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Kenneth Tobia Minimah [+] Print this page

Also known as: KTJ Minimah | Kelvin Miminah | Ken Minima | Keneth T.J Minimah | Kenneth Minima | Kenneth Minimah | Kenneth T.J Minimah [+]

Country: Nigeria [+]

Last seen as

Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General, Commander of Nigerian Army Headquarters (Army/Military) on 3 August 2015 [+]

Postings

Unit Rank Role Official Title First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Nigerian Army Headquarters [+] Lieutenant General [+] Commander [+] Chief of Army Staff [+] 16 January 2014 [+] 3 August 2015 [+]
Nigerian Army [+] Commander [+] 16 January 2014 [+] 3 August 2015 [+]
Armed Forces Council [+] 16 January 2014 [+] 3 August 2015 [+]
81 Division [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] General Officer Commanding [+] 24 September 2010 [+] 26 January 2013 [+]
1 Brigade [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 9 January 2009 [+] September 2010 [+]

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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
Abayomi Gabriel Olonisakin [+] General [+] Commander [+] Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria [+] 13 July 2015 [+] 28 January 2021 [+] 2026 days
Alex Sabunduh Badeh [+] Air Chief Marshal [+] Commander [+] Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria [+] 16 January 2014 [+] 12 July 2015 [+] 542 days
Azubuike Onyeabo Ihejirika [+] Lieutenant General [+] Commander [+] Nigerian Army [+] 8 September 2010 [+] January 2014 [+] ~1211 days
Kamaldeen Role [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 1 Mechanised Division [+] 9 January 2009 [+] 23 September 2010 [+] 622 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
Abayomi Gabriel Olonisakin [+] General [+] Commander [+] Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria [+] 13 July 2015 [+] 28 January 2021 [+] 2026 days
Adeniyi Oyabade [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 1 Mechanised Division [+] 29 July 2015 [+] 6 August 2017 [+] 739 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
Ibrahim Attahiru [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 82 Division [+] 29 July 2015 [+] 9 December 2015 [+] 133 days
Tamunomieibi I. Dibi [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 81 Division [+] 13 February 2014 [+] 9 August 2015 [+] 542 days
Sanusi Nasir Muazu [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 2 Mechanised Division [+] 26 February 2015 [+] 28 July 2015 [+] 152 days
Fatai Oladipo Alli [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 3 Armoured Division [+] 25 October 2014 [+] 28 July 2015 [+] 276 days
Shehu Yusuf [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 82 Division [+] 13 February 2014 [+] 28 July 2015 [+] 530 days
Alex Sabunduh Badeh [+] Air Chief Marshal [+] Commander [+] Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria [+] 16 January 2014 [+] 12 July 2015 [+] 542 days
Kenneth Osuji [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 1 Mechanised Division [+] 12 February 2014 [+] 25 June 2015 [+] 498 days
Lamidi Adeosun [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] Operation Zaman Lafiya [+] 19 January 2015 [+] June 2015 [+] ~133 days
MY Ibrahim [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 7 Division [+] 16 May 2014 [+] 28 January 2015 [+] 257 days
Emmanuel Abejirin [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 2 Mechanised Division [+] 19 February 2014 [+] 19 January 2015 [+] 334 days
MY Ibrahim [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] Operation Zaman Lafiya [+] May 2014 [+] 19 January 2015 [+] ~263 days
John Zaruwa [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 3 Armoured Division [+] 13 February 2014 [+] 24 October 2014 [+] 253 days
Ahmadu Mohammed [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 7 Division [+] 24 February 2014 [+] 16 May 2014 [+] 81 days
Ahmadu Mohammed [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] Operation Zaman Lafiya [+] February 2014 [+] May 2014 [+] ~89 days
Unsaid Bindawa [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 7 Division [+] 1 January 2014 [+] 26 February 2014 [+] 56 days
Ahmed Tijani Jibrin [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 2 Mechanised Division [+] 27 January 2013 [+] 18 February 2014 [+] 387 days
Obi Abel Umahi [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 81 Division [+] 27 January 2013 [+] 6 February 2014 [+] 375 days
Garba Ayodele Wahab [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 1 Mechanised Division [+] 15 February 2012 [+] 5 February 2014 [+] 721 days
Unsaid Bindawa [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] Operation Zaman Lafiya [+] January 2014 [+] February 2014 [+] ~31 days
Abubakar Nabasa [+] Colonel [+] Commander [+] 242 Reconnaissance Battalion [+] 23 May 2011 [+] 26 May 2011 [+] 3 days
Saidu Balarabe [+] Colonel [+] Commander [+] 1 Battalion [+] February 2009 [+] 16 February 2011 [+] ~745 days

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
10 January 2009 Vanguard Shake-Up in Army
13 October 2009 This Day UN to Accredit Nigerian Army Peacekeeping Centre
17 March 2010 Daily Trust Much Ado About 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
07 February 2011 This Day Army Will Tackle Security Lapses
16 February 2011 Daily Independent Balarabe Commends Kebbi Govt
26 May 2011 Daily Independent Badagry Mayhem - Injured Police Officer, Taofeek, Dies
27 May 2011 Vanguard Soldiers' Attack On Policemen - Survivor Dies, Four Cops Still Missing
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
08 February 2012 The Moment Army Withdraws Troops From Lagos Security Outfit
18 August 2012 Leadership Ihejirika Heads for Defence, as Jonathan Shops for New Coas
16 September 2012 This Day Boko Haram - Nigeria Army Compensates Families of Slain Soldiers
21 November 2012 Daily Trust Crime - Army to Deploy Soldiers to Ogun
03 January 2013 Daily Trust Gen. Minimah May Become Army Chief - More Retirements Coming
28 January 2013 Daily Trust Army Redeploys Minimah, Others
18 May 2013 This Day Military Intensifies Campaign Against Insurgents' Stronghold
30 July 2013 This Day Boko Haram - 42 Suspects Arrested in Lagos, Ogun
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
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
09 September 2015 Daily Trust Kano Govt to Facilitate N2 Billion Loan for SMEs - Gov Ganduje
28 December 2015 Daily Independent Boko Haram Kills 45 in Borno, Adamawa
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20 July 2015 Nigerian Army NIGERIAN ARMY 2 DIVISION
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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
06 July 1994 Armed Forces Ruling Council Armed Forces Act Part III S.8(b)
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
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
07 February 2014 The Sun (Nigeria) Army moves against terrorism in Lagos
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
06 February 2014 The Nation (Nigeria) We must win Boko Haram war'
26 June 2015 The Nation (Nigeria) Nigeria deploys 700 soldiers to Liberia
01 March 2016 Nigerian Army SOUTH EAST GOVERNORS EXTOL ARMY FOR MAKING REGION INVESTORS’ SAFE HAVEN
20 February 2014 Daily Trust Insurgency: Nigeria at war —GOC warns
15 December 2015 Daily Trust We Arrested Zakzaky, Wife - Army
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
30 July 2015 Premium Times Major shake-up in Nigerian Army, 334 top officers redeployed
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
31 March 2014 This Day A Hero's Welcome for Ihejirika
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
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
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
04 December 2010 Vanguard Army Promotions: Minimah, Kwaji, Muraina, Marwa now Major-Generals
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
16 February 2012 Vanguard Boko Haram - Massive Shake-Up in the Army
27 May 2012 Vanguard Army is combat-ready for terrorists – COAS
02 July 2012 Vanguard 3 killed, one arrested as JTF, terrorists clash in Damaturu
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
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
15 January 2016 Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Anti-Graft War: EFCC Seeks Army Support
18 November 2015 The Guardian (Nigeria) MASSOB counters Buhari, sure of UN referendum on Biafra
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
23 August 2015 Daily Trust Army redeploys GOCs, 329 officers
08 March 2011 P.M. News Defence HQ Launch Skills Acquisition In Barracks
06 September 2013 Premium Times Nigeria to deploy 700 soldiers for Peace Keeping Operations in Liberia- Army
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
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
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