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Mohammed Sani Ali [+] Print this page

Also known as: Aliyu Aliyu | M.S.A. Aliyu | MSA Aliyu [+]

Country: Nigeria [+]

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General Officer Commanding, Brigadier General, Commander of 3 Armoured Division (Army/Military) [+]

Postings


Unit Rank Role Official Title First Cited Date Last Cited Date
3 Armoured Division [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] General Officer Commanding [+] 26 January 2016 [+]
3 Armoured Division [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] Acting General Officer Commanding [+] 29 December 2015 [+] 13 March 2016 [+]
21 Armoured Brigade [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 29 July 2015 [+] 28 December 2015 [+]

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Superiors

Commanders of units that were superior to any units commanded by this person
Name Rank Role Unit Start of overlap End of overlap Duration of overlap
Tukur Yusufu Buratai [+] Lieutenant General [+] Commander [+] Nigerian Army [+] 4 August 2015 [+] 27 January 2021 [+] 2003 days
Lucky E. Erabor [+] Major General [+] Deputy Theatre Commander [+] Operation Lafiya Dole [+] 18 December 2015 [+] 16 March 2016 [+] 89 days
Hassan Umoru [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] Operation Lafiya Dole [+] 18 December 2015 [+] 16 March 2016 [+] 89 days
Lamidi Adeosun [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 7 Division [+] 19 January 2015 [+] 28 December 2015 [+] 343 days
Hassan Umoru [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 3 Armoured Division [+] 29 July 2015 [+] 17 December 2015 [+] 141 days
Yusha'u Mahmood Abubakar [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] Operation Lafiya Dole [+] 16 August 2015 [+] 9 November 2015 [+] 85 days

Subordinates

Commanders of units that were subordinate to any units commanded by this person
Name Rank Role Unit Start of overlap End of overlap Duration of overlap
Abraham Luka Dusu [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 33 Artillery Brigade [+] 9 September 2015 [+] 3 March 2016 [+] 176 days
Aba Popoola [+] Colonel [+] Commander [+] 23 Armoured Brigade [+] 6 November 2014 [+] 29 January 2016 [+] 449 days

Sources

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Publication Date Publisher Publication Title Access Date Archive Link
20 May 2015 Daily Trust Man Gets Title, Car, N
14 July 2015 Leadership Buhari Replaces NSA, Service Chiefs
14 August 2015 Daily Independent Crush Boko Haram in Three Months, Buhari Orders Military Chiefs
17 August 2015 This Day NAF Sustains Aerial Bombardment of Terrorists' Bunkers
09 September 2015 Daily Trust 33 Artillery Brigade Gets New Commander
18 September 2015 Daily Trust Commander Seeks Collaboration With Traditional Rulers On Insurgency
10 November 2015 This Day Military Nabs Another Wanted Boko Haram Terrorist
09 November 2015 Daily Trust Buratai Visits Troops, More Boko Haram Camps Are Destroyed
28 December 2015 Daily Independent Boko Haram Kills 45 in Borno, Adamawa
05 May 2016 The Guardian (Nigeria) Military to Review Counter-Insurgency War
09 June 2016 This Day Sambisa Forest Is Now Locked Down - Military
Nigerian Army NIGERIAN ARMY 3 DIVISION
Nigerian Army Nigerian Army | 7 Division
18 December 2015 Defence Headquarters NEW THEATRE COMMANDERS FOR OPERATION LAFIYA DOLE APPOINTED
13 April 2016 The Guardian (Nigeria) Troops Arrest Three Boko Haram Commanders, Kill 22 Others
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(b)
06 November 2014 Leadership Cement Firm Attack - Anxiety As Boko Haram Carts Away Dynamite
15 February 2015 Leadership GOC, Brigade Commander Move to Liberate Monguno
13 March 2015 Leadership FG Donates Food Items To Soldiers Fighting Insurgency
20 July 2015 Leadership Burutai Visits Troops in Konduga, Renames Counter Insurgency Outfit
14 December 2015 Leadership CATTLE RUSTLING: Army Recovers 37 Cows, 75 Sheep In Bauchi
11 December 2015 News Agency of Nigeria Army recovers 37 cows, 75 rams from cattle rustlers in Bauchi State
11 June 2015 News Agency of Nigeria Minimah visits Borno, Adamawa to boost morale of troops
31 August 2016 Reuters Operation Lafiya Dole
29 July 2015 Sahara Reporters Nigerian Army Has Redeployed Some Of Its Officers
05 August 2017 The Nation (Nigeria) Why insecurity is escalating – Buratai
16 October 2015 CAJ News Nigeria Next Few Days Crucial for Op Lafiya Dole
28 January 2016 Daily Trust 'Operation Lafiya Dole' Command Interfaces With Host Communities
17 March 2016 Daily Trust Terrible week of road accidents (Editorial)
29 December 2015 Daily Trust Army committed to wiping out B/Haram – GOC
30 January 2016 The Guardian (Nigeria) Herdsmen Menace: 3
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
03 March 2016 Premium Times 'Boko Haram Spies' Arrested - Military
08 March 2016 Premium Times Army General Dies in Auto Crash
11 March 2015 This Day Military Recaptures Bama As More Insurgents Are Killed in Adamawa
30 July 2015 Vanguard 95 generals moved in fresh Army shake-up
30 September 2015 Vanguard We will end Boko Haram by December – Army
28 February 2016 Vanguard Boko Haram: Nigerian Army inducts Combat Motorbike battalion into Battle
13 February 2016 Vanguard Military releases 275 suspected Boko Haram detainees
30 March 2016 Vanguard Army captures Alagarno, Boko Haram `spiritual power base’
22 July 2016 Vanguard Troops welfare: Army to review fees in command schools
01 October 2017 The Punch Boko Haram attacks Bama, service chiefs to visit Borno 06 August 2018
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
28 January 2021 Premium Times Attahiru assumes office as new army chief as Buratai bows out 16 November 2021
03 October 2020 Radio Nigeria Army Chief advocates compliance to military tradition 22 October 2020
26 December 2017 Vanguard Soldiers celebrate Christmas in Gwoza, Buni Yadi 26 August 2018
06 January 2018 Vanguard COAS commends Gov. Gaidam for presentation of vehicles to army 08 August 2018
05 March 2018 Vanguard Dickson receives Buratai, urges him to help make Bayelsa foremost tourist, economic hub 26 August 2018
20 July 2018 Vanguard Buratai renames 21 Brigade as Special Forces Brigade 25 August 2018
19 July 2018 Vanguard No going back, fight to finish, Buratai charges troops 09 August 2018
30 January 2021 Vanguard What you didn’t know about new Service Chiefs 23 November 2021