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Vanguard News Profiles of Nigeria’s new Service Chiefs On By Evelyn Usman After many years of outcry from citizens to sack service chiefs over worsening insecurity across the nation, Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday in an unprecedented move accepted the immediate resignation of the Service Chiefs, and their retirement from service while naming new officers to take over. Chief of Defence Staff Major General Leo Irabor The new Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Leo Irabor, w...

Share The new Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Leo Irabor, with Army number 8370, was born on October 5, 1965. He is from Ika South of Delta State and he is a member of regular course 34 of the Nigerian Defence Academy. He was once the Theatre Commander of the Operation Lafiya Dole and later took over as the Commander, Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) before he was on Tuesday named the Chief of Defence Staff. Major General Ibrahim Attahiru, the new Chief of Army Staff, with Army Num...

ADVERTISEMENT President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday appointed Lucky Irabor, an army major-general, as the new Chief of Defence Staff, following the resignation of the former service chiefs. The position of Defence Chief is usually occupied by a four-star general. President Buhari made the surprise announcement after years of defending his refusal to change the service chiefs he appointed in 2015 and who had long passed the public service retirement age. Nigerians had blamed the reverses suffere...

New Service Chiefs: Ohanaeze faction lauds Buhari over appointment of Delta-born Leo Irabor Published The Engr Chidi Ibeh-led faction of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has hailed President Muhammadu Buhari for appointing Delta-born Leo Irabor has the new Chief of Defence Staff. Maj. Gen Leo Irabor, a member of the Regular Course 34 of the Nigeria Defence Academy, NDA, replaces General Abayomi Olonisakin Irabor once served as the theatre Commander Operation Lafiya Dole and headed the MultiNational Joint Task ...

7563 Tribune News Service Chandigarh, December 12 For the third time this year, a cadet from Punjab has bagged the prestigious Sword of Honour for being adjudged as the overall best during pre-commission training in an Army institution. Hails from Ludhiana Lt Watandeep S Sidhu awarded Sword of Honour at the passing out parade at IMA, Dehradun, on Dec 12 The honour was bestowed on Lt Akashdeep Singh Dhillion from Tarn Taran in June It was bestowed on Lt Harpreet Singh from Rupnagar at the OTA, C...

Chandigarh, December 12 For the third time this year, a cadet from Punjab has bagged the prestigious Sword of Honour for being adjudged as overall best cadet of his batch during pre-commission training in an Army institution. The Sword of Honour for the Autumn Term, 2020, was awarded to Lt Watandeep Singh Sidhu during the Passing out Parade (PoP) held at the Indian Military Academy (IMA), Dehradun, on Saturday. He has opted for the elite Parachute Regiment. Sidhu, who held the rank of Academy C...