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241 Reconnaissance Battalion [+] Print this page

Also known as: 241 Battalion| 241 Recce Battalion| 241 Reece BN [+]

Country: Nigeria [+]

Classified as: Army  Military [+]

Areas of operation



Area of Operation First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Ngelzarma [+] 7 November 2011 [+] 5 August 2012 [+]
Yobe [+] 2006 [+] 25 December 2011 [+]

Sites



Site First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Damaturu [+] 7 November 2011 [+] 18 March 2013 [+]
Baga [+] 27 July 2011 [+] January 2012 [+]
Nguru [+] 13 January 2007 [+] 23 December 2013 [+]

Memberships

Multi-unit organizations that this unit is part of
Name Country Other Names Classification First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Multinational Joint Task Force [+] Nigeria [+] MN-JTF [+]
MNJTF [+]
MNTJTF [+]
MTJF [+]
Multi National Joint Task Force [+]
Multi-National Joint Task Force [+]
Multinational JTF [+]
Army [+]
Joint Task Force [+]
Military [+]
27 July 2011 [+] January 2012 [+]
Operation Flush Out II [+] Nigeria [+] Operation FLUSH OUT 11 [+] Army [+]
Military [+]
February 2006 [+]

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Personnel

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Name Rank Role Official Title First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Pan Nnachetta [+] Colonel [+] Commander [+] 13 January 2007 [+]

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11 April 2017 Security Force Monitor Name standardized in accordance with Security Force Monitor research
21 April 2003 Vanguard Cries of Rigging is Hypocrisy - Shagari
17 January 2007 Daily Trust Kanem Trust - Soldiers Thrill Nguru Residents With Thanksgiving
08 March 2007 Daily Champion Acting Governor Commends Military
25 November 2007 Daily Trust Kano LG Polls - the Inside Story
16 May 2008 Leadership Kawu Pledges Kano Govt's Assistance
02 August 2008 Daily Trust Army Presence Will Beef Up Security in Jigawa - Lamido
12 October 2008 Daily Trust NDA Boss Calls for Combat Alertness
02 January 2009 This Day Katisna Assures Army of Continued Support
13 October 2010 Daily Champion Army Chief Tasks Soldiers on More Skills
26 December 2010 Daily Independent Jos Crisis - Death Toll Rises as Reprisals Continue
03 February 2011 Daily Trust Jos Operation Crucial to Nation's Survival - Army Chief
10 November 2011 Daily Trust Yobe Bombings - Police Move Boko Haram Suspects to Abuja
10 November 2011 Daily Trust Army Gets 25 Major Generals
26 December 2011 Leadership Bloody Xmas Heightens Fear of More Attacks
06 February 2012 Leadership Kano JTF and Boko Haram in Gun Battle
08 February 2012 Leadership Suicide Bomber Hits Army Barracks in Kaduna
16 February 2012 Daily Trust GOCs Redeployed in Army Shake-Up
08 March 2012 This Day Call Your Men to Order,' Emir of Kano Tells Army Commander
16 March 2012 Daily Trust Failing State, Fading Peacekeepers
22 March 2012 Daily Trust JTF Guns Down Nine in Kano
25 March 2012 Leadership JTF Pounds Suspected Boko Haram Hideout in Kano
05 April 2012 Leadership Taraba Attack - Six Villages Burnt, Two Soldiers Killed
07 May 2012 Daily Trust Bomb Found at Kano Football Viewing Centre
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
19 April 2013 This Day Be Courageous in Fighting Terrorists, Kano Residents Urged
18 May 2013 Daily Trust Four Gunmen, Three Soldiers, Two Cops Killed in Daura
01 June 2013 Daily Trust Inside 'Hezbollah's Kano Armoury' - Lebanese Condemn Act
01 June 2013 This Day FG - We're Studying Possible Boko Haram-Hezbollah Link
31 May 2013 Daily Trust 'Hezbollah Behind Kano Weapons Cache'
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
10 October 2013 Daily Trust JTF Destroys Kano Bomb Factory
10 October 2013 This Day JTF Uncovers Bomb Factory, Suicide Back Pack in Kano
27 October 2013 Leadership Confessions of a Captured Boko Haram Member
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
06 January 2014 Daily Trust JTF Nabs Bomb Manufacturer
26 January 2014 This Day Don't Allow Yourselves to Be Used By Politicians in 2015, General Abbah Tells Soldiers
15 March 2014 Daily Trust Boko Haram Attacks Barracks in Borno, Suffers Casualty
13 August 2014 Daily Independent DHQ Warns Soldiers' Wives Over Troops' Deployment Protest
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
26 January 2015 This Day Military Routs Insurgents in the Battle to Capture Maiduguri
20 May 2015 Daily Trust Man Gets Title, Car, N
21 May 2015 Leadership Boko Haram - 600 Soldiers Face Court Martial in Lagos, Abuja
28 December 2015 Daily Independent Boko Haram Kills 45 in Borno, Adamawa
30 March 2016 The Guardian (Nigeria) Kano Market Fire a Monumental Disaster - Masari
06 May 2016 This Day Army Discover, Destroy Boko Haram Administrative Base
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19 August 2013 Daily Trust Insurgency - Army Creates New Division in North East
Defence Health Maintenance LTD Military Healthcare Facilities under DHML. 20 April 2016
07 September 2013 Leadership Troops Kill 50 Insurgents, As Army Chief Visits Borno
19 September 2013 Leadership FG Deploys Soldiers in Nasarawa
03 February 2015 Leadership Finally, Nigerian Troops Bombard Sambisa Forest
15 February 2015 Leadership GOC, Brigade Commander Move to Liberate Monguno
10 September 2015 Leadership Conduct Yourselves In A Professional Manner, GOC Urges Soldiers
11 June 2015 News Agency of Nigeria Minimah visits Borno, Adamawa to boost morale of troops
16 July 2013 Sahara Reporters Kano JTF Kills Boko Haram Operatives in Jigawa State
20 May 2015 Sahara Reporters Nigerian Army: No Longer Business As Usual With Buhari In Charge By Abiodun Ladepo
20 July 2017 The Sun (Nigeria) Army clears air on roles in internal security
04 September 2013 The Sun (Nigeria) New GOC, others appointed as Army retires 7 generals
24 January 2012 The Sun (Nigeria) Three Days After Multiple Blasts Bombs Litter Kano
21 January 2013 The Nation (Nigeria) Attack on Emir: JTF Debunks Suspects' Arrest
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
18 March 2015 The Nation (Nigeria) Polls: Eschew politics of bitterness, Maitama Sule urges politicians
27 March 2016 Nigerian Army TROOPS KILL 25 BOKO HARAM TERRORISTS, RESCUED 18 PERSONS
26 October 2006 Council on Foreign Relations Modern Military Force Structures
12 March 2016 Channels Television Clearance Operations Against Boko Haram Terrorists Heat Up
03 August 2015 Daily Trust Troops Rescue 178 in Borno
02 December 2013 Daily Trust ASUU strike: Mark cautions against use of 'sledgehammer'
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
03 May 2016 Daily Trust Suspected Killers of Gen Shuwa Arrested
06 March 2016 Daily Trust Troops clear Boko Haram in Doksa, Dure
30 January 2010 Daily Trust Missing girl: Parties doubt police investigation
26 May 2013 Daily Trust Soldiers Beat, Injure 13 Customs Officers in Katsina
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
14 December 2015 The Guardian (Nigeria) Our role in Bayelsa polls, by military
Armed Forces Command and Staff College Brig Gen G Oyefesobi
06 July 2015 Armed Forces Command and Staff College Director of Administration
05 May 2013 Premium Times Nigerian soldiers in multinational force protest extended Baga operation
18 February 2016 Premium Times Nigerian troops discover ‘Boko Haram market’, rescue 195 captives
02 May 2016 Premium Times Army Begins Large-Scale Operation in Sambisa Forests - Commander
18 November 2015 Premium Times Nigerian troops destroy rockets manufactured by Boko Haram
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
26 March 2014 United States Department of State Foreign Military Training and DoD Engagement Activities of Interest, 2013-2014 [Volume II, Section IV Country Training Activities]
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
16 September 2012 This Day Boko Haram - Nigeria Army Compensates Families of Slain Soldiers
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
14 September 2013 This Day GOC: New Security Role Won’t Overwhelm Army 06 August 2018
01 August 2009 Vanguard 38 Boko Haram Members Arrested in Abuja
16 February 2012 Vanguard Boko Haram - Massive Shake-Up in the Army
09 March 2012 Vanguard Bayero Urges Army to Check Excesses of Task Force
25 March 2012 Vanguard Boko Haram: JTF Rescues Housewives, 13 Children
12 August 2012 Vanguard Eid Fitr - JTF Launched Preemptive Strikes on Militant Hideout in Kano
25 December 2012 Vanguard JTF discovers, detonates bombs in Kano
17 July 2013 Vanguard JTF Kills Three Suspected Boko Haram Members in Jigawa
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
30 July 2015 Vanguard 95 generals moved in fresh Army shake-up
16 October 2015 Vanguard JTF Nabs 10 Suspected Suppliers of Fuel to Boko Haram in Jigawa
28 February 2016 Vanguard Boko Haram: Nigerian Army inducts Combat Motorbike battalion into Battle
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
2018 Routledge Counter-Insurgency in Nigeria: The Military and Operations against Boko Haram, 2011-2017 16 February 2018
27 October 2011 Daily Trust Fidda'u Prayers for Gaidam's Late Wife Held
18 March 2013 Daily Trust Military Barracks in Disrepair Despite N12 Billion 2012 Budget
29 July 2013 This Day Bringing Smiles Back On Their Faces
23 December 2013 This Day FG to Complete Abandoned Projects in Yobe, Says Ngama
03 July 2021 Nigerian Army NIGERIAN ARMY APPOINTS PRINCIPAL STAFF OFFICERS, FIELD COMMANDERS, OTHERS 02 December 2021
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13 June 2017 The Guardian (Nigeria) Army kill Boko Haram leader, rescue nine children
06 May 2017 The Guardian (Nigeria) Returning refugees from Cameroun overstretching Borno IDPs camps, army warns
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
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
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
22 January 2016 International Centre for Investigative Reporting Boko Haram: Army To Begin Rotation Of Troops In North East
23 November 2016 Premium Times EXCLUSIVE: Nigerian Army officially declares 46 soldiers missing
23 April 2016 This Day Military Arrests Four Boko Haram Kingpins, Insists Curfew in Maiduguri Still in Force
08 November 2011 Vanguard Boko Haram bombings: Don’t panic, FG reassures
14 September 2013 Vanguard Hunger forces Boko Haram to kill three, demand N1m from traders 06 August 2018
09 June 2018 Vanguard Troops kill many bandits, arrest Boko Haram logistics supplier in Kaduna 06 August 2018
20 July 2018 Vanguard Buratai renames 21 Brigade as Special Forces Brigade 25 August 2018