The President Muhammadu Buhari has met with the new Chief of Army Staff, Major General Farouk Yahaya, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Yahaya met the President with the Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor and the Minister of Defence, Bashir Magashi. The Minister of Defence, Bashir Magashi told State House Correspondents after the meeting that President…
President Mohammadu Buhari has appointed Major General Farouk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff. The appointment comes seven days after former Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru died in a plane crash. Before his latest appointment; Major General Farouk Yahaya was the General Officer Commanding One Division of the Nigerian Army. Major General…