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Also known as: STF| Special Task Force| Special Task Force (Operations Safe Heaven) [+]

Country: Nigeria [+]

Classified as: Army  Joint Task Force  Military  Police [+]

Areas of operation


Area of Operation First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Bauchi [+] 8 April 2013 [+] 28 August 2015 [+]
Plateau [+] 1 January 2010 [+] 28 August 2015 [+]

Sites


Site First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Jos [+] January 2010 [+] 28 August 2015 [+]

Member units

All units that comprise this unit.
Name Country Other Names Classification First Cited Date Last Cited Date
1 Brigade [+] Nigeria [+] "One" Brigade [+]
'One' Brigade [+]
1 Army Brigade [+]
1 Bde [+]
1st Brigade [+]
Brigade 1 [+]
I Brigade [+]
One Brigade [+] 		Army [+]
Military [+] 		2 February 2011 [+]
2 Battalion [+] Nigeria [+] 2 BN [+]
2 NO.BATTALION [+] 		Army [+]
Military [+] 		24 August 2011 [+]
3 Motorized Brigade [+] Nigeria [+] 3 Brigade [+]
3 Mechanised Brigade [+]
3 Motorised Brigade [+]
3rd Brigade [+]
3rd Mechanised Brigade [+]
Third Brigade [+] 		Army [+]
Military [+] 		2 February 2011 [+]
31 Field Artillery Brigade [+] Nigeria [+] 31 Artillery [+]
31 Artillery Brigade [+]
31 Brigade [+] 		Army [+]
Military [+] 		2 February 2011 [+]
41 Division Engineers [+] Nigeria [+] 41 Division [+]
41 Division Engineering [+]
41 Infantry Brigade [+] 		Army [+]
Military [+] 		2 February 2011 [+]
Police Mobile Force Squadron 27 [+] Nigeria [+] 27 Police Mobile Force [+]
27PMF [+]
MOPOL 27 [+]
MOPOL 77 [+] 		Police [+]
Police Mobile Force (Riot Police) [+] 		1 April 2012 [+]
Police Mobile Force Squadron 44 [+] Nigeria [+] 44 Police Mobile Force [+]
44PMF DPU [+]
DPU [+]
Diplomatic Protection Unit [+]
MOPOL 44 [+]
Mopol 44 FHQS [+]
squadron 44 battalion [+] 		Police [+]
Police Mobile Force (Riot Police) [+] 		January 2010 [+] 27 January 2011 [+]
Police Mobile Force Squadron 45 [+] Nigeria [+] 45PMF [+]
MOPOL 45 [+] 		Police [+]
Police Mobile Force (Riot Police) [+] 		January 2010 [+]

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
Special Task Force Sector 1 [+] sector one [+] Army [+]
Joint Task Force [+]
Military [+]
Police [+] 		11 March 2011 [+] 28 August 2015 [+]
Special Task Force Sector 3 [+] Sector 3 [+] Army [+]
Joint Task Force [+]
Military [+]
Police [+] 		14 May 2010 [+] 28 August 2015 [+]
Special Task Force Sector 4 [+] Sector Four Command of the STF [+]
sector 4 of the STF [+] 		Army [+]
Joint Task Force [+]
Military [+]
Police [+] 		28 February 2012 [+] 28 August 2015 [+]
Special Task Force Sector 5 [+] STF Sector 5 [+]
STF sector five [+]
Sector Five of the STF [+] 		Army [+]
Joint Task Force [+]
Military [+]
Police [+] 		18 July 2012 [+] 28 August 2015 [+]
Special Task Force Sector 6 [+] STF sector 6 [+]
Sector (6) [+]
sector 6 [+] 		Army [+]
Joint Task Force [+]
Military [+]
Police [+] 		10 February 2011 [+] 28 August 2015 [+]
Special Task Force Sector 7 [+] STF Sector 7 command [+]
Sector 7 [+]
Sector 7 command of the STF [+]
Sector seven [+] 		Army [+]
Joint Task Force [+]
Military [+]
Police [+] 		18 March 2010 [+] 28 August 2015 [+]
Special Task Force Sector 8 [+] Sector 8 [+] Army [+]
Joint Task Force [+]
Military [+]
Police [+] 		18 July 2012 [+] 28 August 2015 [+]
Special Task Force Sector 9 [+] Sector 9 [+]
Sector nine [+] 		Army [+]
Joint Task Force [+]
Military [+]
Police [+] 		18 July 2012 [+] 28 August 2015 [+]

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
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
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
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
15 October 2007 Daily Trust Army Sends More Troops to Darfur
09 January 2008 Vanguard Defence Chief Declares 'Red Alert' in N-Delta
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
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
12 March 2009 Vanguard FG Merges Military Forces in N-Delta
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
19 January 2010 Vanguard Jos Crisis - Police Beef Up Security
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
23 June 2010 Daily Trust Jos - Another Face of the STF
25 September 2010 Daily Champion Jonathan Sacks GOCs, Redeploys Others
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 This Day Fresh Bloodbath in Bauchi, Jos
28 January 2011 Leadership 24 Killed in Bauchi, Jos Attacks
03 February 2011 Daily Trust Jos Operation Crucial to Nation's Survival - Army Chief
12 March 2011 Leadership STF Intercepts Explosives in Jos
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
16 August 2011 Daily Independent Escape of Detainees - GOC 3 Division Sets Up Martial Court to Try Gen Raji
25 August 2011 Daily Trust Brig-Gen. Raji - the Road to Court Marshal
17 September 2011 Daily Trust Jos - Will Military Intervention Stop Bloodshed?
16 February 2012 Daily Trust GOCs Redeployed in Army Shake-Up
16 March 2012 Daily Trust Failing State, Fading Peacekeepers
02 April 2012 Daily Trust STF Nab Three Over Murder of Mobile Policeman in Ryom Attack
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
31 August 2012 Daily Trust Be Battle Ready At All Times, Ihejirika Tells Soldiers
29 January 2013 Leadership Major Shakeup in Army - COAS Redeploys 317 Officers
02 February 2013 Daily Trust Awala Is New GOC 3 Division - Army
27 March 2013 Leadership Boko Haram - Immigration Deports 57 Nigeriens in Lagos
09 April 2013 This Day Amnesty Committee Mulls Conditions for Boko Haram
28 December 2013 This Day In Major Shake-Up, Army Redeploys Senior Officers
11 January 2014 Daily Trust Nwoga Takes Over At Three Division
26 August 2014 The Guardian (Nigeria) Troops Return From Cameroun, to Begin Counter-Terrorism Campaign
08 September 2014 The Guardian (Nigeria) Boko Haram Kills 24 Soldiers, Injures Obasanjo's Son
01 October 2014 Daily Trust 7,450 Cattle Rustled, 4,180 Recovered in Plateau
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 August 2015 Daily Independent Crush Boko Haram in Three Months, Buhari Orders Military Chiefs
30 August 2015 Daily Trust Defence Headquarters Upgrades Special Task Force in Plateau
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 1 Division.
Nigerian Army NIGERIAN ARMY 3 DIVISION
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
21 October 2015 Defence Headquarters Profile of the Chief of Defence Staff
06 May 2015 The Guardian (Nigeria) Army begins trial of General, four others over loss of Baga
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(1)
11 June 2015 News Agency of Nigeria Minimah visits Borno, Adamawa to boost morale of troops
31 August 2016 Reuters Operation Lafiya Dole
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
10 March 2015 The Nation (Nigeria) Military recounts troop's success in Adamawa
Training and Doctrine Command BRIEF BIOGRAPHY of MAJ GEN AG Olonisakin
Nigerian Air Force NAF Headquarters 21 July 2015
07 August 2016 Nigerian Army 3 Division
23 June 2016 Nigerian Army OPERATION PULO SHIELD IN NIGER DELTA SCRAPPED
26 October 2006 Council on Foreign Relations Modern Military Force Structures
28 April 2013 Channels Television Nigerian Army Updates Officers On Operations Planning
19 January 2016 Channels Television Defence Minister Arrives Warri To Inspect Pipeline Explosion Site
04 September 2013 Daily Trust Army retires senior officer, redeploys others
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.
19 February 2016 The Guardian (Nigeria) U.S. military trains Nigerian soldiers on counter-terrorism.
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
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 March 2016 Premium Times Army General Dies in Auto Crash
17 June 2016 Premium Times Troops 'Arrest Boko Haram's Top Commanders' in Yobe
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
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
16 November 2007 This Day Bakassi Killings: Nigerian Soldiers Not Involved, Azazi Insists
20 January 2010 Vanguard Jonathan Decries Bloodbath in Jos
10 March 2010 Vanguard Army Fights Back, Says Gov Jang's Statement Embarrassing, Display of Naivety
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
24 August 2011 Vanguard Two Soldiers to Face Court Martial Over Kidnap of Mikel Obi's Father
14 September 2011 Vanguard Army, Airforce Move Into Jos
23 September 2011 Vanguard Security Beef-up in Lagos, Jos, Delta
14 November 2011 Vanguard Military Can Tackle Internal Security Challenges, Says GOC
11 January 2012 Vanguard FG approves new operational status for JTF
16 February 2012 Vanguard Boko Haram - Massive Shake-Up in the Army
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
16 May 2013 Vanguard Soldiers storm Borno,Yobe, Adamawa
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
30 March 2016 Vanguard Army captures Alagarno, Boko Haram `spiritual power base’
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
June 1991 Federal Research Division, Library of Congress Nigeria: A Country Study
02 June 2015 Amnesty International Stars on their shoulders. Blood on their hands. War crimes committed by the Nigerian military
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
29 January 2021 TheCable PHOTOS: Olonisakin, chief of air staff hand over to their successors 16 November 2021
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
06 October 2020 This Day Preparing Military Personnel for Post-service Life 22 October 2020
03 May 2018 Vanguard Army competition: Woman emerges best shooter 31 July 2018
30 January 2021 Vanguard What you didn’t know about new Service Chiefs 23 November 2021