Chief of Army Staff

The Senate, on Tuesday, received a formal request from President Muhammadu Buhari to confirm the newly appointed Chief of Army Staff, Maj.-Gen. Farouk Yahaya. The request was contained in a letter addressed to the Senate President, Ahmad…

PROFILE OF THE NEW CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF MAJOR GENERAL FARUK YAHAYA The new Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Major General Faruk Yahaya was born on 5 January 1966 in Sifawa, Bodinga Local Government Area of Sokoto state. Maj Gen Yahaya who is a…

The Muslim Congress (TMC), a faith-based organisation, has condoled with President Muhammadu Buhari and the Nigerian military on the death of 11 military personnel in a plane crash in Kaduna. In its condolence message issued in Lagos on…

National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Monday, led some other leaders of the South West to the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, in Abuja on what was believed a condolence visit to President…

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Ibrahim Attahiru died in an air crash on Friday evening. Gen Attahiru died aboard an Air Force aircraft alongside seven other military officers near the Kaduna International Airport, while on an official…

The Senate, on Thursday morning, commenced a meeting with the security chiefs behind closed doors. This followed its resolution last week to meet with the security authorities over the growing insecurity in the country. The Senate…

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, has told the National Assembly that the military needed weapons to frontally combat and ultimately end terrorism in the country. He said curbing banditry, kidnapping, insurgency…

The Senate has received a request from President Muhammadu Buhari to confirm the immediate former Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Abayomi Olonisakin, as non/career Ambassador-Designate. Also to be confirmed are the former Service…

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Tukur Yusuf Buratai, has ordered military commanders and troops to go after looters and hoodlums raiding warehouses and vandalising property across the country. Gen. Buratai also urged his men to…

The eggheads of the Nigerian Army, including the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Tukur Yusuf Buratai, General Officers Commanding (GOC) of the Divisions and Operation Commanders, are currently brainstorming on the threat to national…