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29 Battalion [+] Print this page

Also known as: 29 BN [+]

Country: Nigeria [+]

Classified as: Army  Military [+]

Areas of operation


Area of Operation First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Port-Harcourt [+] 20 January 2017 [+]
Okrika [+] 12 January 2014 [+]

Sites


Site First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Bille [+] 6 September 2017 [+]
Port Harcourt [+] 18 July 2011 [+] 6 September 2017 [+]
Kaduna [+] 24 September 2007 [+]

Memberships

Multi-unit organizations that this unit is part of
Name Country Other Names Classification First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Joint Task Force Operation Pulo Shield Sector 2 [+] Nigeria [+] JTF Sector 2 [+]
Sector Two [+] 		Army [+]
Joint Task Force [+]
Military [+]
Police [+] 		29 September 2013 [+] 11 July 2014 [+]
Operation Lafiya Dole [+] Nigeria [+] OPLD [+]
Operation Lafia Dole [+]
Operation Zaman Lafiya Dole [+] 		Army [+]
Joint Task Force [+]
Military [+]
Police [+]
State Security Service (Internal Security) [+] 		10 August 2017 [+]
African Union Mission in the Sudan [+] Sudan [+] AMIS [+] Peacekeeping [+] 1 July 2005 [+]
African Union/United Nations Hybrid operation in Darfur [+] Sudan [+] African Union/UN Hybrid operation in Darfur [+]
L’UNAMID/Darfour [+]
UNAMID [+] 		Peacekeeping [+] 2009 [+]

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Personnel

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Name Rank Role Official Title First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Olusegun Oladuntoye [+] Lieutenant Colonel [+] Commander [+] 15 September 2013 [+] 28 March 2015 [+]

Sources

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Publication Date Publisher Publication Title Access Date Archive Link
22 January 2013 Vanguard Taking Concrete Action Against Pipeline Vandalism
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
02 October 2000 Vanguard Obasanjo Okays New Army Division For Benin
08 July 2003 This Day Governor Odili Satisfied With Military's Role in Democracy
24 August 2003 This Day Zamani Lekwot Cantonment Renamed
01 March 2004 Daily Champion Gen. Effiong Was a Great Patriot - - Obasanjo
29 October 2004 Vanguard Dokubo Surrenders 188 Assault Rifles
15 November 2004 This Day Rivers Disarmament C'ttee Destroys 854 Weapons
01 July 2005 This Day Nigerian Soldiers Depart for Sudan
21 March 2006 Vanguard Rivers Donates N12m to Families of Slain Soldiers
14 May 2006 Vanguard Army Fires Back at Evictees: 2 Brigade is Not a Thief
27 August 2007 This Day Port Harcourt - Army Replaces Joint Task Force Commander
10 September 2007 Vanguard JTF Uncovers Militants Hide-Out in Rivers
17 September 2007 Vanguard JTF Overpowers Cultists, Gunmen in Ozuoba
24 September 2007 Leadership Army Goc Warns Soldiers Against Civilians
11 October 2007 Daily Trust It's Capital Offence to Refuse Deployment to Darfur - COAS
17 October 2007 Leadership Army Chief Commends Akwa Ibom Government On Niger Delta Crisis
12 October 2008 Daily Trust NDA Boss Calls for Combat Alertness
02 October 2009 Vanguard We'll Checkmate Militants' Activities, Says Army Boss
13 October 2009 This Day UN to Accredit Nigerian Army Peacekeeping Centre
22 August 2010 Leadership Rivers Donates Patrol Vans to Army, Airforce
25 September 2010 Daily Champion Jonathan Sacks GOCs, Redeploys Others
12 July 2011 Daily Trust Bomb Blast - Army Urged to Be On Alert
18 July 2011 Daily Trust Day Soldiers Dumped Guns for Brooms
05 December 2011 Daily Trust Soldiers Shut Fake 'NNPC' in Creeks
16 January 2012 Leadership Two Brigade Takes Over Sector two of JTF--Commander
23 January 2012 Daily Trust JTF Destroys 6,000 Illegal Refineries
23 February 2012 Daily Trust Spare No One At Checkpoints, GOC Tells Officers
16 March 2012 Daily Trust Failing State, Fading Peacekeepers
09 May 2012 Leadership 25 Ghanaians, Five Locals Arrested Over Bunkering
24 July 2012 This Day Abia, Nigerian Army Tackle Vandalism of Shell's Facilities
18 August 2012 Leadership Ihejirika Heads for Defence, as Jonathan Shops for New Coas
15 September 2012 This Day Pipeline Vandals Are Enemies of Nigerian State
20 December 2012 Daily Trust Army Promotes 59 Generals
16 September 2013 Daily Trust Poor Information Flow Affecting Our Job, Says JTF Commander
20 September 2013 Daily Trust Army Committed to Fight Against Oil Theft - JTF Commander
29 September 2013 Leadership JTF Arrests 29 Oil Thieves, Destroys 127 Illegal Refineries
14 March 2014 Leadership Army Urges Rivers Residents Not to Panic Over Sound of Gun Shots
15 April 2014 Leadership Police, SSS, Military Begin Joint Patrol Operations to End Kidnapping in Rivers
23 February 2015 Daily Trust Army Commander Laments Rising Crime Rate in Rivers
14 July 2015 Leadership Buhari Replaces NSA, Service Chiefs
09 August 2015 Daily Trust Buratai Charges Soldiers On Insurgents, Oil Thieves
14 August 2015 Daily Independent Crush Boko Haram in Three Months, Buhari Orders Military Chiefs
09 September 2015 Daily Trust Kano Govt to Facilitate N2 Billion Loan for SMEs - Gov Ganduje
05 May 2016 The Guardian (Nigeria) Military to Review Counter-Insurgency War
Nigerian Army Nigerian Army 1 Division.
Budget Office of the Federation 2009 Appropriations, Ministry of Defence
14 September 2015 Daily Independent Army Arrests Cattle Rustlers
Defence Health Maintenance LTD Military Healthcare Facilities under DHML. 20 April 2016
13 April 2016 The Guardian (Nigeria) Troops Arrest Three Boko Haram Commanders, Kill 22 Others
12 January 2014 Leadership JTF Adopts New Strategy In Destroying Illegal Oil Refineries In Niger Delta
20 July 2015 Leadership Burutai Visits Troops in Konduga, Renames Counter Insurgency Outfit
10 September 2015 Leadership Conduct Yourselves In A Professional Manner, GOC Urges Soldiers
07 February 2016 Leadership Attack On Oil Facilities: Army To Engage Niger Delta Communities In Dialogue
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
05 August 2017 The Nation (Nigeria) Why insecurity is escalating – Buratai
08 April 2016 Voice of Nigeria Nigerian Army ends inter-brigade competition
16 October 2015 CAJ News Nigeria Next Few Days Crucial for Op Lafiya Dole
26 October 2006 Council on Foreign Relations Modern Military Force Structures
19 July 2016 Champion Newspapers Brigade commander denies capture of Bakassi, Akpabuyo LGAs
25 August 2014 Daily Trust Army Soon to Launch Offensive in North-East'
13 June 2014 Daily Trust Army Trains 22 Soldiers to Counter Oil Theft
11 July 2014 Daily Trust JTF Destroys 110 Illegal Refineries
18 January 2015 Daily Trust Mass Sack - Panic Grips Army Barracks
17 July 2011 Daily Trust Two Brigade Wins WO-SNCO Army Competition
21 December 2017 OpenStreetMap 2015 Presidential Election
14 December 2015 The Guardian (Nigeria) Our role in Bayelsa polls, by military
31 January 2013 Premium Times JTF laments shortage of accommodation for personnel in Rivers
19 March 2016 Premium Times 35 bandits killed, 39 others arrested in North-East – Nigerian Army
28 February 2017 Premium Times Buratai says Niger Delta now witnessing less oil theft
06 September 2017 Premium Times Two soldiers wounded in gun battle with oil thieves in Rivers
2014 United States Department of State Foreign Military Training and DoD Engagement Activities of Interest, 2013-2014
05 February 2014 This Day JTF Rescues Indians, Arrests 17 Oil Theft Suspects in Niger Delta
16 February 2012 Vanguard Boko Haram - Massive Shake-Up in the Army
26 September 2012 Vanguard Oil Theft - Stakeholders Toe Divergent Paths Over JTF's Altered Mandate
23 June 2013 Vanguard JTF Nabs Eight Suspects Over SDPC Pipeline Inferno
03 September 2013 Vanguard Crude Theft - JTF Impounds Two Oil Laden Barges, Nabs 11 Suspects
28 March 2015 Vanguard JTF Repels Pirates Attack, Recovers Arms & Ammunition
30 July 2015 Vanguard 95 generals moved in fresh Army shake-up
28 February 2016 Vanguard Boko Haram: Nigerian Army inducts Combat Motorbike battalion into Battle
30 March 2016 Vanguard Army captures Alagarno, Boko Haram `spiritual power base’
22 July 2016 Vanguard Troops welfare: Army to review fees in command schools
20 February 2017 The Guardian (Nigeria) Army denies killing eleven IPOB members, to focus on insurgents
13 June 2017 The Guardian (Nigeria) Army kill Boko Haram leader, rescue nine children
26 August 2015 The Guardian (Nigeria) Army seeks NDDC support to sustain peace in N’Delta
27 May 2017 Nigerian Army Gen Nani Hands Over to Olabanji, Urges Troops to Maintain Momentum 21 October 2020
01 October 2017 The Punch Boko Haram attacks Bama, service chiefs to visit Borno 06 August 2018
OpenStreetMap Node: Port Harcourt (27565065) 11 October 2017
08 March 2011 P.M. News Defence HQ Launch Skills Acquisition In Barracks
19 November 2016 P.M. News Army Explains Role Of New Division In Niger Delta
11 August 2016 Premium Times SPECIAL REPORT: How Nigerian Army violated own rules, sacked officers for not helping APC
28 January 2021 Premium Times Attahiru assumes office as new army chief as Buratai bows out 16 November 2021
10 August 2017 Premium Times Nigerian Army rotates overstayed troops in North-east
03 October 2020 Radio Nigeria Army Chief advocates compliance to military tradition 22 October 2020
04 September 2016 This Day Military in Show of Force, Deploys More Air Force Personnel in N/Delta
16 February 2013 Vanguard Allegations of Ethnic Considerations in Retirements, Postings, Re-Deployment, Recruitment in the Army
13 December 2015 Vanguard The battle for the soul of Bayelsa shifts to Abuja 19 September 2018
29 May 2016 Vanguard Troops avert attacks on oil pipelines in Bayelsa – Army
14 March 2017 Vanguard 2 Brigade Uyo assures on improved security
19 July 2017 Vanguard Two Brigade Nigerian Army hosts competition
26 December 2017 Vanguard Soldiers celebrate Christmas in Gwoza, Buni Yadi 26 August 2018
06 January 2018 Vanguard COAS commends Gov. Gaidam for presentation of vehicles to army 08 August 2018
05 March 2018 Vanguard Dickson receives Buratai, urges him to help make Bayelsa foremost tourist, economic hub 26 August 2018
21 April 2018 Vanguard 23 cultists, 15 vandals in trouble 26 August 2018
20 July 2018 Vanguard Buratai renames 21 Brigade as Special Forces Brigade 25 August 2018
19 July 2018 Vanguard No going back, fight to finish, Buratai charges troops 09 August 2018