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Chief of Defence Staff , Air Chief Marshal , Commander of Defence Headquarters (Military) on 12 July 2015
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27 September 2010
Daily Trust
Sacked GOCs Get New Posts
05 October 2012
This Day
Jonathan Names New CDS, Service Chiefs
28 December 2013
This Day
In Major Shake-Up, Army Redeploys Senior Officers
10 June 2014
Leadership
Soldiers Seize Leadership, Daily Trust, the Nation Newspapers in Minna
05 August 2014
Daily Trust
Amnesty - Nigerian Military Committing War Crimes
18 August 2014
This Day
Four Dredging Workers Kidnapped in Bayelsa
06 September 2014
Leadership
Insurgents Seize the Gulak Village
31 October 2014
This Day
Battle for Mubi Rages, Military Ramps Up Counter-Attack
12 February 2015
This Day
Military Affirms Commitment to Nigeria's Democracy, Says It Is Apolitical
06 July 1994
Armed Forces Ruling Council
Armed Forces Act Part III S.7(1)
06 November 2014
Leadership
Cement Firm Attack - Anxiety As Boko Haram Carts Away Dynamite
03 February 2015
Leadership
Finally, Nigerian Troops Bombard Sambisa Forest
26 July 2013
Sahara Reporters
Army "Corners" Boko Haram Leader, Shekau, In Borno Hills-Punch Newspaper
04 November 2014
The Nation (Nigeria)
JTF vows to fish out Niger Delta criminals
28 January 2014
The Nation (Nigeria)
Boko Haram kills 74 in Borno, Adamawa attacks
06 February 2014
The Nation (Nigeria)
We must win Boko Haram war'
30 July 2015
Premium Times
How fifth columnists in Nigerian military leaked operational plans to Boko Haram – ex-Defence Chief
13 February 2014
This Day
Army, Navy Redeploy Senior Officers
06 February 2014
This Day
Jonathan Charges Service Chiefs to Crush Boko Haram Insurgents
30 July 2015
Vanguard
95 generals moved in fresh Army shake-up
02 June 2015
Amnesty International
Stars on their shoulders. Blood on their hands. War crimes committed by the Nigerian military
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