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Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has named Major-General Farouk Yahaya as the new chief of army staff. Major General Yahaya, will replace the deceased Attahiru Ibrahim with immediate effect. Prior to this appointment, Major-General Yahaya was the Military Secretary, General Officer Commanding 1 Division of the Nigerian Army in Kaduna and the current theatre commander of Operation Lafia Dole in the North East, Nigeria  Yahaya’s appointment comes six days after his predecessor Lt General Ibrahim Attahiru and ten other military personnel died in an air crash while on an official trip to Kaduna State. The military beliefs there must not be vacuum no matter what. 

Major General Ali Keffi has been appointed the acting Chief of Army Staff. Valid News gathered that he is a member of 38 Regular Course of the Nigerian Defense Academy of Mogadishu Battalion in the Academy before completing his cadet training at Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst in United Kingdom.  He is also an alumnus of Bangladesh Defence College. He is the current GOC 1 Division Kaduna, of the Nigerian Army. More details to follow 

  By Kebonkwu Esq The Chief of Army Staff, General Attahiru Ibrahim was lured to their lair in the National Assembly chambers and brought within  killing range in  what apparently  appears to be an innocuous summon or invitation from members of the House Ad hoc Committee on Arms and Ammunition Control.  They baited him; and he swallowed the bait and the line with a dignified poise. Rather than go into the business of the day which we understand was explanation of purchases of arms and ammo during the tenure of his predecessor, the committee members demanded apologies from the General for not coming before the committee at an earlier invitation.   The General, who had explained the reasons for his inability to come earlier retorted in a calibrated language that he felt that an explanation was as good as an apology in the circumstances. The committee members who would not take such insolence were enraged and livid with wild anger and outburst.  T...