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President Muhammadu has written the Senate seeking its confirmation of Maj.-Gen. Farouk Yahaya as Chief of Army Staff (COAS).

Here comes yet another quota-system Chief of Army Staff! We welcome him with little or no enthusiasm.

The appointment of Major General Farouk Yahaya may lead to the forced retirement of up to 25 Generals. Yahaya was appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari

• You’re fuelling tension, ethnic distrust, YCE, Southeast groups blast President • Buhari appoints Mohammed as NAPTIP DG, Abari NOA DG Six days after the tragic death of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant-General Ibrahim Attahiru, in a plane crash in Kaduna State, the Nigerian Army got a new chief, Major-General Farouk Yahaya, following his appointment as the new COAS yesterday by President Muhammadu Buhari. The announcement followed the end of three-day mourning after the Federal Government directed public buildings to fly the national flag at half-mast from Monday in hono...

Punch Newspapers Sections Adelani Adepegba, Solomon Odeniyi, Kayode Oyero and Godwin Isenyo Published 28 May 2021 Adelani Adepegba, Solomon Odeniyi, Kayode Oyero and Godwin Isenyo Published 28 May 2021 The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Thursday appointed Major  General Farouk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff, one week after the demise of the former COAS, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru and 10 others in a plane crash in Kaduna. Until his appointment, Yahaya was the Theatre Commander, Operation Hadin Kai, responsible for counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency operati...