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2 Amphibious Brigade [+] Print this page

Also known as: 2 Brigade| Second Brigade [+]

Country: Nigeria [+]

Classified as: Army  Military [+]

Areas of operation


Area of Operation First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Ikorodu [+] 16 April 2018 [+]
Akwa Ibom [+] 12 December 2016 [+] 14 March 2017 [+]
Southern Ijaw [+] 13 December 2015 [+]
Rivers [+] 17 January 2012 [+] 4 September 2016 [+]
Bayelsa [+] 17 January 2012 [+]

Sites


Site First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Port Harcourt [+] 20 April 2018 [+]
Uyo [+] 12 December 2016 [+] 19 July 2017 [+]
Port Harcourt [+] 8 July 2003 [+] 11 December 2016 [+]

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Subsidiaries

Name Other Names Classification First Cited Date Last Cited Date
2 Amphibious Brigade Garrison [+] 2 Brigade Garrison [+] Army [+]
Military [+] 		5 December 2011 [+] 22 September 2015 [+]
2 Brigade Medical Centre [+] Army [+]
Military [+] 		18 July 2011 [+]
2 Brigade Provost Company [+] Army [+]
Military [+] 		18 July 2011 [+]
2 Brigade Supply and Transport Company [+] Army [+]
Military [+] 		18 July 2011 [+]
29 Battalion [+] 29 BN [+] Army [+]
Military [+] 		18 July 2011 [+] 25 August 2014 [+]
343 Artillery Regiment [+] 343 Regiment [+] Army [+]
Military [+] 		29 May 2016 [+]
5 Battalion [+] Army [+]
Military [+] 		14 March 2014 [+] 13 December 2015 [+]
6 Battalion [+] Army [+]
Military [+] 		17 October 2007 [+] 28 February 2017 [+]
Joint Task Force Operation Pulo Shield Sector 2 [+] JTF Sector 2 [+]
Sector Two [+] 		Army [+]
Joint Task Force [+]
Military [+]
Police [+] 		17 January 2012 [+] 22 June 2016 [+]

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
Hamisu Hassan (2 Brigade) [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 14 March 2017 [+]
Sakin-Yaki Bello [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 21 August 2007 [+] 17 September 2007 [+]
Koko Essien [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 22 February 2015 [+] 8 August 2015 [+]
Samuel Salihu [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 21 March 2006 [+] 20 August 2007 [+]
Zakariah Yaduma [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 7 July 2003 [+] 9 September 2004 [+]
Stephenson Olabanji [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 26 August 2015 [+] 6 February 2016 [+]
Moundhey Ali (2 Amphibious Brigade) [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 21 April 2018 [+]
Tukur Yusufu Buratai [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 2 July 2011 [+] 18 December 2012 [+]
Tukur Yusufu Buratai [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 19 December 2012 [+] 31 January 2013 [+]
Osasogie Uzamere (2 Amphibious Brigade) [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 30 September 2013 [+] 15 April 2014 [+]

Sources

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Publication Date Publisher Publication Title Access Date Archive Link
22 January 2013 Vanguard Taking Concrete Action Against Pipeline Vandalism
04 June 2002 This Day Ogomudia Commissions Retired Soldiers' Houses
08 July 2003 This Day Governor Odili Satisfied With Military's Role in Democracy
22 August 2003 This Day Soldier Dismissed for Dubious Enlistment
24 August 2003 This Day Zamani Lekwot Cantonment Renamed
01 March 2004 Daily Champion Gen. Effiong Was a Great Patriot - - Obasanjo
20 March 2004 This Day Federalism: Ngige Tackles FG
27 April 2004 Daily Trust Military Re-Affirms Support for Democracy
10 September 2004 This Day Special Task Force Deployed to Rivers
13 October 2004 Vanguard COAS Annual Conference Begins October in Owerri
29 October 2004 Vanguard Dokubo Surrenders 188 Assault Rifles
15 November 2004 This Day Rivers Disarmament C'ttee Destroys 854 Weapons
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
21 March 2007 Daily Champion OBJ Presents 64 New Colours to Army
04 June 2007 Vanguard Security Operatives Rescue Kidnapped Chinese
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
05 September 2007 Daily Champion Stop Molesting Civilians - GOC Orders Soldiers
10 September 2007 Vanguard JTF Uncovers Militants Hide-Out in Rivers
17 September 2007 Vanguard JTF Overpowers Cultists, Gunmen in Ozuoba
16 October 2007 Leadership Ejection - Cross River Government Drags FG to Court
17 October 2007 Leadership Army Chief Commends Akwa Ibom Government On Niger Delta Crisis
10 January 2009 Vanguard Shake-Up in Army
17 March 2009 Daily Trust Benue Builds on Relationship With Army
19 April 2009 This Day I Transformed 34 Artillery Brigade'
02 October 2009 Vanguard We'll Checkmate Militants' Activities, Says Army Boss
17 March 2010 Daily Trust Much Ado About Dambazau
22 August 2010 Leadership Rivers Donates Patrol Vans to Army, Airforce
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
12 July 2011 Daily Trust Bomb Blast - Army Urged to Be On Alert
13 July 2011 Daily Champion Army Warns Troops on Security Consciousness
18 July 2011 Daily Trust Day Soldiers Dumped Guns for Brooms
05 September 2011 Daily Trust Idoko Assumes Duty As GOC, 82 Division
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
25 January 2012 Vanguard 10 Die in Ebonyi Gun Duel
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
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
22 December 2012 Leadership GOC Urges Anambra Residents to Volunteer Information On Criminals
11 March 2013 Daily Trust 700 Soldiers Leave for Liberia
12 August 2013 This Day GOC Decries Shortage of Operational Materials to Tackle Oil Theft
23 August 2013 Vanguard Army Gets Gun-Boats to Figth Oil Theft in Niger
20 September 2013 Daily Trust Army Committed to Fight Against Oil Theft - JTF Commander
28 December 2013 This Day In Major Shake-Up, Army Redeploys Senior Officers
01 January 2014 Daily Trust Army Investigates Alleged Killing of Bus Driver By Soldier
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 August 2014 This Day Boko Haram - Minimah Hints of Major Army Shake Up
28 August 2014 This Day Protest of Soldiers' Wives
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
05 May 2016 The Guardian (Nigeria) Military to Review Counter-Insurgency War
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06 December 2017 Daily Post Boko Haram: Rogers Nicholas replaces Attahiru as theatre commander
13 April 2016 The Guardian (Nigeria) Troops Arrest Three Boko Haram Commanders, Kill 22 Others
07 January 2014 Leadership Counter-Terrorism, Fight Against Common Enemy - Army
12 January 2014 Leadership JTF Adopts New Strategy In Destroying Illegal Oil Refineries In Niger Delta
24 March 2015 Leadership Army Organises Joint Poll Exercise For Security Agencies
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
19 August 2015 News Agency of Nigeria Guards Brigade partners NSCDC on security in FCT
20 May 2015 Sahara Reporters Nigerian Army: No Longer Business As Usual With Buhari In Charge By Abiodun Ladepo
23 July 2019 Sahara Reporters Nigerian General Urges Soldiers Not To Dent Image Of Country's Army 21 October 2020
28 August 2017 The Sun (Nigeria) Guards Brigade holds inter-Unit competition for barracks children
30 May 2017 The Sun (Nigeria) New Theatre Commander Ops LAFIYA DOLE, Gen Attahiru resumes
24 August 2014 The Nation (Nigeria) Boko Haram: Verbal attacks on soldiers unpatriotic- Orji
05 August 2017 The Nation (Nigeria) Why insecurity is escalating – Buratai
11 October 2017 The Nation (Nigeria) Soldiers recover arms in Imo
08 April 2016 Voice of Nigeria Nigerian Army ends inter-brigade competition
08 January 2014 Radio Nigeria Brigadier General Laleye takes over as APR Director
Nigerian Army 82 Division
Nigerian Army 6 Division
23 June 2016 Nigerian Army OPERATION PULO SHIELD IN NIGER DELTA SCRAPPED
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
19 July 2016 Champion Newspapers Brigade commander denies capture of Bakassi, Akpabuyo LGAs
13 February 2017 Champion Newspapers GOC urges stakeholders to end perennial communal clashes in A’ibom, Cross River states
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
22 September 2015 Daily Trust Army Arrests Soldier Training Militants, Uncover Arms Cache in Rivers 12 October 2018
20 July 2014 Daily Trust Enugu Community, Army, Police On Warpath Over Death of Youth
17 July 2011 Daily Trust Two Brigade Wins WO-SNCO Army Competition
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
30 July 2015 Premium Times Major shake-up in Nigerian Army, 334 top officers redeployed
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
2011 United States Department of State et al Foreign Military Training and DoD Engagement Activities of Interest, 2010-2011 (Section IV: Country Training Activities - Africa, Volume I)
09 December 2015 The Tide Tambuwal Flays Poor Ranking Of Nigerian Varsities
16 February 2012 This Day 72 Generals Redeployed in Army Shake-up
13 February 2014 This Day Army, Navy Redeploy Senior Officers
14 September 2013 This Day GOC - New Security Role Won't Overwhelm Army
05 February 2014 This Day JTF Rescues Indians, Arrests 17 Oil Theft Suspects in Niger Delta
26 January 2012 This Day Soldier, 7 Robbery Suspects Killed in Ebonyi
14 September 2013 This Day GOC: New Security Role Won’t Overwhelm Army 06 August 2018
21 May 2010 Vanguard GOC 82 Div Tasks Soldiers On Firing Skills
04 June 2011 Vanguard How JTF Exhumed the Body of John Togo
15 June 2012 Vanguard Coas Promises to Transform 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
01 August 2017 Vanguard Army begins fitness competition in C-River
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
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
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
24 January 2018 News Agency of Nigeria Army’s 6 Division gets new GOC 22 October 2020
01 October 2017 The Punch Boko Haram attacks Bama, service chiefs to visit Borno 06 August 2018
06 August 2018 The Punch Nigerian Army, 6 Division, gets new GOC 22 October 2020
30 July 2018 Daily Trust Army test officers’ proficiency in handling of weapons, military drills 18 September 2018
23 July 2015 Daily Trust Army appoints new guard’s brigade commander
02 August 2016 Daily Trust ‘Operation Crocodile Smile’ not against N/Delta militants – DHQ
04 February 2017 Daily Trust 6 Div Commander resumes duty in Port Harcourt
11 September 2017 Daily Trust Army deny attack on IPOB leader Kanu’s home
23 August 2015 Daily Trust Army redeploys GOCs, 329 officers
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
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
06 January 2014 Premium Times Oil theft in Cross River, Akwa Ibom has reduced – Army commande
26 December 2016 Premium Times Nigerian Army ends Operation Python Dance in South-East – Official
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
18 November 2016 This Day Army Arrests 37 Boko Haram Suspects in Lagos, Ogun
11 September 2017 This Day Army Reconciles Warring Communities in Cross River, Ebonyi States
16 October 2017 This Day Army Wraps up Military Exercise in South-east
19 May 2011 Vanguard Soldiers seek more funding for peace missions
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
01 May 2016 Vanguard Benue, Enugu Killings: Islamic group reacts, says blaming Fulani herdsmen “absurd”
29 May 2016 Vanguard Troops avert attacks on oil pipelines in Bayelsa – Army
28 October 2016 Vanguard GOC 82 Div
30 January 2017 Vanguard Be neutral in crisis areas, GOC warns soldiers
14 March 2017 Vanguard 2 Brigade Uyo assures on improved security
25 May 2017 Vanguard Stop rampaging herdsmen now, Senate tasks IG
19 July 2017 Vanguard Two Brigade Nigerian Army hosts competition
01 August 2017 Vanguard Army begins fitness competition in C-River 31 July 2018
13 September 2017 Vanguard Ops Python Dance 2: GOC 82 Div tours IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu’s home town
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
22 April 2020 Vanguard COVID 19: GOC commissions waterpoint at 9 Brigade barracks 21 October 2020
22 July 2020 Vanguard New GOC takes over 81 DIV, charges officers, soldiers to work harder 21 October 2020