradited to US over schemes linked to teenagers’ deathsGunshots, explosions heard at Niger Republic airport, presidential palacePoliceman shoots motorist dead in Rivers, colleagues arrestedSimon Ekpa appeals six-year terrorism sentence in Finland — ReportNepal Flood Death Toll Rises To 547, Over 1,400 People MissingGunmen abduct several NYSC members in Kogi’21 terrorists’ killed as troops raid Boko Haram camp in AdamawaZamfara, Sokoto, Borno top Nigeria’s kidnapping victims — ReportTerrorists kill four, abduct four in Sokoto communityUgandan president’s son, Kainerugaba declares bid to succeed father in 2031RULAAC Calls for Independent Investigation into Allegations of Police Complicity in KidnappingA Fitting Tribute to Chima Ubani: Commendation to Governor Alex OttiIran unable to import petrol amid US blockadeDesperate Families Search For Loved Ones As Nepal Floods Kill At Least 180Meta agrees to pay $18bn settlement over claims its platforms harm childrenPolice arrest seven suspects over ‘N3.6bn crypto, internet fraud’95 Dead, 384 Missing In Deadly Nepal FloodDiphtheria kills ‘over 50’ children in KanoThree vigilantes killed in midnight gun attack in PlateauNigeria’s Black Axe among crime groups targeted in global Interpol crackdown — Report
Sun. Oct 4th, 2026

BREAKING: Buhari fires service chiefs

President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the Service Chiefs, crimefacts.news can authoritatively report.

Those involved are the Chief of Defence Staff, General Abayomi Olonisakin; Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai; Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok Ekwe Ibas; and Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar.

President Buhari thanks the outgoing Service Chiefs for what he calls their “overwhelming achievements in our efforts at bringing enduring peace to our dear country,” wishing them well in their future endeavours.

The new Service Chiefs are: Major-General Leo Irabor, Chief of Defence Staff; Major-General I. Attahiru, Chief of Army Staff; Rear Admiral A.Z Gambo, Chief of Naval Staff; and Air-Vice Marshal I.O Amao, Chief of Air Staff.

The President congratulates the new Service Chiefs, and urges then to be loyal and dedicated in the discharge of their responsibilities.

More to follow….

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