NIGERIA's military high command has dismissed suggestions that about 30 of its major generals will be compulsorily retired from the army following the appointment of Major General Farouk Yahaya as the new chief of army staff.
Last week, President Muhammadu Buhari appointed Major General Yahaya as Nigeria's 22nd chief of army...
AS many as 20 senior military officers are expected to retire over the next month following the naming of Major General Farouk Yahaya as Nigeria's new chief of army staff to replace Lt General Ibrahim Attahiru who died in a plane crash last week.
Yesterday, President Muhammadu Buhari named Major General Yahaya as the new...
NORTHERN Nigerian pressure group the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) has rubbished calls that President Muhammadu Buhari should replaced the recently deceased chief of army staff Lt General Ibrahim Attahiru with a candidate from the southeast.
On Friday, Lt General Attahiru and 10 other military officers were going...
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has pledged that yesterday's death of the chief of army staff Lt General Ibrahim Attahiru and 10 other military officers would not be in vain indicating that the tragedy will spur him to step up the fight against insecurity and terrorism.
Yesterday, Lt General Attahiru and the aides were going...