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The newly appointed Chief of Army Staff, Maj.-Gen. Farouk Yahaya, has on Friday assumed the leadership of the Nigerian Army as the 22nd Chief of Army Staff.

x Yahaya, a major general, will replace the deceased Attahiru Ibrahim with immediate effect. The appointment comes six days after Attahiru and ten other military personnel died in an air crash while on an official trip to Kaduna State. As Yahaya begins his reign as the leader of Nigerian troops, here are a few things we know about him. The new Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Major General Faruk Yahaya was born on 5 January 1966 in Sifawa, Bodinga Local Government Area of Sokoto state. Yahaya, a member of the 37 Regular Course of the prestigious Nigerian Defenc...

The New Chief of Army Staff The new Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Major General Faruk Yahaya was born on 5 January 1966 in Sifawa, Bodinga Local Government Area of Sokoto state. Maj Gen Yahaya who is a member of the 37 Regular Course of the prestigious Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), started his cadet training on 27 September 1985 and was commissioned into the Nigerian Army Infantry Corps on 22 September 1990. Maj Gen Yahaya has held several appointments including Staff, Instructional and Command. Notable among the appointments held by the new COAS are Garrison Commander Headquarters Guards Bri...

On Thursday, President Muhammadu Buhari appointed Major General Faruk Yahaya as the Chief of Army Staff. Yahaya succeeds General Ibrahim Attahiru who died in an air crash in Kaduna State on Friday. Buhari appoints Maj Gen Farouk Yahaya as Chief of Army Staff BREAKING: Brekete Family to go off air as NBC suspends license of […]

Faruk Yahaya replaces Ibrahim Attahiru, who died on May 21 in a military plane crash in Kaduna while on official assignment.