President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ordered the rescheduling of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting following the demise of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Taoreed Lagbaja. The President noted that a new date for the meeting will be…
Presidency confirms Gen Lagbaja’s death
The presidency has announced the death of General Tahoreed Lagbaja, Chief of Army Staff. Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, announced this in a statement, on Wednesday. “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed…
Again, Tinubu’s soldiers go on the rampage, brutalize policeman for ‘wrong parking’
A public interest and human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, has petitioned the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, requesting him to fish out and punish a group of Army personnel whom he claimed assaulted a police officer, ASP…
Soldier ranting against Sanwo-Olu arrested — Army Chief
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has condemned the viral verbal attack on the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, by individuals claiming to be officers of the Nigerian Army for arresting a soldier for driving against traffic.…
Deal decisively with bandits, kidnappers, COAS directs troops
The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya, has directed troops of the Nigerian Army to deal decisively with bandits and kidnappers who threaten the security of the nation. Yahaya made this call on Wednesday during an operational tour…
Farouk Yahaya: No mass retirement in military, says Army
The Defence Headquarters on Thursday said there was no planned mass retirement of senior officers in the Nigerian Army over the appointment of the new Chief of Army Staff. The new COAS is of Course 37 and has sparked speculations…
UNVEILED: Identities of the passengers who died alongside Chief of Army Staff
A plane crash that occurred in Kaduna State on Friday claimed the Chief of Army Staff, General Ibrahim Attahiru. Attahiru was not alone on the ill-fated aircraft of the Nigerian Air Force that crashed around 6pm on Friday. Daily Trust…
You have few weeks to deliver, Buhari tells service chiefs
President Muhammadu Buhari Friday in Abuja charged the newly appointed service chiefs to speed up their actions in freeing the country from the current state of insecurity. Speaking when he decorated the service chiefs with their new ranks at the…
PDP tells Buratai to probe military’s role in Bayelsa electoral violence
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State has appealed to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, to investigate the role of the military in the violence that occurred in the state during the last general elections.…