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Chief Of Army Staff (Nigeria)
The chief of army staff (COAS) has been the title of the professional head of the Nigerian Army since 1966. Prior to 1966, the title was General Officer Commanding, Nigerian Army (GOCNA). Since 1980, the post has been immediately subordinate to the chief of defence staff, the post held by the head of the Nigerian Armed Forces. The position is often occupied by the most senior officer appointed by the president. The current chief of army staff is Lieutenant General Olufemi Oluyede, who succeeded Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, who died in office in November 2024. Role In the chain of command, the chief of army staff reports to the chief of defence staff, who in turn reports to the defence minister, accountable to the president of Nigeria. The statutory duty of the officer is to formulate and execute policies towards the highest attainment of national security and operational competence of the Nigerian Army. Chiefs of the Nigerian Army Following is a chronological list ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lieutenant General (Nigeria)
Lieutenant general (Lt Gen), is the second-highest rank of the Nigerian Army and generally it is the highest active rank as the Nigerian army do not have any appointment in the rank of General (Nigeria), full general but in the case of the appointment of Chief of Defence Staff (Nigeria), Chief of Defence Staff, the rank of full general is given (if the chief is appointed from the army and not from the navy or the air force). It is the equivalent of a multinational three-star rank. The rank of lieutenant general is usually held by the Chief of Army Staff (Nigeria), Chief of Army Staff. Lieutenant general is a superior rank to Major-general (Nigeria), major general, but subordinate to a General (Nigeria), (full) general. The rank has a NATO rank code of OF-8, equivalent to a Vice-admiral (Nigerian Navy), vice-admiral in the Nigerian Navy and an air marshal in the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) and the air forces of many Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth countries. The rank insi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Ejoor
David Akpode Ejoor RCDS, PSC, (10 January 1932 – 10 February 2019) was a Nigerian military officer who served as Chief of Army Staff (COAS). Career Early in Ejoor's career, he commanded the guard at the flag-raising ceremony at midnight on Nigerian Independence Day. Ejoor later claimed that then-Lieutenant Colonel Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu had approached him and future military Head of State Yakubu Gowon to discuss a coup plot amid the 1964 election crisis. On the week before the January 1966 coup d'état, Ejoor — who had recently succeeded Adekunle Fajuyi as commander of the Enugu-based 1st Battalion — was in Lagos attending a brigade conference along with many other senior officers. On the night of 14 January, many of these officers (including Ejoor and several coup plotters) went to a party celebrating Brigadier Zakariya Maimalari's marriage. Afterwards, Ejoor returned to his Ikoyi hotel, waking up the next morning to spent shell casings and bloodstains on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Ogomudia
Alexander Odeareduo Ogomudia (born 29 December 1949) is a retired Nigerian army General (Nigeria), general who served as Chief of the Defence Staff (Nigeria), Chief of Defence Staff of Nigeria from 2003 to 2006 and Chief of Army Staff (Nigeria), Chief of Army Staff from 2001 to 2003. Biography The Nigerian Army officially described the four star Service Chief as "General" Alexander Odeareduo Ogomudia who was born on 29 December 1949, at Uzere in Isoko South Local Government Area in Delta State of Nigeria. After his Primary and Secondary Education he opted to serve in the military. He joined the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) as a cadet on 13 October 1969. At the successful completion of his cadet training, he was commissioned on 11 March 1972 into the Nigerian Army Signal in the rank of Second Lieutenant with effect from 13 October 1969. He is of NDA 7th Regular Course. Second Lieutenant AO Ogomudia's first point of duty after commission was General Staff Officer Grade 3 Operat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Malu
Victor Samuel Leonard Malu (15 January 1947 – 9 October 2017) DSS mni fwc psc was Nigeria's Chief of Army Staff (COAS) from 1999 to 2001 and Force Commander of the ECOMOG peace-keeping force in Liberia from 1996 to 1998. Birth and education Malu was born on 15 January 1947 at Katsina-Ala, Benue State of Tiv origins. He enrolled in the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna in 1967 as part of the 3rd Regular Course and was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant enlisted upon graduation in 1970. Other officers in the NDA 3rd Regular Course included Senator and retired Brig-Gen. David Mark, Gen. Tunde Ogbeha, Gen.Raji Rasaki, Gen. Chris Garuba, Gen. Abdulkareem Adisa, Brig-Gen. Halilu Akilu, Adm. Mike Akhigbe and Gen. Tunji Olurin. Later he attended Command and Staff College, Jaji and the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru, Jos. Military career At the time of the February 1976 coup when General Olusegun Obasanjo took power, Malu was chief instructor of the Ni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ishaya Bamaiyi
Ishaya Rizi Bamaiyi, (born 21 September 1949) is a retired Nigerian Army lieutenant general who served as Chief of Army Staff from 1996 to 1999 during the military regime of Generals Sani Abacha and Abdulsalami Abubakar. His older brother was Major General Musa Bamaiyi, former Head of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Background and education He was born in Kebbi State, Northwestern Nigeria. He was Short serviced commissioned into the Nigerian Army infantry Corps in 1968 as a member of SSC 4 he attended the following courses: * Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna, 1968 * Young Officers infantry Course 1971 * Advanced Infantry Company Commanders Course, UK, 1976 * Command and General Staff College, United States 1981-82 * International Management Course, USA, 1986 * Snr. Executive Course, National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru, Jos. 1992 Military career General Bamaiyi prior to becoming the Chief of Army Staff held the following posts: * Ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alwali Kazir
Alwali Jauji Kazir CFR (born 2 August 1947) is a retired Nigerian Army Major General who was Military Governor of Kwara State, Nigeria from December 1989 to January 1992 during the military regime of Major General Ibrahim Babangida. And then Chief of Army Staff from August 1994 to March 1996 during General Sani Abacha’s regime. Early life Kazir was born in Kazir Village, Jakusko L.G.A in present-day Yobe State. He attended Amshi Primary School between 1955 and 1957 and Gashua Central Primary School in 1958. Military career As a brigadier general, he was the director of army faculty at the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji in 1992. After the sudden dismissal of Major General Chris Alli as the Chief of Army Staff, Alwali Kazir then the GOC 1 Division was promoted major general and made Chief of Army Staff serving from August 1994 to March 1996 during the regime of General Sani Abacha. Alwali Kazir retired in 1996. Tenure Alwali J. Kazir was known for his focus on r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Alli
Mohammed Chris Alli (25 December 1944 – 19 November 2023) was a Nigerian Army major general who served as Chief of Army Staff from 1993 to 1994 under General Sani Abacha's regime and was military governor of Plateau State Nigeria from August 1985 to 1986 during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida. Many years later, he was appointed interim administrator of the state during a 2004 crisis in the state following ethno-religious killings in Shendam, Yelwa Local Government. Military career On 13 February 1976, army coup plotters assassinated the then head of state, General Murtala Mohammed. Alli was investigated for involvement in the coup attempt, but was exonerated. General Ibrahim Babangida appointed Alli military governor of Plateau State from August 1985 to 1986. During the attempted coup against General Ibrahim Babangida by Major Gideon Orkar on 22 April 1990, Colonel Alli was commander of the 3rd Infantry Brigade in Kano. He instructed several army co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aliyu Mohammed Gusau
Aliyu Mohammed Gusau (born 18 May 1943) is a Nigerian general and statesman. He has held several high level national security, military and intelligence offices, and has participated in several military coups, playing a central role in founding the Fourth Nigerian Republic. He was most recently the Minister of Defence, and has served as National Security Adviser to three presidents; he was also the Chief of Army Staff during Ernest Shonekan and briefly Sani Abacha's regime, headed different intelligence agencies, and was commandant of the Nigerian Defence Academy. Early life Aliyu Mohammed was born on 18 May 1943 in Gusau, Zamfara State. The army added his birthplace to his name, making "Aliyu Mohammed Gusau", to distinguish him from another General, Aliyu Mohammed. Although Aliyu does not himself use Gusau in his name, it has been widely adopted by the media. Military career In 1964, he enrolled as an officer cadet at the Nigerian Defence Academy and was commissioned thr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salihu Ibrahim
Salihu Ibrahim FSS, FHWC (25 June 1935 – 10 December 2018) was a Nigerian army general who was Chief of Army Staff from August 1990 until September 1993 during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida. Biography Ibrahim joined the army in 1956. He was given officer's training at the Nigerian Military Training College. He became a respected Armored Corps officer, considered apolitical although he served as a member of Major-General Muhammadu Buhari's Supreme Military Council (1984-1985). He was briefly arrested in August 1985, during the coup in which Ibrahim Babangida took over from Buhari. Later he became a member of Babangida's Armed Forces Ruling Council. He was appointed Commandant of the Nigeria Defence Academy (1988 - 1990). In August 1990, General Sani Abacha, then Chief of Army staff (COAS) ceded this job to Ibrahim, while remaining Chairman Joint Chiefs and becoming Minister of Defence. Ibrahim was unable to assert much authority, with Abacha even refusing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sani Abacha
Sani Abacha (; (20 September 1943 – 8 June 1998) was a Nigerian military dictator and statesman who ruled Nigeria with an iron fist as military head of state from 1993 following a palace coup d'état until his death in 1998. Abacha's seizure of power was the last successful coup d'état in Nigerian military history. He wielded power with an unyielding attitude and his rule heralded an unprecedented total disregard for human rights with several political assassinations and summary executions of dissidents and political opponents in Nigeria. His rule drew disrepute to the country with Nigeria becoming a pariah state in international relations particularly with regards to the execution of environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa. Sani Abacha was considered one of the twentieth century's most corrupt dictators and as a kleptocrat for the alleged embezzlement of US$2–5 billion. Abacha, and his family, allegedly hid most of the loot abroad in Switzerland, as well as in ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ibrahim Babangida
Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (born 17 August 1941) is a Nigerian statesman and military dictator who ruled as military president of Nigeria from 1985 when he orchestrated a coup d'état against his military and political arch-rival Muhammadu Buhari, until his resignation in 1993 as a result of the crisis of the Third Republic. He rose through the ranks of the Nigerian Army fighting in the Nigerian Civil War and at various times being involved in almost all the military coups in Nigeria, before advancing to the rank of a General and ultimately as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces; and as an unelected President and military dictator from 1985 to 1993, ruling for an uninterrupted period of eight years. His years in power, colloquially known as the ''Babangida Era'', are considered one of the most controversial in Nigerian political and military history, being characterized by a burgeoning political culture of corruption in Nigeria, with Babangida and his regime estimate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inua Wushishi
Mohammed Inuwa Wushishi (1 January 1940 – 4 December 2021) was a Nigerian army lieutenant general who served as Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Nigeria from October 1981 to October 1983 during the Nigerian Second Republic. Inuwa Wushishi was born in Wushishi, North Nigeria, and was a Nupe Muslim from Niger State. Army career Wushishi joined the army on 21 April 1961, and attended the Nigerian Military Training College, Kaduna, and then the Mons Officer Cadet School, Aldershot in the United Kingdom. Kazaure Technical School. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant on 12 January 1962. He later attended the United States War College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Wushishi served as a member of the United Nations Peace Keeping force in Congo in the early 1960s. He was appointed Deputy Commandant, Army School of Infantry in July 1975. He served as Federal Commissioner for Industries (January 1975 – March 1976) and was a member of the Supreme Military Council from 1976 to 1978. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
