Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts with the label RETIREMENT

MASS RETIREMENT: 113 GENERALS BOW OUT OF NIGERIAN ARMY

  A shocking wave of mass retirement has hit the Nigerian Army. On Tuesday, a total of 113 Nigerian Army Generals retired from service. They include, one General, one Lieutenant General, 67 Major Generals, and 44 Brigadier Generals. At the Regimental Dinner Night in Abuja held in their honor, Minister of Defence, Abubakar Badaru praised the Nigerian Army for it's support of democracy in Nigeria.  He emphasized that this support has made the Army an example to follow in West Africa and beyond and urged other services in the region to emulate them. In a statement released by Brig. Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu on Wednesday, the director of Army Public Relations, the minister encouraged the army to remain loyal to the constitution and continue supporting democracy’s development in Nigeria. The statement also noted that members of the Armed Forces should uphold their duty to support democracy both within Nigeria and across international borders. During his speech at the dinner night, Badaru co