RENEWED HOPE IN OUR DEFENCE SECTOR
9/20/20261 min read
This is Maj. Gen. Adeyinka Famadewa (Rtd).
He is also the current head of National Risk Assessment Presidential Committee
He is Nigeria's Special Adviser on Homeland Security to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Born in Ile-Ife, Osun State.
He was commissioned into the Nigerian Army Intelligence Corps via NDA’s 37 Regular Course in 1990, building 30+ years of military & intelligence experience.
A proper scholar-officer with high-level academic credentials:
🎓 BSc Chemistry (NDA)
🎓 MBA (FUTA)
🎓 Master of Strategic Studies (UI)
🎓 Ph.D. Candidate in Leadership & Security Studies (King's College London)
As Principal General Staff Officer to the National Security Adviser (2015–2021), General Famadewa spearheaded ONSA's multi-agency Intelligence Fusion Centre (IFC) to streamline data sharing among the DIA, DSS, NIA, Nigeria Police, and Armed Forces.
DIA - Defence Intelligence Agency
DSS - Department of State Services
NIA - National Intelligence Agency
Today his core mandate is strengthening Nigeria's internal security architecture through unified intelligence & strategic coordination of all security agencies.