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Also known as: "One" Brigade| 'One' Brigade| 1 Army Brigade| 1 Bde| 1st Brigade| Brigade 1| I Brigade| One Brigade [+]

Country: Nigeria [+]

Classified as: Army  Military [+]

Areas of operation


Area of Operation First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Zamfara [+] April 2018 [+] 22 May 2018 [+]

Sites


Site First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Sokoto [+] 2000 [+] 20 July 2017 [+]

Memberships

Multi-unit organizations that this unit is part of
Name Country Other Names Classification First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Nigerian Battalion 36 (UNMIL) [+] Liberia [+] Peacekeeping [+] July 2015 [+]
Operation Restore Peace [+] Nigeria [+] Army [+]
Joint Task Force [+]
Military [+] 		July 2015 [+] September 2015 [+]
Special Task Force [+] Nigeria [+] STF [+]
Special Task Force [+]
Special Task Force (Operations Safe Heaven) [+] 		Army [+]
Joint Task Force [+]
Military [+]
Police [+] 		2 February 2011 [+]

Parent units

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Subsidiaries

Name Other Names Classification First Cited Date Last Cited Date
1 Battalion [+] 1 Battalion Army [+]
1st Battalion [+]
One Battalion [+] 		Army [+]
Military [+] 		31 August 2007 [+] 14 July 2013 [+]
1 Brigade Garrison [+] Army [+]
Military [+] 		2007 [+] 6 November 2014 [+]
223 Armoured Battalion [+] 223 Armour Battalion [+]
223 Battalion [+]
223 Light Tank [+]
223 Light Tank Battalion [+]
223 Tank Battalion [+]
223 Tk Bn [+]
Light Tank Battalion, Zuru [+] 		Army [+]
Military [+] 		11 September 2015 [+] 4 May 2016 [+]
26 Battalion [+] 26 BN [+]
26-battalion [+]
261 Battalion [+] 		Army [+]
Military [+] 		17 February 2002 [+] 11 September 2015 [+]

Personnel

Table showing personnel linked to this unit in command, administrative and other roles
Name Rank Role Official Title First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Yusuf Joe Braimah [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] September 2006 [+]
MA Etsu-Ndagi [+] Colonel [+] Chief of Staff [+] 23 March 2015 [+]
Chikezie Ude [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 25 February 2015 [+] 4 August 2015 [+]
Olufunmilola Soleye [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 29 August 2015 [+] 20 October 2015 [+]
Tamunomieibi I. Dibi [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 23 May 2011 [+] 18 December 2012 [+]
Tamunomieibi I. Dibi [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 19 December 2012 [+]
Mohammed Tasiu Ibrahim [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 16 February 2013 [+] 2015 [+]
Bright Ateke Fiboinumama [+] None None 2000 [+] 2001 [+]
Williams Obene [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 31 August 2007 [+] September 2008 [+]
Umar Jafaru Uwuigbe [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 17 February 2002 [+]
Udeagbala Kennedy [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 22 May 2018 [+]
Ginikanwa Nwosu [+] None Commander [+] 20 July 2017 [+]
David Enetie [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 17 March 2010 [+]
Kenneth Tobia Minimah [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 9 January 2009 [+] September 2010 [+]
Ishaya Gangun Bauka [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] September 2008 [+] 8 January 2009 [+]

Sources

List of all sources used to evidence the data in this record Click the "+" symbol next to every data point in the record to see the sources used for that data point.
Publication Date Publisher Publication Title Access Date Archive Link
11 April 2017 Security Force Monitor This unit is a placeholder to represent the hierarchical structure of this branch of the security service, based on the Security Force Monitor's research, as the Monitor does not currently have a source for a parent relationship to a specific, named unit
17 February 2002 This Day Sokoto Goc to Soldiers: Marry Foreign Wives And Be Sacked
13 August 2003 Vanguard More Nigerian Soldiers Leave for Liberia
15 August 2003 This Day Why We Are in Liberia - Agwai
01 July 2005 This Day Nigerian Soldiers Depart for Sudan
19 November 2006 Vanguard Militants to Army Chief - Your Men Worsened Hostilities in N-Delta
10 January 2007 Vanguard Airforce Crash - Braimah Gets Posthumous Promotion
21 March 2007 Daily Champion OBJ Presents 64 New Colours to Army
01 August 2007 Daily Trust Why We Retired Army Generals - Yar'Adua
27 August 2007 Vanguard Country's Foreign Policy Under Yar'Adua
01 September 2007 This Day Soldiers Reprimanded for Role in Liberia
24 September 2007 Leadership Army Goc Warns Soldiers Against Civilians
17 November 2007 Daily Trust Army Officer Faces Charges of Brutality Over Girlfriend
25 November 2007 Daily Trust Kano LG Polls - the Inside Story
09 January 2008 Vanguard Defence Chief Declares 'Red Alert' in N-Delta
08 July 2008 This Day Soldiers' Protest - House Summons Defence Minister, Azazi
02 August 2008 Daily Trust Army Presence Will Beef Up Security in Jigawa - Lamido
09 August 2008 This Day Security Beefed Up in Azazi's Country Home
08 September 2008 Vanguard Army Commander Hails Governor Osunbor
18 September 2008 This Day Military Committed to Democracy, Says Army Chief
12 October 2008 Daily Trust NDA Boss Calls for Combat Alertness
10 January 2009 Vanguard Shake-Up in Army
13 October 2009 This Day UN to Accredit Nigerian Army Peacekeeping Centre
17 March 2010 Daily Trust Much Ado About Dambazau
21 September 2010 Daily Trust Army Engineers Yet to Work On Collapsed Sokoto Bridge
25 September 2010 Daily Champion Jonathan Sacks GOCs, Redeploys Others
27 September 2010 Daily Trust Sacked GOCs Get New Posts
25 September 2010 Leadership Jonathan Sacks GOCs
13 October 2010 Daily Champion Army Chief Tasks Soldiers on More Skills
03 February 2011 Daily Trust Jos Operation Crucial to Nation's Survival - Army Chief
25 May 2011 Daily Champion Lagos - DPO, DCO Killed in Army, Police Clash
17 October 2011 Daily Trust Barracks Renovation Elicits Soldiers' Anger in Sokoto
13 January 2012 Daily Trust Guber Polls - Politicians Have Bought All Machetes in Sokoto - Police
07 February 2012 Daily Trust Kaduna Attacks - Army Hq Attacker Drove up to GOC Car Park
16 March 2012 Daily Trust Failing State, Fading Peacekeepers
15 September 2012 Daily Trust Boko Haram - Don't Be Deterred, Injured Soldiers Told
16 September 2012 This Day Boko Haram - Nigeria Army Compensates Families of Slain Soldiers
20 December 2012 Daily Trust Army Promotes 59 Generals
03 January 2013 Daily Trust Gen. Minimah May Become Army Chief - More Retirements Coming
06 March 2013 Daily Trust Soldiers Find Rifles, Bomb-Making Items in Kaduna Politician's House
14 March 2013 Daily Trust Four Killed in Sokoto Military Raid
08 April 2013 Leadership Insecurity - Wamakko Assures Sokoto Residents of Sustainable Security
18 May 2013 This Day Military Intensifies Campaign Against Insurgents' Stronghold
12 July 2013 Leadership Boko Haram Commander Killed in Gun Duel
12 July 2013 Daily Trust 12 Bombs Recovered, One Killed in Sokoto Military Raid
14 June 2015 This Day Buhari Should Retire All Generals'
03 August 2015 This Day Sultan - Sokoto Role Model in Civil, Military Relations
04 August 2015 Daily Trust Sokoto, Model for Peaceful Co-Existence - Sultan
29 August 2015 Daily Trust North-West States Move to Tackle Cattle-Rustling
09 September 2015 Daily Trust Kano Govt to Facilitate N2 Billion Loan for SMEs - Gov Ganduje
20 October 2015 Daily Trust Task Force Arrests Kidnap Kingpin, Recovers Livestock
31 May 2016 Premium Times Four Killed in Niger State Over Allegations of Blasphemy
Nigerian Army LT GEN OA IHEJIRIKA
Nigerian Army Nigerian Army 1 Division.
21 July 2013 Leadership How Security Personnel Foiled Supply of Weapons to Insurgents in Kebbi
14 July 2013 Leadership Army, SSS Intercept Tanker With Arms, Ammunition
11 July 2013 Leadership Suspected Terrorist Killed in Joint Army, SSS Operation in Sokoto
07 November 2014 Leadership Fire Guts Sokoto Military Barracks
02 August 2015 Leadership Tambuwal Pledges To Assist Nigeria Army
12 September 2015 Leadership Cattle Rustling: Army Recovers 22,378 Livestock In 3 Months
11 March 2016 News Agency of Nigeria 35 suspects arrested in arms mop-up operation in Delta
18 March 2016 News Agency of Nigeria Army kill 35 bandits, arrest 39 in North West -- GOC
20 May 2015 Sahara Reporters Nigerian Army: No Longer Business As Usual With Buhari In Charge By Abiodun Ladepo
06 June 2016 Sahara Reporters Troops Carry Out Clearance Operations In Bama LGA Of Borno State
25 February 2015 Scan News Army Commander Visits Police Boss in Sokoto
20 July 2017 The Sun (Nigeria) Army clears air on roles in internal security
05 August 2017 The Nation (Nigeria) Why insecurity is escalating – Buratai
26 June 2015 The Nation (Nigeria) Nigeria deploys 700 soldiers to Liberia
Training and Doctrine Command BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF BRIG GEN BA FIBOINUMAMA
26 October 2006 Council on Foreign Relations Modern Military Force Structures
13 August 2013 Daily Trust Boko Haram Suspect Arrested in Sokoto, Arms Recovered
15 December 2015 Daily Trust We Arrested Zakzaky, Wife - Army
18 January 2015 Daily Trust Mass Sack - Panic Grips Army Barracks
11 February 2013 Leadership How Gunmen Killed 3 Korean Doctors In Yobe – Witnesses
04 February 2016 The Guardian (Nigeria) Security agencies deny Boko Haram role in Edo explosion
28 February 2014 Premium Times Army General says Nigerians should be allowed to carry arms to defeat Boko Haram
19 March 2016 Premium Times 35 bandits killed, 39 others arrested in North-East – Nigerian Army
13 February 2014 The Punch Army redeploys 127 senior officers
07 June 2014 The Punch Boko Haram: Army court-martials officers for cowardice, others
2014 United States Department of State Foreign Military Training and DoD Engagement Activities of Interest, 2013-2014
31 March 2014 This Day A Hero's Welcome for Ihejirika
13 February 2014 This Day Army, Navy Redeploy Senior Officers
20 December 2012 This Day Army Promotes 150 Senior Officers
08 February 2012 This Day Boko Haram Names Negotiators, As Multiple Blasts Rock Kaduna
06 February 2014 This Day Jonathan Charges Service Chiefs to Crush Boko Haram Insurgents
12 July 2013 This Day Security Operatives Raid Terrorists' Hideout, Kill One, Capture 12 in Sokoto
14 March 2013 This Day We Are Not Ghosts, Boko Haram Tells Jonathan
05 May 2016 This Day Troops Kill 18 Cattle Rustlers, Recover Weapons in Zamfara State
16 November 2007 This Day Bakassi Killings: Nigerian Soldiers Not Involved, Azazi Insists
06 February 2011 Vanguard Bauchi, Borno, Plateau: Mounting security challenge in the ‘axis of death’
23 May 2011 Vanguard ICAN has a lot to do in the North – Army Commander
22 June 2011 Vanguard Bomb blast: NSA summons IGP…as police postpone meeting
16 February 2012 Vanguard Boko Haram - Massive Shake-Up in the Army
27 May 2012 Vanguard Army is combat-ready for terrorists – COAS
18 August 2012 Vanguard Presidency Moves to Avert Attacks on Mosques, Churches During Sallah
16 May 2013 Vanguard Soldiers storm Borno,Yobe, Adamawa
30 July 2015 Vanguard 95 generals moved in fresh Army shake-up
25 September 2006 This Day A Waste of Our Nation's Best 02 December 2020
18 March 2013 Daily Trust Military Barracks in Disrepair Despite N12 Billion 2012 Budget
03 July 2021 Nigerian Army NIGERIAN ARMY APPOINTS PRINCIPAL STAFF OFFICERS, FIELD COMMANDERS, OTHERS 02 December 2021
Nigerian Army PROFILE OF THE 22ND CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF 02 December 2021
June 1991 Federal Research Division, Library of Congress Nigeria: A Country Study
Nigerian Army Properties Limited Major General Mohammed Tasiu Ibrahim
22 April 2016 Amnesty International Nigeria: Unearthing The Truth: Unlawful Killings and Mass Cover-Up in Zaria.
31 May 2016 This Day Soldiers Take over Tompolo’s Residence, Father Escapes Arrest
16 February 2013 Vanguard Allegations of Ethnic Considerations in Retirements, Postings, Re-Deployment, Recruitment in the Army
22 May 2018 Vanguard Army kills 68 bandits, recover 17 motorcycles in Zamfara 25 August 2018