The body of the late Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has arrived in Abuja ahead of his burial, scheduled ...

The Commander of the 6 Brigade, Brigadier Kingsley Uwa, has pledged the Nigerian Army’s unwavering commitment to maintaining ...

embarked on his military journey at the Nigerian Defence Academy in 1987, graduating as a Second Lieutenant in the Infantry Corps by 1992. Appointed Chief of Army Staff in June 2023, Lagbaja’s ...

Top military officers are jostling for the position of Nigeria's Chief of Army Staff as Lieutenant General Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja, the current incumbent, deals with an undisclosed health issue ...

The Nigerian Army on Sunday reacted to reports claiming that the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, is dead. An X user, Jackson Ude, had claimed that Labaja died of cancer in an ...

The Nigerian Army has refuted reports that the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, is dead. Several reports on Sunday announced that the Army chief had died of cancer. An X post by a ...

The Nigerian Defence Headquarters, DHQ, has disclosed that ailing Chief of Army Staff, Taoreed Lagbaja spoke with the Chief of Defence Staff, Christopher Musa. This was disclosed in a statement ...

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, yesterday ... Onyema Nwachukwu, dispelled insinuation that the Nigerian Army was running on auto pilot since the COAS left the country for ...

Nigeria's army chief General Taoreed Lagbaja has died after a "period of illness" aged 56, President Bola Tinubu has ...

General Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja, Chief of the Army Staff, at age 56. “President Tinubu expresses his heartfelt condolences to the family and the Nigerian Armed Forces during this difficult time.

President Tinubu reinforces his administration’s regional alliances by appointing Lt. General Femi Oluyede, a fellow Yoruba, as chief of army staff. Femi Oluyede’s appointment by Nigerian President ...