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Also known as: MN-JTF| MNJTF| MNTJTF| MTJF| Multi National Joint Task Force| Multi-National Joint Task Force| Multinational JTF [+]

Country: Nigeria [+]

Classified as: Army  Joint Task Force  Military [+]

Areas of operation



Area of Operation First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Bama [+] 23 February 2016 [+]
Abadam [+] 30 January 2015 [+]
Kukawa [+] 1998 [+]

Sites



Site First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Doro Gowon [+] 3 January 2015 [+]
Doro Duguri [+] 12 February 2012 [+]
Baga [+] 1998 [+] 31 January 2015 [+]

Member units

All units that comprise this unit.
Name Country Other Names Classification First Cited Date Last Cited Date
134 Battalion [+] Nigeria [+] Army [+]
Military [+]
2010 [+] 31 January 2015 [+]
174 Battalion [+] Nigeria [+] 174 Bn [+]
174 Mechanised Battalion [+]
Army [+]
Military [+]
2010 [+] 30 January 2015 [+]
241 Reconnaissance Battalion [+] Nigeria [+] 241 Battalion [+]
241 Recce Battalion [+]
241 Reece BN [+]
Army [+]
Military [+]
27 July 2011 [+] January 2012 [+]
3 Motorized Brigade [+] Nigeria [+] 3 Brigade [+]
3 Mechanised Brigade [+]
3 Motorised Brigade [+]
3rd Brigade [+]
3rd Mechanised Brigade [+]
Third Brigade [+]
Army [+]
Military [+]
27 July 2011 [+] 5 May 2013 [+]
73 Battalion [+] Nigeria [+] Army [+]
Military [+]
27 July 2011 [+] April 2013 [+]

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
12 Brigade [+] Army [+]
Military [+]
18 September 2013 [+]
7 Brigade Special Task Force [+] 7 Brigade [+]
7 Multi-National Joint Task Force Brigade [+]
Army [+]
Military [+]
12 November 2015 [+] 26 February 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
Ibrahim Manu Yusuf [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 19 November 2019 [+] 18 March 2021 [+]
AK Ibrahim [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 2 July 2021 [+]
JJ Ogunlade [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 19 March 2021 [+]
Lucky E. Erabor [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] Force Commander [+] 30 May 2017 [+]

Incidents


According to Amnesty International: "On 15 February, around 100 soldiers from the Multinational JTF Headquarters in Baga arrived in Duguri on boats. The soldiers entered the town and opened fire on civilians and burned the majority of the town to the ground. According to the witnesses, they killed more than … [+]

Sources

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Publication Date Publisher Publication Title Access Date Archive Link
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
27 August 2007 Vanguard Country's Foreign Policy Under Yar'Adua
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
12 March 2009 Vanguard FG Merges Military Forces in N-Delta
25 May 2011 Daily Champion Lagos - DPO, DCO Killed in Army, Police Clash
17 September 2011 Daily Trust Jos - Will Military Intervention Stop Bloodshed?
09 April 2013 This Day Amnesty Committee Mulls Conditions for Boko Haram
30 January 2015 This Day Boko Haram Plans to Bomb Soft Targets Using Livestock, Warns FG
01 February 2015 This Day Boko Haram Faces Defeat in Borno Border Towns
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
Nigerian Army Nigerian Army 1 Division.
23 April 2015 Daily Independent When Soldiers Liberated Gwoza Town From Insurgents
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
12 November 2015 The Guardian (Nigeria) Military arrests five terror suspects, rescues children in Borno
06 May 2015 The Guardian (Nigeria) Army begins trial of General, four others over loss of Baga
06 July 1994 Armed Forces Ruling Council Armed Forces Act Part III S.8(1)
31 January 2015 Leadership Chad, Niger, Cameroon Forces Reclaim Nigerian Territories
27 February 2016 Leadership Army Frees 4,890 Refugees, Captives In Cleared Boko Haram Territories
26 February 2016 News Agency of Nigeria COAS hails efforts of troops fighting insurgency in northeast
31 August 2016 Reuters Operation Lafiya Dole
07 May 2013 Sahara Reporters BAGA: Multinational Joint Task Forces, BHTs And Host Community By Lt Col Sagir Musa
30 May 2017 The Sun (Nigeria) New Theatre Commander Ops LAFIYA DOLE, Gen Attahiru resumes
18 December 2013 The Nation (Nigeria) Moles in the military
Training and Doctrine Command BRIEF BIOGRAPHY of MAJ GEN AG Olonisakin
Nigerian Air Force NAF Headquarters 21 July 2015
23 June 2016 Nigerian Army OPERATION PULO SHIELD IN NIGER DELTA SCRAPPED
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
Nigerian Ministry of Defence About MOD.
13 November 2020 Radio Ndarason International Exclusive Interview with Major General Ibrahim Yusuf 02 December 2021
19 February 2016 The Guardian (Nigeria) U.S. military trains Nigerian soldiers on counter-terrorism.
05 May 2013 Premium Times Nigerian soldiers in multinational force protest extended Baga operation
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
16 November 2007 This Day Bakassi Killings: Nigerian Soldiers Not Involved, Azazi Insists
22 June 2011 Vanguard Bomb blast: NSA summons IGP…as police postpone meeting
14 September 2011 Vanguard Army, Airforce Move Into Jos
23 September 2011 Vanguard Security Beef-up in Lagos, Jos, Delta
11 January 2012 Vanguard FG approves new operational status for JTF
16 May 2013 Vanguard Soldiers storm Borno,Yobe, Adamawa
18 September 2013 Vanguard 16 Soldiers Killed, Many Missing in Fresh Borno Attack
30 July 2015 Vanguard 95 generals moved in fresh Army shake-up
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
03 July 2021 Nigerian Army NIGERIAN ARMY APPOINTS PRINCIPAL STAFF OFFICERS, FIELD COMMANDERS, OTHERS 02 December 2021
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
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
10 July 2014 Soldiers' Voice, Aso Radio 93.5 Fm Abuja Nigeria NEWS ON THE ARMY 10TH JULY, 2014
14 January 2015 Human Rights Watch Dispatches: What Really Happened in Baga, Nigeria? 21 February 2023
23 November 2016 Premium Times EXCLUSIVE: Nigerian Army officially declares 46 soldiers missing
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
06 October 2020 This Day Preparing Military Personnel for Post-service Life 22 October 2020
30 January 2021 Vanguard What you didn’t know about new Service Chiefs 23 November 2021