Tinubu meets security chiefs as ADC insists FG, APC focused on polls
President Bola Tinubu held a high-level security meeting with military and intelligence chiefs to review the national security situation. The meeting follows recent counterterrorism operations in Northern Nigeria and the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the region.
Why it matters
The meeting addresses critical internal security threats and shifting international military partnerships in Nigeria's fight against terrorism.
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President Bola Tinubu on Thursday evening convened a security meeting at the Presidential Villa , Abuja, comprising the entire military command, intelligence leadership and top security advisers, including his Special Adviser on Homeland Security, Major General Adeyinka Famadewa (retd.).
Officials with knowledge of the meeting’s agenda told newsmen that Thursday’s gathering was a comprehensive review of the security situation in the country and across several theatres of operation. The closed-door engagement, which lasted for over two hours, was announced by the State House in a photograph released yesterday evening.
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