Nigeria’s new Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Major General Farouk Yahaya, has assumed office at the Army Headquarters, Abuja. Gen Yahaya, who arrived the Army Headquarters at about noon, went straight to office of the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor at the Defence Headquarters. He was accompanied by the Chief of Policy […]
Reason Buhari picked Yahaya as COAS
The new Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Major General Faruk Yahaya was born on January 5, 1966 in Sifawa, Bodinga Local Government Area of Sokoto state. Maj Gen Yahaya who is a member of the 37 Regular Course of the prestigious Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), started his cadet training on 27 September 1985 and was […]
Mali’s coup leader wrests back control of the government
BABA AHMED and KRISTA LARSON BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali’s former coup leader Assimi Goita took control of the West African country again Tuesday after firing the president and prime minister of the transitional government, a move France decried as a coup d’etat. While Goita pledged to go ahead with holding new elections in 2022 […]
Army reschedules POP of 80 Regular Recruit Intake
The Passing Out Parade (POP) for the 80 Regular Recruit Intake which was originally scheduled to hold on Saturday May 22, 2021, has been rescheduled to May 29. The occasion which was the ceremony the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru was to attend before his fatal crash in the ill-fated Nigerian Air […]
Death of Attahiru, others won’t be in vain-Irabor
Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor on Monday pacified members of the Nigerian Army over the death of Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru, Chief of Army Staff, who died in an ill-fated Nigerian Air Force plane crash last Friday.
Buratai condoles with Army over Attahiru’s death
The immediate past Chief of Army Staff and Ambassador designate to Benin Republic, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai has condoled with the Nigerian Army over the death of the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru who died in plane crash last Friday.
Obituary: Attahiru, Chief of Army Staff dies
Nigerians were on Friday night hit by the news of a plane crash that claimed the life of Ibrahim Attahiru, a three-star general (Lieutenant General) and the commander of the largest component of the armed forces.
BREAKING: General Attahiru, others for burial today
Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru, the Nigerian Army Chief, who died on Friday evening in a fatal air crash in Kaduna will be buried today at the military cemetery in Abuja.
Insurgency: Attahiru charges Army spokespersons to be proactive, responsive to Information management
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru has charged Nigerian Army spokespersons to be proactive and responsive to information management and practices.
Troops thwart attempted infiltration Borno towns by terrorists
The Nigerian Army says its troops of Operation Hadin Kai, have successfully thwarted Boko Haram Terrorist’s attempt to infiltrate into Rann Town in Kala Balge Local Government Area (LGA) of Borno on May 1.