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Alexander Ogomudia [+] Print this page

Country: Nigeria [+]

Last seen as

Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General, Commander of Nigerian Army Headquarters (Army/Military) [+]

Postings

Unit Rank Role Official Title First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Nigerian Army Headquarters [+] Lieutenant General [+] Commander [+] Chief of Army Staff [+] 4 June 2002 [+]
Nigerian Army [+] Lieutenant General [+] Commander [+] Chief of Army Staff [+] 4 June 2002 [+]

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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
Owoye Andrew Azazi [+] General [+] Commander [+] Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria [+] 27 August 2007 [+] Unknown Unknown
Abayomi Gabriel Olonisakin [+] General [+] Commander [+] Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria [+] 13 July 2015 [+] Unknown Unknown
Oluseyin Petinrin [+] Air Marshal [+] Commander [+] Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria [+] 4 October 2012 [+] Unknown Unknown
Paul Dike [+] Air Marshal [+] Commander [+] Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria [+] 20 August 2008 [+] Unknown Unknown
Ola Sa'ad Ibrahim [+] Admiral [+] Commander [+] Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria [+] 4 October 2012 [+] Unknown Unknown
Alex Sabunduh Badeh [+] Air Chief Marshal [+] Commander [+] Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria [+] 16 January 2014 [+] Unknown Unknown
Martin Luther Agwai [+] Lieutenant General [+] Commander [+] Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria [+] 1 June 2006 [+] Unknown Unknown
Azubuike Onyeabo Ihejirika [+] Lieutenant General [+] Commander [+] Nigerian Army [+] 8 September 2010 [+] Unknown Unknown
Ibrahim Manu Yusuf [+] Major General [+] Chief of Operations [+] Nigerian Army [+] 19 March 2021 [+] Unknown Unknown
Luka Yusuf [+] Lieutenant General [+] Commander [+] Nigerian Army [+] June 2007 [+] Unknown Unknown
Tukur Yusufu Buratai [+] Lieutenant General [+] Commander [+] Nigerian Army [+] 4 August 2015 [+] Unknown Unknown

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
Owoye Andrew Azazi [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 1 Mechanised Division [+] 17 January 2005 [+] Unknown Unknown
Kamaldeen Role [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 1 Mechanised Division [+] 9 January 2009 [+] Unknown Unknown
Adeniyi Oyabade [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 1 Mechanised Division [+] 29 July 2015 [+] Unknown Unknown
Joseph Shoboiki [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 1 Mechanised Division [+] 24 September 2010 [+] Unknown Unknown
Garba Ayodele Wahab [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 1 Mechanised Division [+] 15 February 2012 [+] Unknown Unknown
Moses Obi [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 1 Mechanised Division [+] 31 July 2007 [+] Unknown Unknown
Lawrence Jokotola [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 1 Mechanised Division [+] 10 July 2006 [+] Unknown Unknown
SA Asemota [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 1 Mechanised Division [+] 1 August 2002 [+] Unknown Unknown
DRA Ndefo [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 1 Mechanised Division [+] 30 December 2001 [+] Unknown Unknown
Kenneth Osuji [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 1 Mechanised Division [+] 12 February 2014 [+] Unknown Unknown
AN Bamalli [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 2 Mechanised Division [+] March 2006 [+] Unknown Unknown
OE Okon [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 2 Mechanised Division [+] 18 April 2001 [+] Unknown Unknown
Bello Danbazau [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 2 Mechanised Division [+] 31 July 2007 [+] Unknown Unknown
Mohammed Abubakar [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 2 Mechanised Division [+] 24 September 2010 [+] Unknown Unknown
Ahmed Tijani Jibrin [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 2 Mechanised Division [+] 27 January 2013 [+] Unknown Unknown
Mohammed Sani Saleh [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 2 Mechanised Division [+] 15 April 2007 [+] Unknown Unknown
Isaac Obiakor [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 2 Mechanised Division [+] 16 December 2004 [+] Unknown Unknown
Emmanuel Abejirin [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 2 Mechanised Division [+] 19 February 2014 [+] Unknown Unknown
DRA Ndefo [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 2 Mechanised Division [+] August 2002 [+] Unknown Unknown
Sanusi Nasir Muazu [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 2 Mechanised Division [+] 26 February 2015 [+] Unknown Unknown
Lawrence Ngubane [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 2 Mechanised Division [+] 9 January 2009 [+] Unknown Unknown
Saleh Maina [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 3 Armoured Division [+] 26 January 2009 [+] Unknown Unknown
Isiaku Dikko [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 3 Armoured Division [+] 17 January 2005 [+] Unknown Unknown
John Zaruwa [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 3 Armoured Division [+] 13 February 2014 [+] Unknown Unknown
Fatai Oladipo Alli [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 3 Armoured Division [+] 25 October 2014 [+] Unknown Unknown
Olakunle Akinyemi [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 3 Armoured Division [+] 31 July 2007 [+] Unknown Unknown
Ebiobowei Bonna Awala [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 3 Armoured Division [+] 1 February 2013 [+] Unknown Unknown
Sunday Idoko [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 3 Armoured Division [+] 24 September 2010 [+] Unknown Unknown
Mohammed Sani Ali [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 3 Armoured Division [+] 29 December 2015 [+] Unknown Unknown
Jack Okechukwu Nwaogbo [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 3 Armoured Division [+] 15 February 2012 [+] Unknown Unknown
Danmadami Diaji [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 3 Armoured Division [+] February 2003 [+] Unknown Unknown
Joseph Owonibi [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 3 Armoured Division [+] February 2002 [+] Unknown Unknown
Charles Ufoma Macaulay [+] Lieutenant Colonel [+] Operations Commander [+] 3 Armoured Division [+] 1 January 2009 [+] Unknown Unknown
Benjamin Ahanotu (3 Armoured Division) [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 3 Armoured Division [+] 27 August 2017 [+] Unknown Unknown
Adamu Marwa [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 3 Armoured Division [+] 14 September 2011 [+] Unknown Unknown
Joseph Oshanupin [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 3 Armoured Division [+] 10 July 2006 [+] Unknown Unknown
Hassan Umoru [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 3 Armoured Division [+] 29 July 2015 [+] Unknown Unknown
Kasimu Abdulkarim [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 6 Division [+] 11 September 2016 [+] Unknown Unknown
Musa Yusuf [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 6 Division [+] 24 January 2018 [+] Unknown Unknown
Enobong Okon Udoh [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 6 Division [+] 3 February 2017 [+] Unknown Unknown
Lamidi Adeosun [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 7 Division [+] 19 January 2015 [+] Unknown Unknown
Victor Okwudili Ezugwu [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 7 Division [+] 6 March 2016 [+] Unknown Unknown
Victor Okwudili Ezugwu [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 7 Division [+] 6 March 2016 [+] Unknown Unknown
Ahmadu Mohammed [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 7 Division [+] 24 February 2014 [+] Unknown Unknown
MY Ibrahim [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 7 Division [+] 16 May 2014 [+] Unknown Unknown
Abdulmalik Bulama Biu [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 7 Division [+] 8 June 2018 [+] Unknown Unknown
Unsaid Bindawa [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 7 Division [+] 1 January 2014 [+] Unknown Unknown
Obida T. Ethnan [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 7 Division [+] 22 August 2013 [+] Unknown Unknown
Stephenson Olabanji [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 8 Task Force Division [+] 27 May 2017 [+] Unknown Unknown
Tanko Abdu [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 81 Division [+] 19 January 2004 [+] Unknown Unknown
Azubuike Onyeabo Ihejirika [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 81 Division [+] 7 January 2007 [+] Unknown Unknown
Nsikak Edet [+] Brigadier General [+] Chief of Staff [+] 81 Division [+] 8 November 2020 [+] Unknown Unknown
Obi Abel Umahi [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 81 Division [+] 27 January 2013 [+] Unknown Unknown
Godwin Ahamefuna Umelo [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 81 Division [+] 21 July 2020 [+] Unknown Unknown
Tamunomieibi I. Dibi [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 81 Division [+] 13 February 2014 [+] Unknown Unknown
Johnson Irefin [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 81 Division [+] 22 July 2019 [+] Unknown Unknown
Lawrence Fejokwu (81 Division) [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 81 Division [+] 12 March 2021 [+] Unknown Unknown
Samaila Iliya [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 81 Division [+] 17 January 2005 [+] Unknown Unknown
Enobong Okon Udoh [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 81 Division [+] 21 April 2018 [+] Unknown Unknown
Emeka CG Nwanguna [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 81 Division [+] 9 January 2009 [+] Unknown Unknown
Kenneth Tobia Minimah [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 81 Division [+] 24 September 2010 [+] Unknown Unknown
AA Mshelbwalla [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 81 Division [+] 2004 [+] Unknown Unknown
Bashiru Jinadu [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 82 Division [+] 2003 [+] Unknown Unknown
Mohammad Danhanne Issa [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 82 Division [+] 9 January 2009 [+] Unknown Unknown
R Adeshina [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 82 Division [+] 2004 [+] Unknown Unknown
Shehu Yusuf [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 82 Division [+] 13 February 2014 [+] Unknown Unknown
Sakin-Yaki Bello [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 82 Division [+] 24 September 2010 [+] Unknown Unknown
Adebayor Olanniyi [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 82 Division [+] 11 March 2013 [+] Unknown Unknown
Sunday Idoko [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 82 Division [+] 4 September 2011 [+] Unknown Unknown
Ibrahim Attahiru [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 82 Division [+] 29 July 2015 [+] Unknown Unknown
Ibrahim Attahiru [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 82 Division [+] 15 January 2016 [+] Unknown Unknown
Abdul Hafeez Adewuyi [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 82 Division [+] 3 September 2004 [+] Unknown Unknown
Adamu T. Ibrahim [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 82 Division [+] 31 July 2007 [+] Unknown Unknown
Oluwaseun Olayinka Oshinowo [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 82 Division [+] 15 February 2012 [+] Unknown Unknown
Adamu Baba Abubakar [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 82 Division [+] 25 December 2016 [+] Unknown Unknown
Texas Chukwu [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] Directorate of Army Public Relations [+] 18 March 2018 [+] Unknown Unknown
Dahiru Abdulsalam [+] Colonel [+] Commander [+] Joint Task Force Operation Restore Order III [+] 26 December 2011 [+] Unknown Unknown
Owoye Andrew Azazi [+] Lieutenant General [+] Commander [+] Nigerian Army Headquarters [+] June 2006 [+] Unknown Unknown
Azubuike Onyeabo Ihejirika [+] Lieutenant General [+] Commander [+] Nigerian Army Headquarters [+] 8 September 2010 [+] Unknown Unknown
Abdulrahman Danbazzau [+] Lieutenant General [+] Commander [+] Nigerian Army Headquarters [+] August 2008 [+] Unknown Unknown
Luka Yusuf [+] Lieutenant General [+] Commander [+] Nigerian Army Headquarters [+] June 2007 [+] Unknown Unknown
Tukur Yusufu Buratai [+] Lieutenant General [+] Commander [+] Nigerian Army Headquarters [+] 4 August 2015 [+] Unknown Unknown
Kenneth Tobia Minimah [+] Lieutenant General [+] Commander [+] Nigerian Army Headquarters [+] 16 January 2014 [+] Unknown Unknown
Martin Luther Agwai [+] Lieutenant General [+] Commander [+] Nigerian Army Headquarters [+] June 2003 [+] Unknown Unknown
Yusha'u Mahmood Abubakar [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] Operation Lafiya Dole [+] 16 August 2015 [+] Unknown Unknown
Ibrahim Attahiru [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] Operation Lafiya Dole [+] 30 May 2017 [+] Unknown Unknown
Lucky E. Erabor [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] Operation Lafiya Dole [+] 17 March 2016 [+] Unknown Unknown
Lucky E. Erabor [+] Major General [+] Deputy Theatre Commander [+] Operation Lafiya Dole [+] 18 December 2015 [+] Unknown Unknown
Hassan Umoru [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] Operation Lafiya Dole [+] 18 December 2015 [+] Unknown Unknown
Lamidi Adeosun [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] Operation Zaman Lafiya [+] 19 January 2015 [+] Unknown Unknown
Ahmadu Mohammed [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] Operation Zaman Lafiya [+] February 2014 [+] Unknown Unknown
MY Ibrahim [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] Operation Zaman Lafiya [+] May 2014 [+] Unknown Unknown
Unsaid Bindawa [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] Operation Zaman Lafiya [+] January 2014 [+] Unknown Unknown
Obida T. Ethnan [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] Operation Zaman Lafiya [+] August 2013 [+] Unknown Unknown

Sources

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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
12 March 2002 This Day Governor Seeks Military Assistance On Porous Borders
04 June 2002 This Day Ogomudia Commissions Retired Soldiers' Houses
05 September 2003 This Day Warri: No Military Solution, Says Army Chief
19 January 2004 This Day Agwai Tasks Army On Professionalism
01 March 2004 Daily Champion Gen. Effiong Was a Great Patriot - - Obasanjo
20 March 2004 This Day Federalism: Ngige Tackles FG
18 July 2004 This Day Democracy: Governor Seeks Army's Collaboration
13 October 2004 Vanguard COAS Annual Conference Begins October in Owerri
16 December 2004 This Day Sierra-Leone: 'Troops 'Ll Not Be Replaced'
17 March 2005 This Day Haruna Lauds Nigerian Army
01 July 2005 This Day Nigerian Soldiers Depart for Sudan
26 July 2005 This Day Saraki: Let's Avoid Military Take-Over Again
12 August 2006 Daily Champion 680 Nigerian Soldiers Leave for Sudan
28 March 2006 Daily Trust Sudan: Darfur Crisis: First Batch of Troops Airlifted to Sudan
07 May 2006 Vanguard We Cannot Now Be Hastily Separated'
15 August 2006 Vanguard Bakassi Ruler Asks 'How Do We Carry Our Forefathers' Graves'
19 November 2006 Vanguard Militants to Army Chief - Your Men Worsened Hostilities in N-Delta
15 April 2007 Vanguard Violence Mars Polls - 52 Killed
03 June 2007 Daily Trust Darfur - Returning Soldiers Grumble Over Unpaid Allowances
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
09 October 2007 This Day 680 Soldiers Head for Darfur
15 October 2007 Daily Trust Army Sends More Troops to Darfur
16 October 2007 Leadership Ejection - Cross River Government Drags FG to Court
17 October 2007 Leadership Army Chief Commends Akwa Ibom Government On Niger Delta Crisis
09 January 2008 Vanguard Defence Chief Declares 'Red Alert' in N-Delta
23 May 2008 This Day How 46 Soldiers Were Burnt to Death
08 July 2008 Vanguard GOC, Officials in Akure to Pay Striking Soldiers
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
16 October 2008 Vanguard Mutiny - Soldiers Petition Senate
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
11 January 2009 Vanguard Army Retires 12 Generals, 94 Others, Chong is New Chief of Staff, Liberia Armed Forces
14 January 2009 This Day Mutiny - 'Court Action Negates Rule of Law'
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
17 March 2009 Daily Trust Benue Builds on Relationship With Army
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
17 September 2009 This Day Soldiers Nab Vandals at Atlas Cove Depot
02 October 2009 Vanguard We'll Checkmate Militants' Activities, Says Army Boss
13 October 2009 This Day UN to Accredit Nigerian Army Peacekeeping Centre
26 January 2010 This Day Yar'Adua - Army Restricts Movement of Soldiers
17 March 2010 Daily Trust Much Ado About Dambazau
19 May 2010 This Day 2011 - Army Will Review Operations, Says Dambazau.
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
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
03 December 2010 This Day Army Pardons Akure 27 -Falana Lauds Decision
28 January 2011 Leadership 24 Killed in Bauchi, Jos Attacks
07 February 2011 This Day Army Will Tackle Security Lapses
22 June 2011 This Day Internal Security - Army Modifies Training to Tackle Terrorism
27 June 2011 Daily Independent Army Dismisses Soldier for Violating BRT Rule
12 July 2011 Daily Trust Bomb Blast - Army Urged to Be On Alert
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
05 September 2011 Daily Trust Idoko Assumes Duty As GOC, 82 Division
26 December 2011 Daily Trust Suicide Bomber Hits Yobe SSS HQ, Four Killed
26 December 2011 Daily Trust Suicide Bombers Spoil Christmas
08 February 2012 The Moment Army Withdraws Troops From Lagos Security Outfit
16 February 2012 Daily Trust GOCs Redeployed in Army Shake-Up
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
20 June 2012 Daily Trust Damaturu - 40 Killed in JTF, Gunmen Clash
17 July 2012 Daily Trust Gunmen Attack Police Formations in Damaturu
24 July 2012 This Day Abia, Nigerian Army Tackle Vandalism of Shell's Facilities
18 August 2012 Leadership Ihejirika Heads for Defence, as Jonathan Shops for New Coas
31 August 2012 Daily Trust Be Battle Ready At All Times, Ihejirika Tells Soldiers
16 September 2012 This Day Boko Haram - Nigeria Army Compensates Families of Slain Soldiers
05 October 2012 This Day Jonathan Names New CDS, Service Chiefs
21 November 2012 Daily Trust Crime - Army to Deploy Soldiers to Ogun
22 December 2012 Leadership GOC Urges Anambra Residents to Volunteer Information On Criminals
03 January 2013 Daily Trust Gen. Minimah May Become Army Chief - More Retirements Coming
28 January 2013 Daily Trust Army Redeploys Minimah, Others
29 January 2013 Leadership Major Shakeup in Army - COAS Redeploys 317 Officers
02 February 2013 Daily Trust Awala Is New GOC 3 Division - Army
11 March 2013 Daily Trust 700 Soldiers Leave for Liberia
09 April 2013 This Day Amnesty Committee Mulls Conditions for Boko Haram
18 May 2013 This Day Military Intensifies Campaign Against Insurgents' Stronghold
30 July 2013 This Day Boko Haram - 42 Suspects Arrested in Lagos, Ogun
23 August 2013 Vanguard Army Gets Gun-Boats to Figth Oil Theft in Niger
19 October 2013 This Day Nigeria, UK, U
30 November 2013 This Day 2015 - Army Prepares Agaist Violence
28 December 2013 This Day In Major Shake-Up, Army Redeploys Senior Officers
01 January 2014 Daily Trust Army Investigates Alleged Killing of Bus Driver By Soldier
11 January 2014 Daily Trust Nwoga Takes Over At Three Division
23 July 2014 This Day War On Terror Is Not a Day's Fight, Says Army Chief
26 July 2014 This Day Army Pays Operational Allowances Upfront, Treats Six War Casualties Abroad'
23 August 2014 This Day Boko Haram - Minimah Hints of Major Army Shake Up
26 August 2014 The Guardian (Nigeria) Troops Return From Cameroun, to Begin Counter-Terrorism Campaign
28 August 2014 This Day Protest of Soldiers' Wives
06 September 2014 Leadership Insurgents Seize the Gulak Village
08 September 2014 The Guardian (Nigeria) Boko Haram Kills 24 Soldiers, Injures Obasanjo's Son
14 September 2014 Leadership Army's Weapon More Sophisticated Than Boko Haram's - COAS
15 September 2014 Daily Trust Insurgency - Army Rewards Injured Officers
20 May 2015 Daily Trust Man Gets Title, Car, N
14 July 2015 Leadership Buhari Replaces NSA, Service Chiefs
27 July 2015 This Day GOC - Insurgency Will Soon End
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 Kano Govt to Facilitate N2 Billion Loan for SMEs - Gov Ganduje
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
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06 December 2017 Daily Post Boko Haram: Rogers Nicholas replaces Attahiru as theatre commander
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
07 September 2013 Leadership Troops Kill 50 Insurgents, As Army Chief Visits Borno
06 July 1994 Armed Forces Ruling Council Armed Forces Act Part III S.7(1)
19 September 2013 Leadership FG Deploys Soldiers in Nasarawa
09 May 2013 Leadership NSCIA to Boko Haram - Stop Spilling Blood
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
24 March 2015 Leadership Army Organises Joint Poll Exercise For Security Agencies
20 July 2015 Leadership Burutai Visits Troops in Konduga, Renames Counter Insurgency Outfit
11 August 2015 Leadership ‘We Arrested Many Boko Haram Suspects In Lagos’
18 March 2016 News Agency of Nigeria Army kill 35 bandits, arrest 39 in North West -- GOC
11 June 2015 News Agency of Nigeria Minimah visits Borno, Adamawa to boost morale of troops
31 August 2016 Reuters Operation Lafiya Dole
19 August 2008 Sahara Reporters BREAKING NEWS: YAr'adua Sacks Military Chiefs; Departs to Saudi Arabia for Medical Treatment
23 July 2019 Sahara Reporters Nigerian General Urges Soldiers Not To Dent Image Of Country's Army 21 October 2020
30 May 2017 The Sun (Nigeria) New Theatre Commander Ops LAFIYA DOLE, Gen Attahiru resumes
04 September 2013 The Sun (Nigeria) New GOC, others appointed as Army retires 7 generals
07 February 2014 The Sun (Nigeria) Army moves against terrorism in Lagos
08 October 2012 The Sun (Nigeria) Boko Haram commander, 29 others killed
13 January 2013 The Sun (Nigeria) Army deploys another 800 to Darfur
19 October 2012 The Sun (Nigeria) GOC to soldiers: Shoot Ondo poll troublemakers
23 November 2014 The Nation (Nigeria) Army to provide conducive environment for officers
05 August 2017 The Nation (Nigeria) Why insecurity is escalating – Buratai
28 January 2014 The Nation (Nigeria) Boko Haram kills 74 in Borno, Adamawa attacks
10 March 2015 The Nation (Nigeria) Military recounts troop's success in Adamawa
26 June 2015 The Nation (Nigeria) Nigeria deploys 700 soldiers to Liberia
12 June 2006 The Source Operation Flush Out!
01 March 2016 Nigerian Army SOUTH EAST GOVERNORS EXTOL ARMY FOR MAKING REGION INVESTORS’ SAFE HAVEN
16 October 2015 CAJ News Nigeria Next Few Days Crucial for Op Lafiya Dole
13 February 2017 Champion Newspapers GOC urges stakeholders to end perennial communal clashes in A’ibom, Cross River states
28 April 2013 Channels Television Nigerian Army Updates Officers On Operations Planning
20 February 2014 Daily Trust Insurgency: Nigeria at war —GOC warns
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
06 March 2016 Daily Trust Troops clear Boko Haram in Doksa, Dure
15 December 2015 Daily Trust We Arrested Zakzaky, Wife - Army
20 July 2014 Daily Trust Enugu Community, Army, Police On Warpath Over Death of Youth
09 September 2010 Nigeria Crime News Jonathan sacks Onovo, Dike, service chiefs
17 May 2013 Leadership Emergency Rule - Economic Activities Grounded in Three States
19 February 2016 The Guardian (Nigeria) U.S. military trains Nigerian soldiers on counter-terrorism.
19 January 2015 Post Nigeria Army appoints new GOCs and principal officers
08 June 2016 Premium Times Special Report - Inside the Massive Extrajudicial Killings in Nigeria's South-East
08 June 2015 Premium Times Boko Haram - Nigerian Military Moves Command Centre to Maiduguri
30 July 2015 Premium Times How fifth columnists in Nigerian military leaked operational plans to Boko Haram – ex-Defence Chief
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
30 July 2015 Premium Times Major shake-up in Nigerian Army, 334 top officers redeployed
08 March 2016 Premium Times Army General Dies in Auto Crash
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
09 December 2015 The Tide Tambuwal Flays Poor Ranking Of Nigerian Varsities
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
31 March 2014 This Day A Hero's Welcome for Ihejirika
24 November 2013 This Day Army Demands Discipline From Civilian JTF
13 February 2014 This Day Army, Navy Redeploy Senior Officers
12 June 2015 This Day Boko Haram: Buhari Calls for Limiting Sect’s Access to Funds, Weapons, Others
14 September 2013 This Day GOC - New Security Role Won't Overwhelm Army
06 February 2014 This Day Jonathan Charges Service Chiefs to Crush Boko Haram Insurgents
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
26 January 2012 This Day Soldier, 7 Robbery Suspects Killed in Ebonyi
28 September 2013 This Day Terrorism... Shopping Malls, Tank Farms Under Surveillance 02 August 2018
14 September 2013 This Day GOC: New Security Role Won’t Overwhelm Army 06 August 2018
16 November 2007 This Day Bakassi Killings: Nigerian Soldiers Not Involved, Azazi Insists
31 May 2011 Vanguard Bombings: Part of failed plots to derail Jonathan’s inauguration – Security Agencies
14 September 2011 Vanguard Army, Airforce Move Into Jos
14 November 2011 Vanguard Military Can Tackle Internal Security Challenges, Says GOC
03 February 2012 Vanguard Boko Haram Kingpin Qaqa, Buckles
16 February 2012 Vanguard Boko Haram - Massive Shake-Up in the Army
27 May 2012 Vanguard Army is combat-ready for terrorists – COAS
15 June 2012 Vanguard Coas Promises to Transform Army
02 July 2012 Vanguard 3 killed, one arrested as JTF, terrorists clash in Damaturu
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
28 February 2014 Vanguard After Borno, Yobe Massacre - B-Haram Strikes in Adamawa, Kills 14
22 March 2014 Vanguard 'Chained to the Floor for Four Years!'
20 March 2014 Vanguard Nigeria sends 700 soldiers to maintain peace in Liberia
04 April 2014 Vanguard Boko Haram Attacks Possible in Ogun - Army Chief
22 May 2014 Vanguard 48 Killed in Fresh Borno Attacks, Chibok Schoolgirls Sighted in Chad
01 October 2014 Vanguard Boko Haram - New Dawn in Winning the War On Terror
25 October 2014 Vanguard Terrorism - Army Sends GOC to Office
26 February 2015 Vanguard PDP's Perfected Plot to Rig Polls, Alleges Oshiomhole
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
12 January 2013 Leadership Army Deploys More Soldiers to Darfur 01 August 2018
03 July 2021 Nigerian Army NIGERIAN ARMY APPOINTS PRINCIPAL STAFF OFFICERS, FIELD COMMANDERS, OTHERS 02 December 2021
15 January 2016 Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Anti-Graft War: EFCC Seeks Army Support
13 June 2017 The Guardian (Nigeria) Army kill Boko Haram leader, rescue nine children
18 November 2015 The Guardian (Nigeria) MASSOB counters Buhari, sure of UN referendum on Biafra
06 May 2017 The Guardian (Nigeria) Returning refugees from Cameroun overstretching Borno IDPs camps, army warns
06 August 2020 Lagos State Government GOV. SANWO-OLU RECEIVES NEW GOC 81 DIVISION OF THE NIGERIAN ARMY, MAJOR-GENERAL GODWIN UMELO AT LAGOS HOUSE, MARINA, ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 2020 16 November 2021
25 October 2020 National Wire #EndSARS# Commander, 9 Brigade Visits Lagos Area, Appeals To Youths, Communities 25 October 2020
12 March 2021 National Wire “My Doors Are Opened For New Ideas – Gen Fejokwu Assures PSOs, Commanders 16 November 2021
12 July 2021 Nigerian Defence Academy Maj Gen Im Yusuf Assumes Duty As 31st Commandant Of Nda 02 December 2021
08 November 2020 Nigeriana #EndSARS: Gov. Sanwo-Olu Called Me To Say Col Bello Was Shooting At Lekki, Gen Tells Lagos Judicial Panel 23 November 2021
27 May 2017 Nigerian Army Gen Nani Hands Over to Olabanji, Urges Troops to Maintain Momentum 21 October 2020
24 January 2018 News Agency of Nigeria Army’s 6 Division gets new GOC 22 October 2020
01 October 2017 The Punch Boko Haram attacks Bama, service chiefs to visit Borno 06 August 2018
06 August 2018 The Punch Nigerian Army, 6 Division, gets new GOC 22 October 2020
19 March 2021 The Fact Daily Major General Ogunlade, Assumes Office As Head Of MNJTF 02 December 2021
22 April 2016 Amnesty International Nigeria: Unearthing The Truth: Unlawful Killings and Mass Cover-Up in Zaria.
02 June 2015 Amnesty International Stars on their shoulders. Blood on their hands. War crimes committed by the Nigerian military
30 July 2018 Daily Trust Army test officers’ proficiency in handling of weapons, military drills 18 September 2018
01 May 2017 Daily Trust 21 Brigade of the Nigerian Army gets new commander
04 February 2017 Daily Trust 6 Div Commander resumes duty in Port Harcourt
23 August 2015 Daily Trust Army redeploys GOCs, 329 officers
08 March 2011 P.M. News Defence HQ Launch Skills Acquisition In Barracks
19 November 2016 P.M. News Army Explains Role Of New Division In Niger Delta
06 September 2013 Premium Times Nigeria to deploy 700 soldiers for Peace Keeping Operations in Liberia- Army
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
27 January 2021 Premium Times PROFILE: Meet the new Service Chiefs 16 November 2021
28 January 2021 Premium Times Attahiru assumes office as new army chief as Buratai bows out 16 November 2021
23 March 2021 Premium Times Nigerian army cautions personnel on ‘unauthorised’ social media posts 16 November 2021
06 January 2014 Premium Times Oil theft in Cross River, Akwa Ibom has reduced – Army commande
26 December 2016 Premium Times Nigerian Army ends Operation Python Dance in South-East – Official
03 October 2020 Radio Nigeria Army Chief advocates compliance to military tradition 22 October 2020
15 March 2021 The Sun (Nigeria) GOC tasks soldiers on loyalty 16 November 2021
29 January 2021 TheCable PHOTOS: Olonisakin, chief of air staff hand over to their successors 16 November 2021
18 November 2016 This Day Army Arrests 37 Boko Haram Suspects in Lagos, Ogun
27 August 2017 This Day Rid our Forests of Criminals, Abubakar Challenges Army
11 September 2017 This Day Army Reconciles Warring Communities in Cross River, Ebonyi States
16 October 2017 This Day Army Wraps up Military Exercise in South-east
06 October 2020 This Day Preparing Military Personnel for Post-service Life 22 October 2020
16 February 2013 Vanguard Allegations of Ethnic Considerations in Retirements, Postings, Re-Deployment, Recruitment in the Army
30 April 2015 Vanguard Chief of Army Staff vows military will end insurgency
01 May 2016 Vanguard Benue, Enugu Killings: Islamic group reacts, says blaming Fulani herdsmen “absurd”
28 October 2016 Vanguard GOC 82 Div
13 September 2017 Vanguard Ops Python Dance 2: GOC 82 Div tours IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu’s home town
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
29 March 2018 Vanguard Army to Boko Haram: Surrender arms, embrace FG amnesty offer 17 September 2018
05 March 2018 Vanguard Dickson receives Buratai, urges him to help make Bayelsa foremost tourist, economic hub 26 August 2018
19 March 2018 Vanguard Troops kill 4, arrest 9 militiamen in Bauchi State 03 August 2018
18 March 2018 Vanguard Troops kill 4, arrest 9 militiamen in Bauchi State 31 July 2018
29 March 2018 Vanguard Troops nab 3 Boko Haram terrorists in Borno 09 August 2018
21 April 2018 Vanguard 23 cultists, 15 vandals in trouble 26 August 2018
19 March 2018 Vanguard 3 soldiers, 2 civilian JTF members killed by Boko Haram in shootout in Borno 03 August 2018
24 April 2018 Vanguard Army troops arrest suspected kidnappers in Kaduna 09 August 2018
24 April 2018 Vanguard Troops destroys Boko Haram IED factory, rescues hostages in Borno 08 August 2018
03 May 2018 Vanguard Army competition: Woman emerges best shooter 31 July 2018
09 June 2018 Vanguard Troops kill many bandits, arrest Boko Haram logistics supplier in Kaduna 06 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
22 April 2020 Vanguard COVID 19: GOC commissions waterpoint at 9 Brigade barracks 21 October 2020
22 July 2020 Vanguard New GOC takes over 81 DIV, charges officers, soldiers to work harder 21 October 2020
30 January 2021 Vanguard What you didn’t know about new Service Chiefs 23 November 2021
14 March 2021 Vanguard 81 Div Nigerian Army gets new GOC 16 November 2021