Chief of Defence Staff, Major General, Commander of Defence Headquarters (Military) [+]
Unit | Rank | Role | Official Title | First Cited Date | Last Cited Date |
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Defence Headquarters [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | Chief of Defence Staff [+] | 29 January 2021 [+] | |
Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | Chief of Defence Staff [+] | 29 January 2021 [+] | |
Armed Forces Council [+] | Major General [+] | Chief of Defence Staff [+] | 29 January 2021 [+] | ||
Multinational Joint Task Force [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | Force Commander [+] | 30 May 2017 [+] | |
Operation Lafiya Dole [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | Theatre Commander [+] | 17 March 2016 [+] | 29 May 2017 [+] |
Operation Lafiya Dole [+] | Major General [+] | Deputy Theatre Commander [+] | 18 December 2015 [+] | 16 March 2016 [+] | |
Operation Lafiya Dole [+] | Land Component Commander [+] | ||||
Military Observer Group [+] | |||||
United Nations Mission in Liberia [+] | |||||
United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone [+] | |||||
53 Division Signals [+] | Commander [+] | ||||
Nigerian Army [+] | Principal Staff Officer to the Chief of Army Staff [+] | ||||
Nigerian Army [+] | Coordinator Nigerian Army Aviation [+] |
Name | Rank | Role | Unit | Start of overlap | End of overlap | Duration of overlap |
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Owoye Andrew Azazi [+] | General [+] | Commander [+] | Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Abayomi Gabriel Olonisakin [+] | General [+] | Commander [+] | Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Oluseyin Petinrin [+] | Air Marshal [+] | Commander [+] | Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Paul Dike [+] | Air Marshal [+] | Commander [+] | Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Ola Sa'ad Ibrahim [+] | Admiral [+] | Commander [+] | Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Alex Sabunduh Badeh [+] | Air Chief Marshal [+] | Commander [+] | Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Martin Luther Agwai [+] | Lieutenant General [+] | Commander [+] | Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Azubuike Onyeabo Ihejirika [+] | Lieutenant General [+] | Commander [+] | Nigerian Army [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Ibrahim Manu Yusuf [+] | Major General [+] | Chief of Operations [+] | Nigerian Army [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Luka Yusuf [+] | Lieutenant General [+] | Commander [+] | Nigerian Army [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Tukur Yusufu Buratai [+] | Lieutenant General [+] | Commander [+] | Nigerian Army [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Abayomi Gabriel Olonisakin [+] | General [+] | Commander [+] | Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria [+] | 13 July 2015 [+] | Unknown | Unknown |
Saleh Maina [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 3 Armoured Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Isiaku Dikko [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 3 Armoured Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
John Zaruwa [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 3 Armoured Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Fatai Oladipo Alli [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 3 Armoured Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Olakunle Akinyemi [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 3 Armoured Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Ebiobowei Bonna Awala [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 3 Armoured Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Sunday Idoko [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 3 Armoured Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Mohammed Sani Ali [+] | Brigadier General [+] | Commander [+] | 3 Armoured Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
E Archibong [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 3 Armoured Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
TS Akande [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 3 Armoured Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Jack Okechukwu Nwaogbo [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 3 Armoured Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Danmadami Diaji [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 3 Armoured Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Joseph Owonibi [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 3 Armoured Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Charles Ufoma Macaulay [+] | Lieutenant Colonel [+] | Operations Commander [+] | 3 Armoured Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Benjamin Ahanotu (3 Armoured Division) [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 3 Armoured Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Adamu Marwa [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 3 Armoured Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Joseph Oshanupin [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 3 Armoured Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Hassan Umoru [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 3 Armoured Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Name | Rank | Role | Unit | Start of overlap | End of overlap | Duration of overlap |
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Owoye Andrew Azazi [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 1 Mechanised Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Kamaldeen Role [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 1 Mechanised Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Adeniyi Oyabade [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 1 Mechanised Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Joseph Shoboiki [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 1 Mechanised Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Garba Ayodele Wahab [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 1 Mechanised Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Moses Obi [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 1 Mechanised Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Lawrence Jokotola [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 1 Mechanised Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
SA Asemota [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 1 Mechanised Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
DRA Ndefo [+] | Brigadier General [+] | Commander [+] | 1 Mechanised Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
DRA Ndefo [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 1 Mechanised Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Kenneth Osuji [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 1 Mechanised Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
AN Bamalli [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 2 Mechanised Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
OE Okon [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 2 Mechanised Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Bello Danbazau [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 2 Mechanised Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Mohammed Abubakar [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 2 Mechanised Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Ahmed Tijani Jibrin [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 2 Mechanised Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Mohammed Sani Saleh [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 2 Mechanised Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Isaac Obiakor [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 2 Mechanised Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Emmanuel Abejirin [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 2 Mechanised Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
DRA Ndefo [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 2 Mechanised Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Sanusi Nasir Muazu [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 2 Mechanised Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Lawrence Ngubane [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 2 Mechanised Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Saleh Maina [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 3 Armoured Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Isiaku Dikko [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 3 Armoured Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
John Zaruwa [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 3 Armoured Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Fatai Oladipo Alli [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 3 Armoured Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Olakunle Akinyemi [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 3 Armoured Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Ebiobowei Bonna Awala [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 3 Armoured Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Sunday Idoko [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 3 Armoured Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Mohammed Sani Ali [+] | Brigadier General [+] | Commander [+] | 3 Armoured Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
E Archibong [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 3 Armoured Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
TS Akande [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 3 Armoured Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Jack Okechukwu Nwaogbo [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 3 Armoured Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Danmadami Diaji [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 3 Armoured Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Joseph Owonibi [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 3 Armoured Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Charles Ufoma Macaulay [+] | Lieutenant Colonel [+] | Operations Commander [+] | 3 Armoured Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Benjamin Ahanotu (3 Armoured Division) [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 3 Armoured Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Adamu Marwa [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 3 Armoured Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Joseph Oshanupin [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 3 Armoured Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Hassan Umoru [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 3 Armoured Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Kasimu Abdulkarim [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 6 Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Musa Yusuf [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 6 Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Enobong Okon Udoh [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 6 Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Lamidi Adeosun [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 7 Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Victor Okwudili Ezugwu [+] | Brigadier General [+] | Commander [+] | 7 Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Victor Okwudili Ezugwu [+] | Brigadier General [+] | Commander [+] | 7 Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Ahmadu Mohammed [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 7 Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
MY Ibrahim [+] | Brigadier General [+] | Commander [+] | 7 Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Abdulmalik Bulama Biu [+] | Brigadier General [+] | Commander [+] | 7 Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Unsaid Bindawa [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 7 Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Obida T. Ethnan [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 7 Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Stephenson Olabanji [+] | Brigadier General [+] | Commander [+] | 8 Task Force Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Tanko Abdu [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 81 Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Azubuike Onyeabo Ihejirika [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 81 Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Nsikak Edet [+] | Brigadier General [+] | Chief of Staff [+] | 81 Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Obi Abel Umahi [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 81 Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Godwin Ahamefuna Umelo [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 81 Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Tamunomieibi I. Dibi [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 81 Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Johnson Irefin [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 81 Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Lawrence Fejokwu (81 Division) [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 81 Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Samaila Iliya [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 81 Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Enobong Okon Udoh [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 81 Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Emeka CG Nwanguna [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 81 Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Kenneth Tobia Minimah [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 81 Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
AA Mshelbwalla [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 81 Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Bashiru Jinadu [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 82 Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Mohammad Danhanne Issa [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 82 Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
R Adeshina [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 82 Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Shehu Yusuf [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 82 Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Sakin-Yaki Bello [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 82 Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Adebayor Olanniyi [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 82 Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Sunday Idoko [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 82 Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Ibrahim Attahiru [+] | Brigadier General [+] | Commander [+] | 82 Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Ibrahim Attahiru [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 82 Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Abdul Hafeez Adewuyi [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 82 Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Adamu T. Ibrahim [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 82 Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Oluwaseun Olayinka Oshinowo [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 82 Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Adamu Baba Abubakar [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | 82 Division [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Texas Chukwu [+] | Brigadier General [+] | Commander [+] | Directorate of Army Public Relations [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Dahiru Abdulsalam [+] | Colonel [+] | Commander [+] | Joint Task Force Operation Restore Order III [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Owoye Andrew Azazi [+] | Lieutenant General [+] | Commander [+] | Nigerian Army Headquarters [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Azubuike Onyeabo Ihejirika [+] | Lieutenant General [+] | Commander [+] | Nigerian Army Headquarters [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Abdulrahman Danbazzau [+] | Lieutenant General [+] | Commander [+] | Nigerian Army Headquarters [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Luka Yusuf [+] | Lieutenant General [+] | Commander [+] | Nigerian Army Headquarters [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Tukur Yusufu Buratai [+] | Lieutenant General [+] | Commander [+] | Nigerian Army Headquarters [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Kenneth Tobia Minimah [+] | Lieutenant General [+] | Commander [+] | Nigerian Army Headquarters [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Martin Luther Agwai [+] | Lieutenant General [+] | Commander [+] | Nigerian Army Headquarters [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Yusha'u Mahmood Abubakar [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | Operation Lafiya Dole [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Ibrahim Attahiru [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | Operation Lafiya Dole [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Hassan Umoru [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | Operation Lafiya Dole [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Lamidi Adeosun [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | Operation Zaman Lafiya [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Ahmadu Mohammed [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | Operation Zaman Lafiya [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
MY Ibrahim [+] | Brigadier General [+] | Commander [+] | Operation Zaman Lafiya [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Unsaid Bindawa [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | Operation Zaman Lafiya [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Obida T. Ethnan [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | Operation Zaman Lafiya [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Ibrahim Hassan Ndaliman [+] | Brigadier General [+] | Commander [+] | 21 Armoured Brigade [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
R.O. Bamigboye [+] | Brigadier General [+] | Commander [+] | 21 Armoured Brigade [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Muhammed Idris Yusuf [+] | Colonel [+] | Commander [+] | 21 Armoured Brigade [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Adama Garba Laka [+] | Brigadier General [+] | Commander [+] | 21 Armoured Brigade [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Mohammed Sani Ali [+] | Brigadier General [+] | Commander [+] | 21 Armoured Brigade [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Tanko Y. Gaiya [+] | Brigadier General [+] | Commander [+] | 21 Armoured Brigade [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Kawoji Alhaji Sayuti Yahaya [+] | Brigadier General [+] | Commander [+] | 21 Armoured Brigade [+] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Ibrahim Manu Yusuf [+] | Major General [+] | Commander [+] | Multinational Joint Task Force [+] | 19 November 2019 [+] | Unknown | Unknown |
Ibrahim Manu Yusuf [+] | Major General [+] | Chief of Operations [+] | Nigerian Army [+] | 19 March 2021 [+] | Unknown | Unknown |
Publication Date | Publisher | Publication Title | Access Date | Archive Link |
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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 | ||
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 |