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Also known as: 3 Div.| 3 Division| 3rd Armored Division| 3rd Armoured Division| 3rd Armoury Division| 3rd Army Division| 3rd Division| Third Armoured Division| Three Armoured Division| Three Division [+]

Country: Nigeria [+]

Classified as: Army  Military [+]

Areas of operation


Area of Operation First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Yobe [+] 17 August 2011 [+] 26 January 2016 [+]
Gombe [+] 17 August 2011 [+] 30 September 2015 [+]
Adamawa [+] 17 March 2005 [+] 9 March 2015 [+]
Bauchi [+] 18 July 2004 [+] 27 August 2017 [+]
Borno [+] 11 March 2002 [+] 2 July 2013 [+]
Taraba [+] 2000 [+] 25 June 2017 [+]
Plateau [+] 2000 [+] 1 February 2015 [+]
Nasarawa [+] 2000 [+]

Sites


Site First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Jos [+] 1967 [+] 3 May 2018 [+]

Memberships

Multi-unit organizations that this unit is part of
Name Country Other Names Classification First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Operation BOYONA [+] Nigeria [+] JTF [+]
JTF's Operation Boyona [+]
Joint Task Force [+] 		Army [+]
Joint Task Force [+]
Military [+]
Police [+]
State Security Service (Internal Security) [+] 		15 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) [+] 		18 March 2016 [+]

Parent units

All units that have held a command position over this unit.
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Subsidiaries

Name Other Names Classification First Cited Date Last Cited Date
21 Armoured Brigade [+] 21 Armored Brigade [+]
21 Bde [+]
21 Brigade [+]
21-Armoured Brigade [+] 		Army [+]
Military [+] 		11 March 2002 [+] 18 August 2013 [+]
23 Armoured Brigade [+] 23 Amoured Brigade [+]
23 Armored Bigade [+]
23 Bde [+]
23 Brigade [+]
23rd Amour Brigade [+]
23rd Armored Brigade [+]
23rd Armoured Brigade [+]
23rd Army Brigade [+] 		Army [+]
Military [+] 		25 June 2017 [+] August 2013 [+]
243 Reconnaissance Battalion [+] 243 Battalion [+]
243 Bn [+]
243 Recce Battalion [+] 		Army [+]
Military [+] 		June 1991 [+] 2016 [+]
27 Task Force Brigade [+] Army [+]
Military [+] 		17 June 2016 [+] 21 February 2017 [+]
28 Task Force Brigade [+] 28 TF [+] Army [+]
Military [+] 		21 February 2017 [+]
29 Task Force Brigade [+] 29 TF [+] Army [+]
Military [+] 		2016 [+] 21 February 2017 [+]
3 Armoured Division Garrison [+] 3 Div Garrison [+]
3 Division Garrison [+] 		Army [+]
Military [+] 		22 March 2009 [+] 3 May 2018 [+]
33 Artillery Brigade [+] 33 Artillery Battalion [+]
33 Brigade [+] 		Army [+]
Military [+] 		21 February 2017 [+] 3 May 2018 [+]
43 Division Engineers [+] 43 Division Engineer [+]
43 Engineers Brigade [+] 		Army [+]
Military [+] 		21 February 2017 [+] 3 May 2018 [+]
53 Division Signals [+] 53 Division Signal [+]
53 Signal Brigade [+]
53 Signals Brigade [+] 		Army [+]
Military [+] 		21 February 2017 [+] 3 May 2018 [+]
Special Task Force [+] STF [+]
Special Task Force [+]
Special Task Force (Operations Safe Heaven) [+] 		Army [+]
Joint Task Force [+]
Military [+]
Police [+] 		18 March 2010 [+] 22 June 2010 [+]
Unknown Brigade of 3 Armoured Division [+] Army [+]
Military [+]
Placeholder [+] 		2008 [+] August 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
BO Sawyerr [+] None None 1990 [+] 1992 [+]
Adeboye Obasanjo [+] Lieutenant Colonel [+] None 8 September 2014 [+]
Aliyu Abdullahi [+] Brigadier General [+] Chief of Staff [+] Chief of Staff [+] 3 May 2018 [+]
Saleh Maina [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] General Officer Commanding [+] 26 January 2009 [+] 23 September 2010 [+]
Isiaku Dikko [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] General Officer Commanding [+] 17 January 2005 [+] 9 July 2006 [+]
John Zaruwa [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] General Officer Commanding [+] 13 February 2014 [+] 24 October 2014 [+]
Fatai Oladipo Alli [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] General Officer Commanding [+] 25 October 2014 [+] 28 July 2015 [+]
Olakunle Akinyemi [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] General Officer Commanding [+] 31 July 2007 [+] 25 January 2009 [+]
Ebiobowei Bonna Awala [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] General Officer Commanding [+] 1 February 2013 [+] 9 January 2014 [+]
Sunday Idoko [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] General Officer Commanding [+] 24 September 2010 [+] 15 August 2011 [+]
John Nwaoga [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] General Officer Commanding [+] 10 January 2014 [+]
Mohammed Sani Ali [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] Acting General Officer Commanding [+] 29 December 2015 [+] 13 March 2016 [+]
Mohammed Sani Ali [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] General Officer Commanding [+] 26 January 2016 [+]
E Archibong [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] March 1999 [+] July 1999 [+]
TS Akande [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] July 1999 [+] February 2002 [+]
James Akomolafe [+] Brigadier General [+] Chief of Staff [+] 11 January 2013 [+]
Jack Okechukwu Nwaogbo [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] General Officer Commanding [+] 15 February 2012 [+] 31 January 2013 [+]
Danmadami Diaji [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] General Officer Commanding [+] February 2003 [+] 16 January 2005 [+]
Joseph Owonibi [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] General Officer Commanding [+] February 2002 [+] February 2003 [+]
Charles Ufoma Macaulay [+] Lieutenant Colonel [+] Operations Commander [+] 1 January 2009 [+] 17 January 2009 [+]
Charles Ufoma Macaulay [+] Colonel [+] Operations Commander [+] February 2009 [+]
Benjamin Ahanotu (3 Armoured Division) [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] Acting General Officer Commanding [+] 25 June 2017 [+]
Benjamin Ahanotu (3 Armoured Division) [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] General Officer Commanding [+] 27 August 2017 [+] 3 May 2018 [+]
Adamu Marwa [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] General Officer Commanding [+] 14 September 2011 [+] 3 February 2012 [+]
Joseph Oshanupin [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 10 July 2006 [+] 30 July 2007 [+]
Hassan Umoru [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] General Officer Commanding [+] 29 July 2015 [+] 17 December 2015 [+]
Peter Dauke [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] General Officer Commanding [+] 21 February 2017 [+]

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
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
02 October 2000 Vanguard Obasanjo Okays New Army Division For Benin
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
04 June 2002 This Day Ogomudia Commissions Retired Soldiers' Houses
04 September 2003 Vanguard Army Chief Assures On Logistics
05 September 2003 This Day Warri: No Military Solution, Says Army Chief
01 March 2004 Daily Champion Gen. Effiong Was a Great Patriot - - Obasanjo
18 July 2004 This Day Democracy: Governor Seeks Army's Collaboration
17 March 2005 This Day Haruna Lauds Nigerian Army
01 July 2005 This Day Nigerian Soldiers Depart for Sudan
28 March 2006 Daily Trust Sudan: Darfur Crisis: First Batch of Troops Airlifted to Sudan
07 May 2006 Vanguard We Cannot Now Be Hastily Separated'
19 November 2006 Vanguard Militants to Army Chief - Your Men Worsened Hostilities in N-Delta
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 This Day Port Harcourt - Army Replaces Joint Task Force Commander
27 August 2007 Vanguard Country's Foreign Policy Under Yar'Adua
09 October 2007 This Day 680 Soldiers Head for Darfur
15 October 2007 Daily Trust Army Sends More Troops to Darfur
09 January 2008 Vanguard Defence Chief Declares 'Red Alert' in N-Delta
23 May 2008 This Day How 46 Soldiers Were Burnt to Death
08 July 2008 This Day Soldiers' Protest - House Summons Defence Minister, Azazi
09 August 2008 This Day Security Beefed Up in Azazi's Country Home
16 October 2008 Vanguard Mutiny - Soldiers Petition Senate
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
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
19 May 2010 This Day 2011 - Army Will Review Operations, Says Dambazau.
23 June 2010 Daily Trust Jos - Another Face of the STF
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
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
16 January 2011 This Day Zaki Biam - Obasanjo Indicts Akume
28 January 2011 Leadership 24 Killed in Bauchi, Jos Attacks
07 February 2011 This Day Army Will Tackle Security Lapses
25 May 2011 Daily Champion Lagos - DPO, DCO Killed in Army, Police Clash
22 June 2011 This Day Internal Security - Army Modifies Training to Tackle Terrorism
18 July 2011 Daily Trust Day Soldiers Dumped Guns for Brooms
16 August 2011 Daily Independent Escape of Detainees - GOC 3 Division Sets Up Martial Court to Try Gen Raji
17 August 2011 This Day Army Chief Faces Court Martial Over Bauchi, Borno Crises
25 August 2011 Daily Trust Brig-Gen. Raji - the Road to Court Marshal
17 September 2011 Daily Trust Jos - Will Military Intervention Stop Bloodshed?
05 December 2011 Daily Trust Soldiers Shut Fake 'NNPC' in Creeks
16 February 2012 Daily Trust GOCs Redeployed in Army Shake-Up
16 March 2012 Daily Trust Failing State, Fading Peacekeepers
09 May 2012 Leadership 25 Ghanaians, Five Locals Arrested Over Bunkering
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
24 July 2012 This Day Abia, Nigerian Army Tackle Vandalism of Shell's Facilities
31 August 2012 Daily Trust Be Battle Ready At All Times, Ihejirika Tells Soldiers
21 November 2012 Daily Trust Crime - Army to Deploy Soldiers to Ogun
20 December 2012 Daily Trust Army Promotes 59 Generals
29 January 2013 Leadership Major Shakeup in Army - COAS Redeploys 317 Officers
02 February 2013 Daily Trust Awala Is New GOC 3 Division - Army
25 March 2013 Leadership Dankwambo Urges Army to Respect Rights, Privilege of Citizens
19 October 2013 This Day Nigeria, UK, U
30 November 2013 This Day 2015 - Army Prepares Agaist Violence
28 December 2013 This Day In Major Shake-Up, Army Redeploys Senior Officers
11 January 2014 Daily Trust Nwoga Takes Over At Three Division
23 January 2014 Government of Nigeria Text of Media Chat With the Minister of Information On the State of the Nigerian Economy
21 July 2014 Daily Trust Army Begins Shooting Exercise Today in Jos
26 July 2014 This Day Army Pays Operational Allowances Upfront, Treats Six War Casualties Abroad'
23 August 2014 This Day Boko Haram - Minimah Hints of Major Army Shake Up
26 August 2014 The Guardian (Nigeria) Troops Return From Cameroun, to Begin Counter-Terrorism Campaign
28 August 2014 This Day Protest of Soldiers' Wives
06 September 2014 Leadership Insurgents Seize the Gulak Village
08 September 2014 The Guardian (Nigeria) Boko Haram Kills 24 Soldiers, Injures Obasanjo's Son
14 September 2014 Leadership Army's Weapon More Sophisticated Than Boko Haram's - COAS
15 September 2014 Daily Trust Insurgency - Army Rewards Injured Officers
19 January 2015 This Day Army - Protesting Soldiers Dismissed for Cowardice, Indiscipline
02 February 2015 Daily Trust STF Holds Weapons Handling Competition Ahead of Elections
26 April 2015 This Day Sambisa - Military Deploys More Equipment, Continues Assault
14 July 2015 Leadership Buhari Replaces NSA, Service Chiefs
14 August 2015 Daily Independent Crush Boko Haram in Three Months, Buhari Orders Military Chiefs
05 May 2016 The Guardian (Nigeria) Military to Review Counter-Insurgency War
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
Nigerian Army NIGERIAN ARMY CHRONICLE OF COMMAND
24 March 2014 Nigerian Army DIRECTORATE OF ARMY POLICY AND PLANS.
Nigerian Army DIRECTORATE OF ARMY PUBLIC RELATIONS
24 March 2014 Nigerian Army DIRECTORATE OF ARMY STANDARDS AND EVALUATION
24 March 2014 Nigerian Army DIRECTORATE OF ARMY TRAINING AND OPERATIONS
Nigerian Army LT GEN OA IHEJIRIKA
24 March 2014 Nigerian Army NIGERIAN ARMY MILITARY SECRETARY
Nigerian Army Nigerian Army - History
Nigerian Army Nigerian Army 1 Division.
Nigerian Army NIGERIAN ARMY 3 DIVISION
Nigerian Army About
12 March 2014 Nigerian Army DIRECTORATE OF ARMY LOGISTICS
10 August 2014 Daily Independent Military Option May Not Free Chibok Girls - Babajamu 01 August 2018
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
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
06 July 1994 Armed Forces Ruling Council Armed Forces Act Part III S.8(b)
07 January 2014 Leadership Counter-Terrorism, Fight Against Common Enemy - Army
19 September 2013 Leadership FG Deploys Soldiers in Nasarawa
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
11 March 2016 News Agency of Nigeria 35 suspects arrested in arms mop-up operation in Delta
11 June 2015 News Agency of Nigeria Minimah visits Borno, Adamawa to boost morale of troops
31 August 2016 Reuters Operation Lafiya Dole
08 September 2014 Sahara Reporters Former President Obasanjo's Son Shot In Mubi By Boko Haram
20 May 2015 Sahara Reporters Nigerian Army: No Longer Business As Usual With Buhari In Charge By Abiodun Ladepo
30 May 2017 The Sun (Nigeria) New Theatre Commander Ops LAFIYA DOLE, Gen Attahiru resumes
13 January 2013 The Sun (Nigeria) Army deploys another 800 to Darfur
30 October 2017 The Nation (Nigeria) Army arrest fleeing Boko Haram members in Taraba 25 August 2018
27 October 2017 The Nation (Nigeria) Army killed three Boko Haram insurgents in Borno 17 September 2018
05 August 2017 The Nation (Nigeria) Why insecurity is escalating – Buratai
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
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
17 March 2016 Daily Trust Terrible week of road accidents (Editorial)
29 December 2015 Daily Trust Army committed to wiping out B/Haram – GOC
18 January 2015 Daily Trust Mass Sack - Panic Grips Army Barracks
Nigerian Ministry of Defence About MOD.
11 February 2013 Leadership How Gunmen Killed 3 Korean Doctors In Yobe – Witnesses
13 November 2020 Radio Ndarason International Exclusive Interview with Major General Ibrahim Yusuf 02 December 2021
04 February 2016 The Guardian (Nigeria) Security agencies deny Boko Haram role in Edo explosion
26 August 2016 Federal Republic of Nigeria North-East
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
31 January 2013 Premium Times JTF laments shortage of accommodation for personnel in Rivers
08 June 2015 Premium Times Boko Haram - Nigerian Military Moves Command Centre to Maiduguri
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
08 July 2015 Premium Times How mastermind of Jos, Zaria bombings was arrested – Military
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
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
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
13 February 2014 This Day Army, Navy Redeploy Senior Officers
12 June 2015 This Day Boko Haram: Buhari Calls for Limiting Sect’s Access to Funds, Weapons, Others
06 February 2014 This Day Jonathan Charges Service Chiefs to Crush Boko Haram Insurgents
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
14 September 2013 This Day GOC: New Security Role Won’t Overwhelm Army 06 August 2018
16 November 2007 This Day Bakassi Killings: Nigerian Soldiers Not Involved, Azazi Insists
20 January 2010 Vanguard Jonathan Decries Bloodbath in Jos
27 March 2010 Vanguard Jos Crisis - GOC Explodes!
21 February 2011 Vanguard Army Discovers High Profile Arms in Borno
31 May 2011 Vanguard Bombings: Part of failed plots to derail Jonathan’s inauguration – Security Agencies
22 June 2011 Vanguard Bomb blast: NSA summons IGP…as police postpone meeting
14 September 2011 Vanguard Army, Airforce Move Into Jos
14 November 2011 Vanguard Military Can Tackle Internal Security Challenges, Says GOC
03 February 2012 Vanguard Boko Haram Kingpin Qaqa, Buckles
16 February 2012 Vanguard Boko Haram - Massive Shake-Up in the Army
02 July 2012 Vanguard 3 killed, one arrested as JTF, terrorists clash in Damaturu
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
26 September 2012 Vanguard Oil Theft - Stakeholders Toe Divergent Paths Over JTF's Altered Mandate
16 May 2013 Vanguard Soldiers storm Borno,Yobe, Adamawa
02 July 2013 Vanguard Boko Haram: 18 soldiers face court-martial
01 October 2014 Vanguard Boko Haram - New Dawn in Winning the War On Terror
25 October 2014 Vanguard Terrorism - Army Sends GOC to Office
30 July 2015 Vanguard 95 generals moved in fresh Army shake-up
30 September 2015 Vanguard We will end Boko Haram by December – Army
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’
03 June 2016 Vanguard Troops kill 11 Boko Haram terrorists, lose soldiers
22 July 2016 Vanguard Troops welfare: Army to review fees in command schools
2018 Routledge Counter-Insurgency in Nigeria: The Military and Operations against Boko Haram, 2011-2017 16 February 2018
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
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
15 January 2016 Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Anti-Graft War: EFCC Seeks Army Support
18 November 2015 The Guardian (Nigeria) MASSOB counters Buhari, sure of UN referendum on Biafra
19 November 2019 Multinational Joint Task Force MAJOR GENERAL IBRAHIM MANU YUSUF TAKES OVER IN MULTINATIONAL JOINT TASK FORCE 02 December 2021
25 October 2020 National Wire #EndSARS# Commander, 9 Brigade Visits Lagos Area, Appeals To Youths, Communities 25 October 2020
12 July 2021 Nigerian Defence Academy Maj Gen Im Yusuf Assumes Duty As 31st Commandant Of Nda 02 December 2021
08 February 2016 News of Nigeria Nigerian Army to Move 1,000 Soldiers from Lagos to Borno to Fight Boko Haram 21 October 2020
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
02 June 2015 Amnesty International Stars on their shoulders. Blood on their hands. War crimes committed by the Nigerian military
08 November 2013 Daily Trust Army raids Boko Haram hideouts, recovers arms in Borno 06 August 2018
23 August 2015 Daily Trust Army redeploys GOCs, 329 officers
08 February 2016 Greenbarge Reporters Senator Lists Areas Where Boko Haram Still Occupies In Borno 21 October 2020
08 March 2011 P.M. News Defence HQ Launch Skills Acquisition In Barracks
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
03 October 2020 Radio Nigeria Army Chief advocates compliance to military tradition 22 October 2020
29 January 2021 TheCable PHOTOS: Olonisakin, chief of air staff hand over to their successors 16 November 2021
31 May 2016 This Day Soldiers Take over Tompolo’s Residence, Father Escapes Arrest
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
27 August 2017 This Day Rid our Forests of Criminals, Abubakar Challenges Army
12 May 2013 Vanguard Bama: NEMA distributes relief materials 06 August 2018
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
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
24 April 2018 Vanguard Army troops arrest suspected kidnappers in Kaduna 09 August 2018
22 May 2018 Vanguard Army kills 68 bandits, recover 17 motorcycles in Zamfara 25 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
22 June 2018 Vanguard Soldier fighting Boko Haram commits suicide 09 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
30 January 2021 Vanguard What you didn’t know about new Service Chiefs 23 November 2021