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31 Field Artillery Brigade [+] Print this page

Also known as: 31 Artillery| 31 Artillery Brigade| 31 Brigade [+]

Country: Nigeria [+]

Classified as: Army  Military [+]

Areas of operation


Area of Operation First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Rafi [+] 31 May 2016 [+]
Niger [+] January 2016 [+] 18 March 2016 [+]
Munya [+] 3 September 2015 [+]

Sites


Site First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Minna [+] 2 February 2011 [+] 20 July 2017 [+]

Memberships

Multi-unit organizations that this unit is part of
Name Country Other Names Classification First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Operation Sharan Daji [+] Nigeria [+] operation code-named 'Sharan Daji' [+] Army [+]
Joint Task Force [+]
Military [+] 		January 2016 [+] 18 March 2016 [+]
Special Task Force [+] Nigeria [+] STF [+]
Special Task Force [+]
Special Task Force (Operations Safe Heaven) [+] 		Army [+]
Joint Task Force [+]
Military [+]
Police [+] 		2 February 2011 [+]

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Subsidiaries

Name Other Names Classification First Cited Date Last Cited Date
313 Artillery Regiment [+] 313 Artillery Brigade [+]
313 Artillery Regiment Brigade [+]
313 Medium Artillery Regiment [+] 		Army [+]
Military [+] 		25 March 2013 [+] 2 January 2015 [+]

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
Mohammed Abba Diko [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 7 December 2014 [+] 28 July 2015 [+]
Salisu Mustapha [+] Captain [+] Spokesman [+] 10 June 2014 [+]
Baba Ibrahim [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 3 September 2015 [+]
Olowo Mike [+] Corporal [+] None 24 December 2013 [+]
Aliu Momoh [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 12 February 2014 [+]

Sources

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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
16 March 2012 Daily Trust Failing State, Fading Peacekeepers
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
27 December 2012 Daily Trust Police, Army Assure Niger Residents of Peaceful New Year
06 March 2013 Daily Trust Soldiers Find Rifles, Bomb-Making Items in Kaduna Politician's House
25 March 2013 Leadership 134 NSCDC Officers Complete Weapons Training in Minna
18 May 2013 This Day Military Intensifies Campaign Against Insurgents' Stronghold
26 September 2013 This Day Aliyu Blames External Forces for Crisis in PDP
31 October 2013 This Day Army Refurbishes 35mm Anti-Aircraft Guns
24 December 2013 Leadership 31 Artillery Brigade Minna Refutes Attack Claim By Police
10 June 2014 Leadership Soldiers Seize Leadership, Daily Trust, the Nation Newspapers in Minna
07 December 2014 Leadership Gunmen Invade Minna Prison, Free 270 Inmates
09 September 2015 Daily Trust Kano Govt to Facilitate N2 Billion Loan for SMEs - Gov Ganduje
31 May 2016 Premium Times Four Killed in Niger State Over Allegations of Blasphemy
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25 February 2014 Independent New 31 Artillery, TRADOC commanders assumes duty in Minna
02 January 2015 Leadership Army Trains 142 NSCDC Officers in Counter-Terrorism
05 September 2015 Leadership Army Recovers 97 Cows, 41 Sheep From Cattle Rustlers in Niger
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
07 July 2015 News Agency of Nigeria Nigeria Army gives free medical service to Minna community
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
05 August 2017 The Nation (Nigeria) Why insecurity is escalating – Buratai
26 June 2015 The Nation (Nigeria) Nigeria deploys 700 soldiers to Liberia
12 February 2014 Blueprint Army Replaces Presidential Guards Commander, GOCs
26 October 2006 Council on Foreign Relations Modern Military Force Structures
15 December 2015 Daily Trust We Arrested Zakzaky, Wife - Army
18 January 2015 Daily Trust Mass Sack - Panic Grips Army Barracks
11 February 2013 Leadership How Gunmen Killed 3 Korean Doctors In Yobe – Witnesses
04 February 2016 The Guardian (Nigeria) Security agencies deny Boko Haram role in Edo explosion
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
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
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
06 February 2011 Vanguard Bauchi, Borno, Plateau: Mounting security challenge in the ‘axis of death’
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
27 May 2012 Vanguard Army is combat-ready for terrorists – COAS
18 August 2012 Vanguard Presidency Moves to Avert Attacks on Mosques, Churches During Sallah
16 May 2013 Vanguard Soldiers storm Borno,Yobe, Adamawa
30 May 2015 Vanguard Aliyu Stoned in Niger, Smuggled Out of Stadium
30 July 2015 Vanguard 95 generals moved in fresh Army shake-up
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
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