Tag: Army
Army redeploys 56 major-generals, 11 brigadier-generals in major shake-up
The Nigerian Army has redeployed 60 major generals and 11 brigadier-generals in a major shake-up across formations and units. In a memo ...I can’t distance myself from army’s setbacks, but I’ll bring positive changes – CDS
Olufemi Oluyede, chief of defence staff (CDS)–designate, says he will bring positive changes to the nation’s armed forces. Speaking on Wednesday in ...Army lacks funds to house 13,000 new recruits – Oluyede
Olufemi Oluyede, chief of army staff (COAS), says the Nigerian Army lacks the funds to accommodate new recruits. According to The Punch, ...Army, DSS arrest gun runner in Taraba, seize arms cache
Troops of 6 Brigade Nigerian Army/Sector 3 Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS), in conjunction with operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), ...Army reacts to explosion outside Abuja cantonment
Authorities of the Nigerian Army, on Monday allayed the fear of residents of the Federal Capital Territory over an explosion that happened ...Shake-up in army as Oluyede redeploys GOCs, appoints new MNJTF commander
Olufemi Oluyede, chief of army staff (COAS), has approved the appointment of new general officers commanding (GOCs), principal staff officers (PSOs), corps ...Viral video: Army to investigate brutalisation of Nigerian by soldiers
The Acting Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Olufemi Oluyede has ordered an investigation into the alleged Brutalization of a Nigerian following ...Army dismisses Lagbaja’s rumoured death as fake news
The Nigerian Army has dismissed the rumoured death of Taoreed Lagbaja, the chief of army staff (COAS), as fake news. There have ...You don’t have the capacity to bring down military aircraft, Army tells Asari Dokubo
The Defence Headquarters has responded to a viral video featuring ex-Niger Delta militant, Asari Dokubo, who claimed he had the capacity to ...Over 1,000 soldiers resign from Army in four years – Report
No fewer than 1,008 soldiers have resigned from the Nigerian Army in the last four years. The figure was from media reports ...
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