Chief of Army Staff (CoAS)

July 13, (THEWILL) - The Chief of Army Staff, Maj. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has directed troops to assert control over regions where the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) imposed a sit-at-home order in the South-East states. The order followed the...

June 24, (THEWILL) - The Nigerian Army, on Saturday, pulled out of service, the immediate past Chief of Army Staff (COAS), retired Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, following the change of leadership of the Armed Forces of Nigeria, by President Bola...

May 16, (THEWILL) - The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Gen. Faruk Yahaya, has said the defeat of insurgency, banditry and other acts of criminality, remained his top priority. Yahaya, who was represented by the Commander, Operation Whirl Stroke, Maj....

October 07, (THEWILL) - The District Head of Sifawa in Bodinga local government of Sokoto state, HRH Muhammadu Buhari Tambari, has applauded President Muhammadu Buhari, for the award of national honours of CFR, to the Chief of Army Staff,...

September 13, (THEWILL) - The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya, has charged formation commanders and principal staff officers to ensure the tempo of all their operations across the country is sustained. Yahaya said the Army remains determined...

June 15, (THEWILL)- The House of Representatives’ Committees on Army and Defence has screened President Muhammadu Buhari’s nominee for the position of Chief of Army Staff, Major General Farouk Yahaya. The screening took place on Tuesday behind closed doors in the...

BEVERLY HILLS, May 01, (THEWILL) – The counter-insurgency Operation Lafiya Dole in the North East has been renamed Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) by the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru. Hadin Kai is a Hausa phrase which literally means...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 23, (THEWILL) – Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. -Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, has said that the Army will soon move against separatist agitators such as Sunday Igboho and Asari Dokubo. Attahiru’s warning was delivered in Uyo at...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 22, (THEWILL) – The Chief of Army Staff (CoAS), Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru, and the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, have been summoned to appear before an ad-hoc committee of the House...