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Also known as: 3 Brigade| 3 Mechanised Brigade| 3 Motorised Brigade| 3rd Brigade| 3rd Mechanised Brigade| Third Brigade [+]

Country: Nigeria [+]

Classified as: Army  Military [+]

Sites



Site First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Baga [+] 27 July 2011 [+] 5 May 2013 [+]
Kano [+] 20 April 2003 [+] 20 July 2017 [+]

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 [+] 5 May 2013 [+]
Special Task Force [+] Nigeria [+] STF [+]
Special Task Force [+]
Special Task Force (Operations Safe Heaven) [+]
Army [+]
Joint Task Force [+]
Military [+]
Police [+]
2 February 2011 [+]

Parent units

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Subsidiaries


Name Other Names Classification First Cited Date Last Cited Date
241 Reconnaissance Battalion [+] 241 Battalion [+]
241 Recce Battalion [+]
241 Reece BN [+]
Army [+]
Military [+]
February 2006 [+] 16 September 2012 [+]
3 Motorized Brigade Garrison [+] 3 Brigade Garrison [+]
3 Mechanised Brigade Garrison [+]
Army [+]
Military [+]
2014 [+]
73 Battalion [+] Army [+]
Military [+]
30 January 2010 [+]
Joint Task Force Kano State [+] JTF [+]
Joint Security Task Force [+]
Joint Task Force [+]
Kano JTF [+]
Army [+]
Joint Task Force [+]
Military [+]
Police [+]
Police Mobile Force (Riot Police) [+]
9 March 2012 [+] 6 January 2014 [+]

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
Kenneth Agboola Vigo [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 8 March 2007 [+] 2 August 2008 [+]
Ikedichi Iweha [+] Captain [+] Army Public Relations Officer [+] 18 May 2013 [+]
Muhammed Danlami Abubakar [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] General Officer Commanding [+] 2 January 2009 [+] 30 January 2010 [+]
Bright Fibionumama [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 25 January 2014 [+]
G Oyefesobi [+] None None 1 May 1998 [+] 1 April 1999 [+]
Ohifeme Ejemai [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 18 March 2015 [+]
Hamisu Hassan [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 16 October 2015 [+] 3 May 2016 [+]
Emmanuel Abejirin [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 9 November 2011 [+] 24 January 2012 [+]
Emmanuel Abejirin [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 8 November 2011 [+]
Stephenson Olabanji [+] None Commander [+]
Iliyasu Isah Abbah [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 15 February 2012 [+] 11 December 2013 [+]
Iliyasu Isah Abbah [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 12 December 2013 [+] 24 January 2014 [+]

Sources

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Publication Date Publisher Publication Title Access Date Archive Link
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
21 April 2003 Vanguard Cries of Rigging is Hypocrisy - Shagari
01 July 2005 This Day Nigerian Soldiers Depart for Sudan
19 November 2006 Vanguard Militants to Army Chief - Your Men Worsened Hostilities in N-Delta
17 January 2007 Daily Trust Kanem Trust - Soldiers Thrill Nguru Residents With Thanksgiving
08 March 2007 Daily Champion Acting Governor Commends Military
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 Vanguard Country's Foreign Policy Under Yar'Adua
01 September 2007 This Day Soldiers Reprimanded for Role in Liberia
24 September 2007 Leadership Army Goc Warns Soldiers Against Civilians
25 November 2007 Daily Trust Kano LG Polls - the Inside Story
09 January 2008 Vanguard Defence Chief Declares 'Red Alert' in N-Delta
16 May 2008 Leadership Kawu Pledges Kano Govt's Assistance
08 July 2008 This Day Soldiers' Protest - House Summons Defence Minister, Azazi
02 August 2008 Daily Trust Army Presence Will Beef Up Security in Jigawa - Lamido
09 August 2008 This Day Security Beefed Up in Azazi's Country Home
12 October 2008 Daily Trust NDA Boss Calls for Combat Alertness
02 January 2009 This Day Katisna Assures Army of Continued Support
10 January 2009 Vanguard Shake-Up in Army
13 October 2009 This Day UN to Accredit Nigerian Army Peacekeeping Centre
21 September 2010 Daily Trust Army Engineers Yet to Work On Collapsed Sokoto Bridge
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
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
25 May 2011 Daily Champion Lagos - DPO, DCO Killed in Army, Police Clash
10 November 2011 Daily Trust Army Gets 25 Major Generals
06 February 2012 Leadership Kano JTF and Boko Haram in Gun Battle
08 February 2012 Leadership Suicide Bomber Hits Army Barracks in Kaduna
07 February 2012 Daily Trust Kaduna Attacks - Army Hq Attacker Drove up to GOC Car Park
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
05 October 2012 This Day Jonathan Names New CDS, Service Chiefs
06 March 2013 Daily Trust Soldiers Find Rifles, Bomb-Making Items in Kaduna Politician's House
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
18 May 2013 This Day Military Intensifies Campaign Against Insurgents' Stronghold
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'
10 October 2013 Daily Trust JTF Destroys Kano Bomb Factory
10 October 2013 This Day JTF Uncovers Bomb Factory, Suicide Back Pack in Kano
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
09 September 2015 Daily Trust Kano Govt to Facilitate N2 Billion Loan for SMEs - Gov Ganduje
30 March 2016 The Guardian (Nigeria) Kano Market Fire a Monumental Disaster - Masari
31 May 2016 Premium Times Four Killed in Niger State Over Allegations of Blasphemy
Nigerian Army LT GEN OA IHEJIRIKA
Nigerian Army Nigerian Army 1 Division.
10 September 2015 Leadership Conduct Yourselves In A Professional Manner, GOC Urges Soldiers
11 March 2016 News Agency of Nigeria 35 suspects arrested in arms mop-up operation in Delta
18 March 2016 News Agency of Nigeria Army kill 35 bandits, arrest 39 in North West -- GOC
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
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
05 August 2017 The Nation (Nigeria) Why insecurity is escalating – Buratai
26 June 2015 The Nation (Nigeria) Nigeria deploys 700 soldiers to Liberia
18 March 2015 The Nation (Nigeria) Polls: Eschew politics of bitterness, Maitama Sule urges politicians
26 October 2006 Council on Foreign Relations Modern Military Force Structures
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
03 May 2016 Daily Trust Suspected Killers of Gen Shuwa Arrested
15 December 2015 Daily Trust We Arrested Zakzaky, Wife - Army
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
11 February 2013 Leadership How Gunmen Killed 3 Korean Doctors In Yobe – Witnesses
14 December 2015 The Guardian (Nigeria) Our role in Bayelsa polls, by military
04 February 2016 The Guardian (Nigeria) Security agencies deny Boko Haram role in Edo explosion
Armed Forces Command and Staff College Brig Gen G Oyefesobi
05 May 2013 Premium Times Nigerian soldiers in multinational force protest extended Baga operation
19 March 2016 Premium Times 35 bandits killed, 39 others arrested in North-East – Nigerian Army
13 February 2014 The Punch Army redeploys 127 senior officers
07 June 2014 The Punch Boko Haram: Army court-martials officers for cowardice, others
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]
31 March 2014 This Day A Hero's Welcome for Ihejirika
13 February 2014 This Day Army, Navy Redeploy Senior Officers
08 February 2012 This Day Boko Haram Names Negotiators, As Multiple Blasts Rock Kaduna
16 September 2012 This Day Boko Haram - Nigeria Army Compensates Families of Slain Soldiers
06 February 2014 This Day Jonathan Charges Service Chiefs to Crush Boko Haram Insurgents
16 November 2007 This Day Bakassi Killings: Nigerian Soldiers Not Involved, Azazi Insists
01 August 2009 Vanguard 38 Boko Haram Members Arrested in Abuja
22 June 2011 Vanguard Bomb blast: NSA summons IGP…as police postpone meeting
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
27 May 2012 Vanguard Army is combat-ready for terrorists – COAS
12 August 2012 Vanguard Eid Fitr - JTF Launched Preemptive Strikes on Militant Hideout in Kano
18 August 2012 Vanguard Presidency Moves to Avert Attacks on Mosques, Churches During Sallah
25 December 2012 Vanguard JTF discovers, detonates bombs in Kano
16 May 2013 Vanguard Soldiers storm Borno,Yobe, Adamawa
17 July 2013 Vanguard JTF Kills Three Suspected Boko Haram Members in Jigawa
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
18 March 2013 Daily Trust Military Barracks in Disrepair Despite N12 Billion 2012 Budget
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
13 June 2017 The Guardian (Nigeria) Army kill Boko Haram leader, rescue nine children
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
22 April 2016 Amnesty International Nigeria: Unearthing The Truth: Unlawful Killings and Mass Cover-Up in Zaria.
31 May 2016 This Day Soldiers Take over Tompolo’s Residence, Father Escapes Arrest
16 February 2013 Vanguard Allegations of Ethnic Considerations in Retirements, Postings, Re-Deployment, Recruitment in the Army