Tinubu Shelves Planned ADC Promotion After Military Pushback

Tinubu shelves planned ADC promotion after military pushback

President Bola Tinubu has reportedly halted plans to grant an extraordinary promotion to his Aide-de-Camp (ADC), Colonel Nurudeen Yusuf.

Tinubu reverses ADC’s brigadier-general promotion after backlash

A Presidency source told PREMIUM TIMES that the president bowed to a superior argument and cancelled the promotion. The post Tinubu reverses ADC’s brigadier-general promotion after backlash – Source appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.

Kudos To Tinubu For Shelving ADC's Special Promotion, Upholding Military Professionalism And Constitutional Order

By Brigadier General Sani Kukasheka Usman (Rtd) Going by credible reports filtering in, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR, has shelved the purported accelerated promotion of his Aide-de-Camp (ADC), Colonel Nurudeen Yusuf; a decision for which the President deserves unreserved commendation as a true democrat and statesman who listens attentively to wise counsel. This reported decision, taken with commendable speed following our appeals and interve…

Controversial promotion of Tinubu’s ADC shelved after outrage

The planned promotion of President Tinubu’s aide-de-camp to brigadier-general has been suspended following public outrage and intervention by retired military chiefs

Plan to Promote Tinubu’s ADC Shelved after Intervention by Former Army Chiefs - Newsmakers

Segun Atanda/ Plans to promote Nurudeen Yusuf, aide-de-camp to President Bola Tinubu, to the rank of brigadier general were shelved at the last minute on Monday evening following strong opposition within the military hierarchy. According to The Cable, the promotion, described as a special presidential advancement, would have elevated Yusuf to a one star general […] The post Plan to Promote Tinubu’s ADC Shelved after Intervention by Former Army C…

Report: Tinubu’s ADC promotion blocked after retired generals intervene

The planned promotion of Nurudeen Yusuf, President Bola Tinubu’s aide-de-camp (ADC), to the rank of brigadier-general was reportedly halted on Monday following intervention by two former chiefs of army staff. Yusuf, who was decorated as a colonel in January 2025, was set to receive a “special presidential promotion” that bypassed standard military procedures. Normally, an […]