President Bola Tinubu has named an acting Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Major General Olufemi Olatubosun Oluyede pending the return of Lt. General Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja, the substantive COAS, who is said to be indisposed and receiving treatment abroad.
The presidency announced on Wednesday that the Niger Delta Ministry and the Ministry of Sports development are scrapped for the new ministry of regional development to oversee all the regional development commissions and the National Sports Commission will take over the role of the Ministry of Sports.