COAS
14 Jan
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, said the Nigerian Army would continue to consult retired senior officers of the Nigerian Army Finance Corps (NAFC), even after their disengagement from active service.
30 Dec
In a momentous event on Friday, December 29, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, previously at the helm of the Joint Task Force (JTF) Operation Whirl Punch, decorated the former Air Component Commander of Operation Whirl Punch, Air Commodore Dogari Apyeyak. While Lagbaja has since been appointed as the COAS, Apyeyak…
27 Dec
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, yesterday, said that more than 50,000 soldiers are currently involved in several peacekeeping operations nationwide.
28 Oct
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, has directed that all personnel and their families be enrolled in the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) under the Cantonment Medical Reception Station..
5 Oct
Governor of Taraba State, Dr. Agbu Kefas, has requested a battalion from the Nigerian Army to secure ungoverned spaces in the state. According to Kefas, the support of the army was needed to dominate ungoverned spaces in the state to combat security threats they posed to Taraba residents.
24 Aug 2023
The resolution was reached today, when the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja received in audience, the United Kingdom (UK) Minister of State for Armed Forces and Veterans, Mr James Steven Heappey and his entourage at the Army Headquarters, Abuja.
24 Aug 2023
Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, has tasked troops of the Nigerian Army (NA) to rejuvenate the fighting spirit and imbibe military ethos of discipline and regimentation that creates cohesion and bond for the conduct of efficient military operations.
29 Jun 2023
Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Major General Taoreed Lagbaja, has expressed appreciation to troops of the Nigerian Army (NA) for their commitment in combating security challenges across the country.
7 Jun 2023
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, says the Nigerian Army must continue to draw lessons from the Nigerian Civil War in tackling contemporary security challenges bedeviling the nation.
10 Apr 2023
An angry mob, on Monday, stoned a 35-year-old man to death for allegedly killing two persons and injuring six others in an accident at Ijoka road, Akure, Ondo State capital.
The Spokesperson for the police command in Ondo State, SP Olufunmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, confirmed the incident to newsmen.
28 Mar 2023
As part of a joint effort to cascade enlightenment on the dangers of human trafficking and violence against persons to the grassroots, the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, (NAPTIP), and the Chief of Army Staff have agreed to set up Anti-Human Trafficking and Violence Against Persons Vanguards in all Military Secondary…