{"id":1874,"date":"2022-09-15T21:29:07","date_gmt":"2022-09-15T20:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coastaltimes557122118.wordpress.com\/2022\/09\/15\/breaking-president-buhari-approves-appointment-of-general-barry-tariye-as-interim-administrator-of-presidential-amnesty-program-kicks-out-dikio\/"},"modified":"2022-09-15T21:29:07","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T20:29:07","slug":"breaking-president-buhari-approves-appointment-of-general-barry-tariye-as-interim-administrator-of-presidential-amnesty-program-kicks-out-dikio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2022\/09\/15\/breaking-president-buhari-approves-appointment-of-general-barry-tariye-as-interim-administrator-of-presidential-amnesty-program-kicks-out-dikio\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: President Buhari Approves Appointment Of General Barry Tariye As Interim Administrator Of Presidential Amnesty Program, Kicks Out Dikio"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Coastal News<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"375\" data-attachment-id=\"1873\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2022\/09\/15\/breaking-president-buhari-approves-appointment-of-general-barry-tariye-as-interim-administrator-of-presidential-amnesty-program-kicks-out-dikio\/milland-dixon-dikio\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/milland-dixon-dikio.jpeg?fit=900%2C527&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"900,527\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Milland-Dixon-Dikio\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/milland-dixon-dikio.jpeg?fit=640%2C375&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/milland-dixon-dikio.jpeg?resize=640%2C375&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1873\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/milland-dixon-dikio.jpeg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/milland-dixon-dikio.jpeg?resize=300%2C176&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/milland-dixon-dikio.jpeg?resize=768%2C450&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Major General Barry Tariye Ndiomu (retd) as Interim Administrator of the Amnesty Programme.<br \/>The appointment was disclosed via a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Femi Adesina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The statement explained that the appointee hails from Odoni in Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, and was admitted to the Nigerian Defence Academy as part of 29th Regular Combatant Course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in 1983. He held several command and staff appointments in the course of his successful military career. He retired in December 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gen Ndiomu also trained as a lawyer, and is alumnus of National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Administrative Staff College of Nigeria, Badagry, Harvard Kennedy School, and George C Marshall Centre for European Security Studies, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: Vanguard Newspaper<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coastal News PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Major General Barry Tariye Ndiomu&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1875,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[13,15,1],"tags":[71,252],"class_list":["post-1874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics","category-uncategorized","tag-breaking-buhari-approves-appointment-of-general-barry-tariye-as-interim-administrator-of-presidential-amnesty-program","tag-kicks-out-dikio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/milland-dixon-dikio-1.jpeg?fit=900%2C527&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":821,"url":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2021\/10\/16\/iyc-commends-president-buhari-for-reappointing-col-dikio-as-amnesty-coordinator\/","url_meta":{"origin":1874,"position":0},"title":"IYC Commends President Buhari For Reappointing Col Dikio As Amnesty Coordinator","author":"Coastal Times","date":"October 16, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Coastal News The Ijaw youths under the auspices of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), Worldwide, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for reappointing Colonel Milland Dixon Dikio as interim administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP). 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Ebilade Ekerefe, National Spokesman IYC. The Ijaw youths under the auspices of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), Worldwide, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for reappointing Colonel Milland Dixon Dikio as interim administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP). 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