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Also known as: 21 Armored Brigade| 21 Bde| 21 Brigade| 21-Armoured Brigade [+]

Country: Nigeria [+]

Classified as: Army  Military [+]

Areas of operation


Area of Operation First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Mafa [+] 26 June 2016 [+]
Monguno [+] 26 January 2015 [+]
Bama [+] 2 September 2014 [+] 3 June 2018 [+]
Konduga [+] 16 August 2014 [+]
Kaga [+] 8 September 2013 [+]
Borno [+] 12 June 2011 [+] 13 May 2013 [+]
Maiduguri [+] 2009 [+] 15 June 2011 [+]
Geidam [+] 31 December 2003 [+]

Sites


Site First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Bama [+] 8 June 2018 [+]
Bama [+] 2 September 2014 [+] 1 May 2017 [+]
Maiduguri [+] 16 August 2014 [+]
Maiduguri [+] 31 December 2003 [+] 27 March 2016 [+]
Fori Lawanti [+] 31 December 2003 [+] 27 March 2016 [+]

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 Restore Order I [+] Nigeria [+] JTF [+]
JTF ORO [+]
JTF Operation Restore Order [+]
JTF in Borno State [+]
JTF in Maiduguri, Borno State [+]
JTORO [+]
Joint Special Task Force in Maiduguri [+]
Joint TASK Force MAIDUGURI [+]
Joint Task Force (JTF) tagged "Operation Restore Peace" [+]
Joint Task Force in Borno [+]
Joint Task Force in Borno State [+]
Joint Task Force in Maiduguri, Borno State [+]
Joint Task Force, Operation Restore Order [+]
ORO I [+]
operation restore peace [+] 		Air Force [+]
Army [+]
Joint Task Force [+]
Military [+]
Navy [+]
Police [+]
State Security Service (Internal Security) [+] 		12 June 2011 [+] 13 May 2013 [+]
Operation Lafiya Dole [+] Nigeria [+] OPLD [+]
Operation Lafia Dole [+]
Operation Zaman Lafiya Dole [+] 		Army [+]
Joint Task Force [+]
Military [+]
Police [+]
State Security Service (Internal Security) [+] 		7 November 2015 [+] 3 June 2018 [+]
African Union/United Nations Hybrid operation in Darfur [+] Sudan [+] African Union/UN Hybrid operation in Darfur [+]
L’UNAMID/Darfour [+]
UNAMID [+] 		Peacekeeping [+] 14 October 2007 [+]

Parent units

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Subsidiaries

Name Other Names Classification First Cited Date Last Cited Date
103 Battalion [+] 103 BN [+] Army [+]
Military [+] 		7 November 2015 [+]
151 Task Force Battalion [+] 151 Battalion [+] Army [+]
Military [+] 		27 March 2016 [+] 8 June 2018 [+]
155 Task Force Battalion [+] Army [+]
Military [+] 		31 March 2016 [+]
202 Tank Battalion [+] 202 Battalion [+] Army [+]
Military [+] 		8 August 2010 [+] 18 June 2018 [+]
21 Armoured Brigade Garrison [+] Army [+]
Military [+] 		28 August 2014 [+]
212 Tank Battalion [+] 212 BN [+]
212 Battalion [+] 		Army [+]
Military [+] 		12 June 2011 [+] 13 May 2013 [+]

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
Benjamin Ahanotu (21 Armoured Brigade) [+] None Chief of Staff [+] July 2009 [+]
Ibrahim Hassan Ndaliman [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 8 August 2010 [+] 27 January 2011 [+]
R.O. Bamigboye [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 15 February 2012 [+] September 2013 [+]
Muhammed Idris Yusuf [+] Colonel [+] Commander [+] Acting Commander [+] 19 September 2013 [+] 10 December 2013 [+]
Muhammed Idris Yusuf [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] Acting Commander [+] 11 December 2013 [+]
Adama Garba Laka [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 13 July 2016 [+] 30 April 2017 [+]
Sunday Idoko [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 19 March 2008 [+]
Mohammed Sani Ali [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 29 July 2015 [+] 28 December 2015 [+]
Garba Audu [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 1 May 2017 [+]
Tanko Y. Gaiya [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 20 February 2011 [+] 12 December 2011 [+]
AG Nora [+] Colonel [+] Commander [+] Acting Commander [+] 18 July 2018 [+]
Kawoji Alhaji Sayuti Yahaya [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 20 March 2008 [+] 17 March 2009 [+]
Simon Hart [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 11 March 2002 [+]
John Ekperene [+] Colonel [+] Chief of Staff [+] 18 March 2014 [+]

Sources

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Publication Date Publisher Publication Title Access Date Archive Link
08 September 2014 The Sun (Nigeria) Former President Obasanjo’s Son Shot In Mubi By Boko Haram
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 September 2001 This Day Aftermath of Jos Riot, 5 Killed in Onitsha
12 March 2002 This Day Governor Seeks Military Assistance On Porous Borders
12 September 2003 Daily Champion Serving Colonel Emerges New Etsu Nupe
31 December 2003 Daily Trust Religious Sect Invasion
18 July 2004 This Day Democracy: Governor Seeks Army's Collaboration
17 March 2005 This Day Haruna Lauds Nigerian Army
28 March 2006 Daily Trust Sudan: Darfur Crisis: First Batch of Troops Airlifted to Sudan
21 March 2007 Daily Champion OBJ Presents 64 New Colours to Army
01 August 2007 Daily Trust Why We Retired Army Generals - Yar'Adua
15 October 2007 Daily Trust Army Sends More Troops to Darfur
20 March 2008 Daily Trust 21 Brigade Gets New Commander
14 November 2008 Daily Trust Borno Declares War on Armed Robbers
15 November 2008 Leadership Governor Sheriff Donates 72 Vehicles to 'Operation Flush'
03 January 2009 Vanguard Jos Latest - 26 Mercenaries Arrested
06 January 2009 This Day Jos Crisis - House Committee Begins Sitting
10 January 2009 Vanguard Shake-Up in Army
17 January 2009 Daily Trust Jos - Soldier Shoots 25-Year-Old Man
27 January 2009 This Day I'll Tackle Jos Crisis - New GOC
26 February 2009 Vanguard Igbo Stores Closed as Peace Returns to Bauchi
17 March 2009 Daily Champion Governor Sheriff Mourns Jos Monarch
22 March 2009 This Day Jos, Bauchi Crisis - Any Hand of Terror?
29 July 2009 This Day Shoot-Out in Maiduguri as Soldiers Battle Fanatics
26 January 2010 This Day Yar'Adua - Army Restricts Movement of Soldiers
17 March 2010 Daily Trust Much Ado About Dambazau
19 March 2010 Daily Champion Jos Killings - Politics, Buck Passing Continue
23 June 2010 Daily Trust Jos - Another Face of the STF
25 September 2010 Daily Champion Jonathan Sacks GOCs, Redeploys Others
25 September 2010 Leadership Jonathan Sacks GOCs
21 October 2010 Daily Trust Army Committed to Indivisible Country - General Idoko
08 November 2010 Daily Trust GOC Urges Army to Be Neutral During Elections
09 November 2010 Daily Trust Ward Head Battles Suspected Armed Boko Haram Members
16 January 2011 This Day Zaki Biam - Obasanjo Indicts Akume
28 January 2011 Leadership 24 Killed in Bauchi, Jos Attacks
28 January 2011 Daily Independent Bloodbath in Borno
22 June 2011 This Day Internal Security - Army Modifies Training to Tackle Terrorism
16 August 2011 Daily Independent Escape of Detainees - GOC 3 Division Sets Up Martial Court to Try Gen Raji
25 August 2011 Daily Trust Brig-Gen. Raji - the Road to Court Marshal
17 September 2011 Daily Trust Jos - Will Military Intervention Stop Bloodshed?
18 October 2011 Daily Trust Borno Killings - JTF Urges Residents to Surrender Arms
13 December 2011 Daily Trust Gunmen Kill Three Soldiers in Borno
16 February 2012 Daily Trust GOCs Redeployed in Army Shake-Up
16 March 2012 Daily Trust Failing State, Fading Peacekeepers
28 May 2012 Leadership Army Court Martial's 14 STF Soldiers for 'Gross Misconduct'
19 June 2012 Daily Trust Stay Away From Liberian Women, GOC Tells Peacekeeping Troops
31 August 2012 Daily Trust Be Battle Ready At All Times, Ihejirika Tells Soldiers
05 December 2011 Vanguard Boko Haram Plans to Attack Military Formations - JTF
29 January 2013 Leadership Major Shakeup in Army - COAS Redeploys 317 Officers
02 February 2013 Daily Trust Awala Is New GOC 3 Division - Army
01 June 2013 This Day Released Suspected Boko Haram Children Spies, Women Handed Over to Governors
19 August 2013 Leadership National Army Creates New Division
07 September 2013 Daily Trust 50 Insurgents, 24 Civilians Killed in Borno
09 September 2013 This Day 18 Killed in Fresh Boko Haram Attack On Borno Village
20 September 2013 Leadership SSS Foils Kidnap of Ex-President's Daughters
20 September 2013 Daily Trust Benisheik Attack Death Toll Now 161
27 October 2013 Leadership Confessions of a Captured Boko Haram Member
28 October 2013 Leadership Four Soldiers Killed As Boko Haram Attacks Borno Village
06 November 2013 This Day Military Kills Boko Haram Members in Raids
28 December 2013 This Day In Major Shake-Up, Army Redeploys Senior Officers
11 January 2014 Daily Trust Nwoga Takes Over At Three Division
14 March 2014 Daily Trust Maiduguri Under Siege, Bombs, Gunfire Spreading
15 March 2014 Daily Trust Boko Haram Attacks Barracks in Borno, Suffers Casualty
19 March 2014 Daily Trust Borno Barrack Attack Victims Get Life Line From Govt
06 April 2014 Daily Trust How Giwa Barracks 'Jailbreak' Was Executed
13 August 2014 Daily Independent DHQ Warns Soldiers' Wives Over Troops' Deployment Protest
26 August 2014 The Guardian (Nigeria) Troops Return From Cameroun, to Begin Counter-Terrorism Campaign
28 August 2014 This Day Protest of Soldiers' Wives
08 September 2014 The Guardian (Nigeria) Boko Haram Kills 24 Soldiers, Injures Obasanjo's Son
16 October 2014 Leadership Mutiny - Trial of 60 Accused Soldiers Begin in Abuja
23 December 2014 Daily Trust Army Begins Court Martial of 15 Senior Officers
01 January 2015 Daily Trust Yobe, Borno Restrict Movement
19 January 2015 This Day Army - Protesting Soldiers Dismissed for Cowardice, Indiscipline
26 January 2015 This Day Military Routs Insurgents in the Battle to Capture Maiduguri
26 April 2015 This Day Sambisa - Military Deploys More Equipment, Continues Assault
15 May 2015 Daily Trust Boko Haram Attack - Military Deploys Six Fighter Jets
20 May 2015 Daily Trust Man Gets Title, Car, N
21 May 2015 Leadership Boko Haram - 600 Soldiers Face Court Martial in Lagos, Abuja
21 July 2015 This Day Boko Haram - Operation Zaman Lafiya Now Code Named 'Operation Lafiya Dole'
17 August 2015 This Day NAF Sustains Aerial Bombardment of Terrorists' Bunkers
18 September 2015 Daily Trust Commander Seeks Collaboration With Traditional Rulers On Insurgency
10 November 2015 This Day Military Nabs Another Wanted Boko Haram Terrorist
09 November 2015 Daily Trust Buratai Visits Troops, More Boko Haram Camps Are Destroyed
28 December 2015 Daily Independent Boko Haram Kills 45 in Borno, Adamawa
03 February 2016 This Day Two Suicide Bombers Intercepted in Maiduguri
02 April 2016 Daily Trust Troops Destroy Boko Haram Explosive Factory
13 April 2016 The Guardian (Nigeria) Airforce Strikes Boko Haram Logistics Base
02 May 2016 This Day Troops Discover Another Boko Haram Bomb Factory, Foil Attack On Military Installations
05 May 2016 The Guardian (Nigeria) Military to Review Counter-Insurgency War
06 May 2016 This Day Army Discover, Destroy Boko Haram Administrative Base
14 May 2016 Daily Trust Boko Haram Attack Troops Camp
20 May 2016 Daily Trust Another Chibok Girl Found - Army Claims
05 June 2016 Daily Trust Troops Kill Boko Haram Leader, 18 Others
09 June 2016 This Day Sambisa Forest Is Now Locked Down - Military
18 June 2016 This Day Boko Haram Kills 24 Mourners in Madagali As Troops, Police Capture Kingpins in Yobe
20 June 2016 This Day Air Force Jet Foils Ambush Against Ground Troops, Kills 15 Boko Haram Terrorists
Nigerian Army NIGERIAN ARMY 3 DIVISION
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06 December 2017 Daily Post Boko Haram: Rogers Nicholas replaces Attahiru as theatre commander
19 August 2013 Daily Trust Insurgency - Army Creates New Division in North East
18 December 2015 Defence Headquarters NEW THEATRE COMMANDERS FOR OPERATION LAFIYA DOLE APPOINTED
Defence Health Maintenance LTD Military Healthcare Facilities under DHML. 20 April 2016
14 November 2015 The Guardian (Nigeria) Military Repel Attack On Gwoza, Kill Seven Terrorists
23 September 2016 The Guardian (Nigeria) Civilian JTF replaces troops to secure Bama
13 April 2016 The Guardian (Nigeria) Troops Arrest Three Boko Haram Commanders, Kill 22 Others
14 July 2016 International Centre for Investigative Reporting Nigerian Army Injects New Life Into Counter-Insurgency Operations
26 January 2016 Independent Army Kill 14 Boko Haram Terrorists In Yobe – GOC 3 Division
07 September 2013 Leadership Troops Kill 50 Insurgents, As Army Chief Visits Borno
07 January 2014 Leadership Counter-Terrorism, Fight Against Common Enemy - Army
19 September 2013 Leadership FG Deploys Soldiers in Nasarawa
20 August 2014 Leadership We Won't Fight Boko Haram With Bare Hands - Soldiers
26 January 2015 Leadership Jonathan's Advance Team Trapped As Army Repels Boko Haram Attack On Maiduguri
03 February 2015 Leadership Finally, Nigerian Troops Bombard Sambisa Forest
15 February 2015 Leadership GOC, Brigade Commander Move to Liberate Monguno
20 July 2015 Leadership Burutai Visits Troops in Konduga, Renames Counter Insurgency Outfit
10 February 2016 Leadership Army Defeats Boko Haram in Mainok Ambush Attack
27 February 2016 Leadership Army Frees 4,890 Refugees, Captives In Cleared Boko Haram Territories
11 June 2015 News Agency of Nigeria Minimah visits Borno, Adamawa to boost morale of troops
31 August 2016 Reuters Operation Lafiya Dole
20 May 2015 Sahara Reporters Nigerian Army: No Longer Business As Usual With Buhari In Charge By Abiodun Ladepo
29 July 2015 Sahara Reporters Nigerian Army Has Redeployed Some Of Its Officers
06 June 2016 Sahara Reporters Troops Carry Out Clearance Operations In Bama LGA Of Borno State
30 May 2017 The Sun (Nigeria) New Theatre Commander Ops LAFIYA DOLE, Gen Attahiru resumes
04 September 2013 The Sun (Nigeria) New GOC, others appointed as Army retires 7 generals
13 January 2013 The Sun (Nigeria) Army deploys another 800 to Darfur
16 June 2016 The Nation (Nigeria) Alleged misconduct: Govt replaces nine defence attaches 06 August 2018
27 October 2017 The Nation (Nigeria) Army killed three Boko Haram insurgents in Borno 17 September 2018
17 May 2015 The Nation (Nigeria) Boko Haram: Buhari to decide fate of 72 death row soldiers
10 August 2017 The Nation (Nigeria) Buratai decorates 65 gallant troops with medals
06 July 2015 The Nation (Nigeria) Maiduguri locked down for Army day celebration 06 August 2018
10 March 2015 The Nation (Nigeria) Military recounts troop's success in Adamawa
29 November 2017 The Nation (Nigeria) Troops capture Boko Haram commander, kill four 25 August 2018
05 October 2017 The Nation (Nigeria) Troops Kill 4 Boko Haram members in Borno 25 August 2018
08 January 2014 Radio Nigeria Brigadier General Laleye takes over as APR Director
07 August 2016 Nigerian Army 3 Division
01 March 2016 Nigerian Army SOUTH EAST GOVERNORS EXTOL ARMY FOR MAKING REGION INVESTORS’ SAFE HAVEN
02 April 2016 Nigerian Army TROOPS CLEAR BOKO HARAM HIDEOUTS IN WULWUTA
27 March 2016 Nigerian Army TROOPS KILL 25 BOKO HARAM TERRORISTS, RESCUED 18 PERSONS
26 June 2016 Nigerian Army Update on Operation Lafiya Dole: Troops Carry out Several Clearence Patrols
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
28 April 2013 Channels Television Nigerian Army Updates Officers On Operations Planning
12 March 2016 Channels Television Clearance Operations Against Boko Haram Terrorists Heat Up
03 August 2015 Daily Trust Troops Rescue 178 in Borno
12 December 2013 Daily Trust Promotion - Army Gets 27 New Major Generals, 75 Brigadiers
05 September 2014 Daily Trust Soldiers Evacuating Families From Maiduguri Barracks
28 January 2016 Daily Trust 'Operation Lafiya Dole' Command Interfaces With Host Communities
17 March 2016 Daily Trust Terrible week of road accidents (Editorial)
29 December 2015 Daily Trust Army committed to wiping out B/Haram – GOC
06 March 2016 Daily Trust Troops clear Boko Haram in Doksa, Dure
18 January 2015 Daily Trust Mass Sack - Panic Grips Army Barracks
13 November 2020 Radio Ndarason International Exclusive Interview with Major General Ibrahim Yusuf 02 December 2021
18 February 2016 The Guardian (Nigeria) Troops kill more Boko Haram terrorists in ambush operation near sambisa
06 July 2015 Armed Forces Command and Staff College Director of Administration
08 June 2016 Premium Times Special Report - Inside the Massive Extrajudicial Killings in Nigeria's South-East
18 February 2016 Premium Times Nigerian troops discover ‘Boko Haram market’, rescue 195 captives
07 November 2015 Premium Times ​Nigerian ​Army rescues 20 more abducted persons
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
02 May 2016 Premium Times Boko Haram terrorists now hide in foxholes – Army spokesman
06 July 2015 Premium Times Maiduguri grounded as Generals storm city for Nigeria Army Day Celebration
30 July 2015 Premium Times Major shake-up in Nigerian Army, 334 top officers redeployed
18 November 2015 Premium Times Nigerian troops destroy rockets manufactured by Boko Haram
19 November 2015 Premium Times Mass Gathering
08 March 2016 Premium Times Army General Dies in Auto Crash
17 June 2016 Premium Times Troops 'Arrest Boko Haram's Top Commanders' in Yobe
17 January 2017 Premium Times Nigerian Army places N500,000 reward for information on suicide bombers
18 September 2013 The Punch 40 soldiers feared dead in B’Haram ambush
22 October 2014 The Punch Military arraigns five more soldiers for mutiny
28 August 2014 The Punch Mutiny: Four Military Officers Quizzed
09 December 2015 The Tide Tambuwal Flays Poor Ranking Of Nigerian Varsities
30 May 2011 This Day 13 Killed, 40 Injured in Bauchi Bomb Tragedy
16 February 2012 This Day 72 Generals Redeployed in Army Shake-up
24 November 2013 This Day Army Demands Discipline From Civilian JTF
13 February 2014 This Day Army, Navy Redeploy Senior Officers
18 September 2013 This Day Army - Over 150 Boko Haram Insurgents, 15 Soldiers Killed in Borno
23 September 2013 This Day Benisheikh Ambush - Residents Ask for Restoration of Telecoms Services
02 September 2014 This Day Boko Haram Meets Its Waterloo, 59 Terrorists Killed in Bama
20 September 2013 This Day Borno Highway Ambush - 142 Corpses Evacuated From Bushes
14 September 2013 This Day GOC - New Security Role Won't Overwhelm Army
11 March 2015 This Day Military Recaptures Bama As More Insurgents Are Killed in Adamawa
19 September 2013 This Day Ombatse - FG Orders Deployment of Troops to Nasarawa
23 March 2014 This Day 'Strange Helicopter Hovered Over Giwa Barracks Before Attack'
13 July 2016 This Day Bama: When Will the Tears and Blood Stop Flowing
14 September 2013 This Day GOC: New Security Role Won’t Overwhelm Army 06 August 2018
20 January 2010 Vanguard Jonathan Decries Bloodbath in Jos
09 December 2010 Vanguard Stampede as Boko Haram, task force engage in gun duel
21 February 2011 Vanguard Army Discovers High Profile Arms in Borno
14 September 2011 Vanguard Army, Airforce Move Into Jos
14 November 2011 Vanguard Military Can Tackle Internal Security Challenges, Says GOC
16 February 2012 Vanguard Boko Haram - Massive Shake-Up in the Army
02 July 2012 Vanguard Boko Haram Will Soon Be Contained - GOC
18 August 2012 Vanguard Presidency Moves to Avert Attacks on Mosques, Churches During Sallah
16 May 2013 Vanguard Soldiers storm Borno,Yobe, Adamawa
18 August 2013 Vanguard Jonathan creates new army division, sends 8,000 troops after Boko Haram
28 February 2014 Vanguard After Borno, Yobe Massacre - B-Haram Strikes in Adamawa, Kills 14
22 May 2014 Vanguard 48 Killed in Fresh Borno Attacks, Chibok Schoolgirls Sighted in Chad
06 October 2014 Vanguard Bama - Military Orders Arrest of General for Running Into Bush With Troops in Fear of B'Haram
25 October 2014 Vanguard Terrorism - Army Sends GOC to Office
30 July 2015 Vanguard 95 generals moved in fresh Army shake-up
23 July 2015 Vanguard Recharging the War On Boko Haram
30 September 2015 Vanguard We will end Boko Haram by December – Army
07 November 2015 Vanguard Army Rescues 20 More Persons, Clears Terrorists Enclaves in Borno
28 February 2016 Vanguard Boko Haram: Nigerian Army inducts Combat Motorbike battalion into Battle
13 February 2016 Vanguard Military releases 275 suspected Boko Haram detainees
30 March 2016 Vanguard Army captures Alagarno, Boko Haram `spiritual power base’
24 March 2016 Vanguard Soldiers rescue 180 hostages, kill 5 terrorists
09 June 2016 Vanguard Counter-Insurgency Operation - Troops Making Progress As More Hostages Regain Freedom
03 June 2016 Vanguard Troops kill 11 Boko Haram terrorists, lose soldiers
26 June 2016 Vanguard Troops rescue 5,000 Boko Haram captives, Kill 10 terrorists
2018 Routledge Counter-Insurgency in Nigeria: The Military and Operations against Boko Haram, 2011-2017 16 February 2018
31 May 2012 Daily Trust Boko Haram Leader's Death- Judge Asks Counsel to Address Court on Jurisdiction
12 January 2013 Leadership Army Deploys More Soldiers to Darfur 01 August 2018
03 July 2021 Nigerian Army NIGERIAN ARMY APPOINTS PRINCIPAL STAFF OFFICERS, FIELD COMMANDERS, OTHERS 02 December 2021
June 1991 Federal Research Division, Library of Congress Nigeria: A Country Study
14 March 2017 Daily Trust Boko Haram: troops liberate 455 hostages in Kala-Balge , Borno
15 January 2016 Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Anti-Graft War: EFCC Seeks Army Support
13 June 2017 The Guardian (Nigeria) Army kill Boko Haram leader, rescue nine children
18 November 2015 The Guardian (Nigeria) MASSOB counters Buhari, sure of UN referendum on Biafra
06 May 2017 The Guardian (Nigeria) Returning refugees from Cameroun overstretching Borno IDPs camps, army warns
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
01 October 2017 The Punch Boko Haram attacks Bama, service chiefs to visit Borno 06 August 2018
19 March 2021 The Fact Daily Major General Ogunlade, Assumes Office As Head Of MNJTF 02 December 2021
31 March 2014 Amnesty International NIGERIA: MORE THAN 1,500 KILLED IN ARMED CONFLICT IN NORTH-EASTERN NIGERIA IN EARLY 2014. Index: AFR 44/004/2014. 19 September 2018
02 June 2015 Amnesty International Stars on their shoulders. Blood on their hands. War crimes committed by the Nigerian military
17 April 2016 Channels Television Troops Clear Boko Haram Terrorists Out Of Biggoro And Warpaya
16 January 2017 Channels Television Army Discovers Boko Haram Graves, Grenade In Borno
09 March 2017 Channels Television Troops Carry Out Clearance Operations In Borno
30 July 2018 Daily Trust Army test officers’ proficiency in handling of weapons, military drills 18 September 2018
08 November 2013 Daily Trust Army raids Boko Haram hideouts, recovers arms in Borno 06 August 2018
01 May 2017 Daily Trust 21 Brigade of the Nigerian Army gets new commander
04 February 2017 Daily Trust 6 Div Commander resumes duty in Port Harcourt
23 August 2015 Daily Trust Army redeploys GOCs, 329 officers
08 August 2010 Daily Trust One year after... the carnage of Boko Haram stands tall in Borno, Yobe 06 August 2018
08 February 2016 Greenbarge Reporters Senator Lists Areas Where Boko Haram Still Occupies In Borno 21 October 2020
22 January 2016 International Centre for Investigative Reporting Boko Haram: Army To Begin Rotation Of Troops In North East
08 February 2016 International Centre for Investigative Reporting Nigerian Military Covers Up Killing Of Soldiers By Boko Haram
23 November 2016 Premium Times EXCLUSIVE: Nigerian Army officially declares 46 soldiers missing
25 June 2017 Premium Times Taraba violence: Nigerian Army blames politicians as Governor Ishaku denies ordering killing of Fulanis
16 February 2021 Premium Times Ex-Nigerian defence chief, Olonisakin pulls out of army 16 November 2021
27 January 2021 Premium Times PROFILE: Meet the new Service Chiefs 16 November 2021
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
29 January 2021 TheCable PHOTOS: Olonisakin, chief of air staff hand over to their successors 16 November 2021
23 April 2016 This Day Military Arrests Four Boko Haram Kingpins, Insists Curfew in Maiduguri Still in Force
18 November 2016 This Day Army Arrests 37 Boko Haram Suspects in Lagos, Ogun
21 February 2017 This Day Security Challenges: GOC Organises Training for Army Formations
08 August 2017 This Day Two Soldiers Dead, Scores of Boko Haram Terrorists Killed in Ambush
27 August 2017 This Day Rid our Forests of Criminals, Abubakar Challenges Army
14 September 2013 Vanguard Hunger forces Boko Haram to kill three, demand N1m from traders 06 August 2018
01 May 2016 Vanguard Benue, Enugu Killings: Islamic group reacts, says blaming Fulani herdsmen “absurd”
28 October 2016 Vanguard GOC 82 Div
29 June 2017 Vanguard Army buries 2 soldiers killed in battle with Boko Haram
12 September 2017 Vanguard Troops massacre Boko Haram terrorists Borno ambush, raid
26 December 2017 Vanguard Soldiers celebrate Christmas in Gwoza, Buni Yadi 26 August 2018
29 March 2018 Vanguard Army to Boko Haram: Surrender arms, embrace FG amnesty offer 17 September 2018
19 March 2018 Vanguard Troops kill 4, arrest 9 militiamen in Bauchi State 03 August 2018
29 March 2018 Vanguard Troops nab 3 Boko Haram terrorists in Borno 09 August 2018
21 April 2018 Vanguard 23 cultists, 15 vandals in trouble 26 August 2018
19 March 2018 Vanguard 3 soldiers, 2 civilian JTF members killed by Boko Haram in shootout in Borno 03 August 2018
03 May 2018 Vanguard Army competition: Woman emerges best shooter 31 July 2018
09 June 2018 Vanguard Troops kill many bandits, arrest Boko Haram logistics supplier in Kaduna 06 August 2018
04 June 2018 Vanguard Army rescues 58 women used as sex slaves by Boko Haram 09 August 2018
20 July 2018 Vanguard Buratai renames 21 Brigade as Special Forces Brigade 25 August 2018
03 March 2020 News Agency of Nigeria More Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists surrender in NE – Army 24 October 2020
30 January 2021 Vanguard What you didn’t know about new Service Chiefs 23 November 2021