Army Chief

July 8 (THEWILL) — The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Waidi Shaibu, has sounded a strong warning to newly enlisted soldiers against the unauthorised use of social media, warning that posting operational information, images of military activities, sensitive...

May 26, (THEWILL) – Nigeria's Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Olufemi Oluyede, has commended the local production of combat equipment by an indigenous company for the use of the military in current operation. Lt Gen Oluyede gave...

November 22, (THEWILL) - The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Taoreed Lagbaja, has said the Nigerian Army is better equipped to combat the rising case of insecurity across the nation. Speaking at the Civil-Military Cooperation Media Chat held in...

July 07, (THEWILL) - President Muhammadu Buhari has decorated the newly appointed Chief of Army Staff, Farouk Yahaya, with the new rank of a Lieutenant General. Buhari was assisted by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, and signified the promotion of the former...

June 26, (THEWILL) - The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Major General Faruk Yahaya, has charged troops of Sector 2 Joint Task Force North East Operation HADIN KAI to destroy all Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province terrorists...

June 22, (THEWILL)- The Senate on Tuesday confirmed the appointment of Major General  Farouk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff. The Red Chamber took the decision following the consideration of the report of its joint committee on Defence...

June 16, (THEWILL)- The Nigerian Army has clarified that the new Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Major General Faruk Yahaya, has not spent 36 years in service as widely reported in the media. During his confirmation screening at the National Assembly,...

June 07, (THEWILL)- President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday tasked the Nigerian Armed Forces to end rising insecurity in the country and also collaborate in order to win the battle. The President gave the charge at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on...

BEVERLY HILLS, June 04, (THEWILL) – The Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje, has raised an alarm over the alleged regrouping of bandits in Falgore forest in Kano and pleaded with the military to take urgent action against them...

BEVERLY HILLS, June 01, (THEWILL) – President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Senate to confirm the appointment of Major General Farouk Yahaya, as the Chief of Army Staff. The request was contained in a letter addressed to the Senate President, Ahmad...