Council of State approves appointment of Police IG
The Senate President, Bukola Saraki and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, were absent when the meeting started around 11:08 am.
Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris
Recommended articles
President Buhari appointed Idris as the police IG on June 21, 2016, to replace ex IG, Solomon Arase, who attained the mandatory retirement age of 60.
The Council also approved the appointment of six Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) and five National Population Commission (NPC) commissioners.
Reports say the Senate President, Bukola Saraki and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, were absent when the meeting started around 11:08 am.
ADVERTISEMENT
An interesting incident took place when journalists and photo-journalists assigned to the Presidential Villa reportedly got carried away and abandoned President Buhari to get shots and comments from former President Goodluck Jonathan.
The Council of State is made up of all ex-Presidents and Heads of States, Vice-President, Governors, Senate President and the House of Representative Speaker.
See Pulse Photo-News gallery below.
JOIN OUR PULSE COMMUNITY!
ADVERTISEMENT
Eyewitness? Submit your stories now via social or:
Email: eyewitness@pulse.ng
Recommended articles
Dufil Prima Foods brings relief to indigent families in Abeokuta
World Bank anticipates substantial decline in global food prices by 2025
Yahaya Bello's nemesis, Akpoti tells EFCC to see ex-governor's case to the end
8 confirmed dead as floods sweep away truck attempting to cross flooded river
Chess master Tunde Onakoya's parents get house gift from good Samaritan
Teacher told everyone her man abandoned her for another woman — the truth was worse
Ile-Ife is our ancestral home, Benin Kingdom tells Ooni
American school refunds $760,000 Yahaya Bello deposit to EFCC
Agege LG gives traders, scavengers 5 days to vacate rail lines
ADVERTISEMENT
![FCE, Zaria sets committee to investigate 12 students suspected to be cultists [myschoolgist]](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20width%3D'300'%20height%3D'172'%20data-ring-placeholder%3D'1'%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E "FCE, Zaria sets committee to investigate 12 students suspected to be cultists [myschoolgist]")