The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Farouk Yahaya, has visited the scene of the Abuja-Kaduna train attack. Bandits, already declared terrorists, used Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) to stop the train Monday night. They then shot sporadically, killing an unspecified number of persons and injuring many. Yahaya was accompanied by some principal staff officers […]
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Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff COAS, Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya, has said the Nigerian Army will continue to strive to meet the security expectations of all Nigerians by providing a safe and secure environment for socio-economic development of the nation. Yahaya made this statement while declaring open, the Senior Command and Leadership Seminar organised by […]
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Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has written the senate to confirm the appointment of the new Chief of Army Staff, Major General Farouk Yahaya. Buhari’s request was contained in a letter addressed to the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, and read during Tuesday’s plenary resumption. The President, in the letter, said Yahaya’s appointment was in compliance with […]
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The newly appointed Chief of Army Staff, Maj.-Gen. Farouk Yahaya, on Friday assumed officeas the 22nd Chief of Army Staff. President Muhammadu Buhari had on Thursday, approved the appointment of Yahaya following the death of the late Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru in a place crash on May 21 in Kaduna. The new […]
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The new Chief of Army Staff, Maj Gen. Farouk Yahaya, has paid his last respect to his predecessor, late Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru. Attahiru and other military officers had died in an air crash last Friday in Kaduna. They were buried the following day. Yahaya signed the condolence register at the headquarters of the Theatre […]
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Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed, Maj Gen Farouk Yahaya, as the new Chief of Army Staff following the death of Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru. Yahaya, a former General Officer Commanding 1 Division of the Nigerian Army and the incumbent Theatre Commander of the Counter Terrorism Counter Insurgency military outfit in the North East, codenamed […]
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