The Head of Lagbaja Family of Ilobu kingdom, Mr Demola Lagbaja, has said it is regrettable that the late Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Taoheed Lagbaja, did not enjoy life outside the military. The family head spoke on Monday while receiving the St. Charles Grammar School, Osogbo, Old...
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BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto- The Acting Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Olufemi Oluyede while on an operational tour to Sokoto State urged officers to deal decisively with enemies of humanity and the country. Lt Gen Olufemi, who addressed officers of the 8 Division, Nigerian Army Sokoto while...
By HARUNA AHMED, Birnin-Kebbi – Kebbi State Governor, Dr Nasir Idris, has sent a high-powered delegation to the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa over incursion of a new Islamic sect known as Lakurawa into the state. It would be recalled that the sect had on Friday,...
The Acting Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, has called on the residents of Gongono Masallachi in Tangaza Local Government Area, Sokoto State, to support the Nigerian Army’s efforts to safeguard the country’s territory. Oluyede, who was on operational tour to Sokoto State on Sunday, said the...
Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Olanipekum Olukayode, has underscored the need for collaboration and capacity building of security agencies to tackle corruption. Olukayode said this during the graduation of the Executive Leadership and Strategic Management Course, Batch 5/2024, of the Nigerian Army Resource Centre (NARC),...
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ), says some terrorists’ leaders operating in the North Central zone have indicated interest to surrender and lay down their arms. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, made this known while briefing newsmen on the operations of the military on Thursday in Abuja....
The Minister of Defence, Muhammed Badaru, and his State counterpart, Bello Matawalle, on Thursday, led service chiefs to pay a condolence visit to the family of the late Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the death of Lagbaja was...
The death of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Taoheed Lagbaja, has thrown his native Ilobu Community into deep mourning. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent, who was in the town on Wednesday, reports that the whole area looked unusually calm. At the Palace of the Olobu...
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, has expressed sorrow over the passing of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja. The Army chief died on Tuesday after a brief illness at the age of 56. Musa, in a statement by the Director Defence Information, Brig.-Gen....
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, has ordered rescheduling the Federal Executive Council meeting till another date to be announced. Initially scheduled for today, the council meeting was postponed in honour of Lt. General Taoreed Lagbaja, the Chief of Army Staff, who...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has regret to announce the death of Lt.-Gen.Taoreed Lagbaja, Chief of the Army Staff, at age 56. Special Adviser, Information and Strategy to President Tinubu, Mr Bayo Onanuga, said in a statement on Wednesday that Lagbaja died on Tuesday night in...
President Bola Tinubu has decorated the acting Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Olufemi Oluyede with a higher rank of Lieutenant General. Presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga confirmed the development on Tuesday which took place at the President’s office. If confirmed by the Senate, Oluyede will become the substantive army chief,...
The Police Command in Nasarawa State has said two people were killed in the Agyaragu community in Obi Local Government due to a clash between a police special constabulary and an army personnel. Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the command, DSP Ramhan Nansel, disclosed this at news conference...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – As part of Nigerian Army commitment to non kinetic approach to counter insurgency and restoration of peace in consolidating civil military relations , the Office of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Nigerian Army Headquarters Abuja has introduced a special scholarship award to young...
By OLA MODUPE, Ado-Ekiti – Ekiti State Governor, Abiodun Oyebanji has congratulated Maj.-Gen. Olufemi Oluyede on his appointment as the acting Chief of Army Staff (COAS) by President Bola Tinubu. Oyebanji also thanked the President for finding the Ikere-Ekiti born Gen. Oluyede worthy of the appointment. A statement by...
Major General Olufemi Oluyede served as the 56th Commander of the elite Infantry Corps of the Nigerian Army, based in Jaji, Kaduna. President Bola Tinubu has appointed Major General Olufemi Olatubosun Oluyede as the acting Chief of Army Staff. This was disclosed in a statement on Wednesday by the...
Nigerian Army has described the claim by the Niger State House of Assembly that insurgents have taken over its Training Area in Kontagora, as untrue. The Director of Army Public Relations, Maj.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, dismissed the claim in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. Nwachukwu described the claim as...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt — The Nigerian Army has arrested 35 suspected oil thieves accused of operating illegal refineries and breaking into pipelines to siphon crude oil across four Niger Delta states. The spokesman of the Nigerian Army 6 Division, Port Harcourt, Lt.-Col. Danjuma Danjuma, who disclosed this in...
Troops of 82 Division, Nigerian Army and the Joint Task Force, South-East, code-named “Operation UDO KA” say they have smashed camps of two armed groups operating within the South-East. This is contained in a statement by Lt.-Col. Jonah Unuakhalu, Acting Deputy Director, 82 Division, Army Public Relations, on Wednesday...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Army has denied rumors circulating on social media about the death of Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja. The rumors claimed that Lagbaja had died of cancer in a hospital abroad, but the Army has debunked these claims as “Fake News”...