Please disregard any false information or rumors circulating concerning my marriage. I am not getting married tomorrow or next.
Thank you all for the concern, prayers, and support always.
Hon. Abubakar Kabir Abubakar Bichi, Chairman appropriation and His Excellency, Deputy Governor designated, Alh. Murtala Sule Garo arrived at Malam Aminu Kano International Airport to receive Her Excellency, First Lady, Senator. Oluremi Tinubu CON.
Jawabin Mataimakin Shugaban Kasar Najeriya, Malam Kashim Shettima bayan ziyarar da ya Kai asibitin koyarwa na jami’ar Maiduguri domin jajantawa marasa lafiyanda bomb ya shafesu
“The Sahel is heating up, and you can see what they are doing to Mali. We do not want that situation to come to Nigeria. Our border must be secured, and our security forces must be enforced and supported.”
- Gen Christopher Musa, Minister of Defence nominee.
Lateef Kayode Are, Ambassador-designate.
Year of Birth: 1955
Status: Retired Nigerian Army Colonel & Former Director General, State Security Service
Education:
- Master’s Degree in International Law and Diplomacy
University of Lagos, Nigeria – 1987
- https://t.co/5Pcm1td3NZ. (First Class Honours) Psychology
University of Ibadan, Nigeria – 1980
(Best graduating student: University Senate Prize, Faculty of Social Sciences Prize, Department of Psychology Prize)
- Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Regular Combatant Course 12
Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant, Nigerian Army – December 1974
(Among top 10 cadets)
Military Career:
- Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant, Nigerian Army – 1974
- Intelligence Officer, Directorate of Military Intelligence
- Promoted to Colonel
- Compulsory retirement from Nigerian Army – 1993
Senior National Security Appointments:
Director General, State Security Service (SSS) May 1999 – August 2007
(Longest-serving DG SSS in Nigerian history; served under Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Umaru Yar’Adua)
Deputy National Security Adviser, Federal Republic of Nigeria
April 2010 – c. 2010/2011
Acting National Security Adviser
18 September 2010 – 4 October 2010
(Interim appointment following resignation of Gen. Aliyu Mohammed Gusau)
Professional Profile Summary:
Retired intelligence and national security expert with over 33 years of combined military and civilian intelligence service, including eight consecutive years as head of Nigeria’s domestic intelligence agency.
BREAKING: A Federal High Court has ordered the PDP to sell and screen H.E. Sule Lamido for National Chairman and warned that any planned convention will be null and void.