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7 Brigade Special Task Force [+] Print this page

Also known as: 7 Brigade| 7 Multi-National Joint Task Force Brigade [+]

Country: Nigeria [+]

Classified as: Army  Military [+]

Areas of operation


Area of Operation First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Maiduguri [+] 20 March 2016 [+]
Kukawa [+] 21 August 2015 [+] 27 April 2016 [+]

Sites


Site First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Baga [+] 26 February 2016 [+]

Parent units

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Subsidiaries

Name Other Names Classification First Cited Date Last Cited Date
115 Task Force Battalion [+] Army [+]
Military [+] 		12 November 2015 [+]
119 Task Force Battalion [+] 119 Battalion [+] Army [+]
Military [+] 		15 January 2017 [+] 16 January 2017 [+]
133 Special Forces Battalion [+] 133 Special Force Battalion [+] Army [+]
Military [+]
Special Forces [+] 		15 January 2017 [+]

Sources

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Publication Date Publisher Publication Title Access Date Archive Link
30 January 2015 This Day Boko Haram Plans to Bomb Soft Targets Using Livestock, Warns FG
01 February 2015 This Day Boko Haram Faces Defeat in Borno Border Towns
09 June 2016 This Day Sambisa Forest Is Now Locked Down - Military
23 April 2015 Daily Independent When Soldiers Liberated Gwoza Town From Insurgents
18 December 2015 Defence Headquarters NEW THEATRE COMMANDERS FOR OPERATION LAFIYA DOLE APPOINTED
12 November 2015 The Guardian (Nigeria) Military arrests five terror suspects, rescues children in Borno
06 May 2015 The Guardian (Nigeria) Army begins trial of General, four others over loss of Baga
31 January 2015 Leadership Chad, Niger, Cameroon Forces Reclaim Nigerian Territories
10 September 2015 Leadership Conduct Yourselves In A Professional Manner, GOC Urges Soldiers
27 February 2016 Leadership Army Frees 4,890 Refugees, Captives In Cleared Boko Haram Territories
26 February 2016 News Agency of Nigeria COAS hails efforts of troops fighting insurgency in northeast
31 August 2016 Reuters Operation Lafiya Dole
07 May 2013 Sahara Reporters BAGA: Multinational Joint Task Forces, BHTs And Host Community By Lt Col Sagir Musa
30 May 2017 The Sun (Nigeria) New Theatre Commander Ops LAFIYA DOLE, Gen Attahiru resumes
18 December 2013 The Nation (Nigeria) Moles in the military
13 November 2020 Radio Ndarason International Exclusive Interview with Major General Ibrahim Yusuf 02 December 2021
14 December 2015 The Guardian (Nigeria) Our role in Bayelsa polls, by military
05 May 2013 Premium Times Nigerian soldiers in multinational force protest extended Baga operation
17 March 2016 Premium Times Army Names New Commander for Anti-Boko Haram Operation
02 May 2016 Premium Times Army Begins Large-Scale Operation in Sambisa Forests - Commander
18 September 2013 Vanguard 16 Soldiers Killed, Many Missing in Fresh Borno Attack
30 July 2015 Vanguard 95 generals moved in fresh Army shake-up
30 March 2016 Vanguard Army captures Alagarno, Boko Haram `spiritual power base’
2018 Routledge Counter-Insurgency in Nigeria: The Military and Operations against Boko Haram, 2011-2017 16 February 2018
03 July 2021 Nigerian Army NIGERIAN ARMY APPOINTS PRINCIPAL STAFF OFFICERS, FIELD COMMANDERS, OTHERS 02 December 2021
13 June 2017 The Guardian (Nigeria) Army kill Boko Haram leader, rescue nine children
29 April 2016 The Guardian (Nigeria) Military kills seven terrorists, arrests five in Borno
20 March 2016 The Guardian (Nigeria) Troops kill seven terrorists, recover military uniforms, arms
26 August 2015 The Guardian (Nigeria) Army seeks NDDC support to sustain peace in N’Delta
19 November 2019 Multinational Joint Task Force MAJOR GENERAL IBRAHIM MANU YUSUF TAKES OVER IN MULTINATIONAL JOINT TASK FORCE 02 December 2021
12 July 2021 Nigerian Defence Academy Maj Gen Im Yusuf Assumes Duty As 31st Commandant Of Nda 02 December 2021
27 May 2017 Nigerian Army Gen Nani Hands Over to Olabanji, Urges Troops to Maintain Momentum 21 October 2020
19 March 2021 The Fact Daily Major General Ogunlade, Assumes Office As Head Of MNJTF 02 December 2021
26 April 2016 Voice of Nigeria Nigerian troops kill ‘Albani of Monguno’
02 June 2015 Amnesty International Stars on their shoulders. Blood on their hands. War crimes committed by the Nigerian military
16 January 2017 Channels Television Army Discovers Boko Haram Graves, Grenade In Borno
15 January 2017 Daily Trust Troops kill 10 Boko Haram insurgents in Kangarwa
21 August 2015 Daily Trust Military clears more towns of Boko Haram in north east
10 July 2014 Soldiers' Voice, Aso Radio 93.5 Fm Abuja Nigeria NEWS ON THE ARMY 10TH JULY, 2014
14 January 2015 Human Rights Watch Dispatches: What Really Happened in Baga, Nigeria? 21 February 2023
23 November 2016 Premium Times EXCLUSIVE: Nigerian Army officially declares 46 soldiers missing
12 July 2017 Premium Times Six Boko Haram fighters killed in battles with soldiers – Nigerian Army
16 February 2021 Premium Times Ex-Nigerian defence chief, Olonisakin pulls out of army 16 November 2021
29 January 2021 TheCable PHOTOS: Olonisakin, chief of air staff hand over to their successors 16 November 2021
30 January 2021 Vanguard What you didn’t know about new Service Chiefs 23 November 2021