{"id":909941,"date":"2026-06-02T15:12:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T20:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/02\/tinubu-appoints-fadewa-as-homeland-security-adviser\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T15:12:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T20:12:17","slug":"tinubu-appoints-fadewa-as-homeland-security-adviser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/02\/tinubu-appoints-fadewa-as-homeland-security-adviser\/","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu appoints Fadewa as homeland security adviser"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">\n<p>President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Maj.-Gen. Adeyinka Fadewa (rtd) as Special Adviser on Homeland Security.<\/p>\n<p>The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume, confirmed the appointment in a circular on Monday in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>Tinubu said the appointment recognised Fadewa\u2019s outstanding service record, strategic expertise, and enduring contributions to Nigeria\u2019s national security architecture.<\/p>\n<p>He said the decision reflected his administration\u2019s resolve to strengthen internal security coordination across relevant institutions.<\/p>\n<p>The President also stressed the importance of intelligence-led operations in addressing evolving security threats across the country.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that stronger collaboration among security agencies remained critical to protecting lives, safeguarding communities, and preserving national stability.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis appointment demonstrates our commitment to building a more responsive and coordinated security framework,\u201d Tinubu stated.<\/p>\n<p>Fadewa retired from the military after more than three decades in strategic security and intelligence operations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/nnpp-extends-sales-of-2027-election-forms-by-one-week\/\">NNPP extends sales of 2027 election forms by one week<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>His professional experience covers counter-terrorism operations, intelligence coordination, defence planning, and international security diplomacy.<\/p>\n<p>He also served as Principal General Staff Officer to the National Security Adviser between 2015 and 2021.<\/p>\n<p>During his tenure, Fadewa coordinated the establishment of the Intelligence Fusion Centre at the Office of the National Security Adviser.<\/p>\n<p>The centre was designed to improve operational collaboration among intelligence and security agencies nationwide.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> Ripples Nigeria<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/tinubu-appoints-fadewa-as-homeland-security-adviser\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Maj.-Gen. Adeyinka Fadewa (rtd) as Special Adviser on Homeland Security. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume, confirmed the appointment in a circular on Monday in Abuja. Tinubu said the appointment recognised Fadewa\u2019s outstanding service record, strategic expertise, and enduring contributions to Nigeria\u2019s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":909942,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24277,99081],"tags":[19138,99080],"class_list":["post-909941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-appoints","category-tinubu","tag-appoints","tag-tinubu"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/909941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=909941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/909941\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/909942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=909941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=909941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=909941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}