The late Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Taoreed Lagbaja has been laid to rest in Abuja, amid tears and tributes, ending an illustrious military career that spanned decades. The internment took place at the National Cemetery in the nation’s capital marking an end to two days of funeral rites that began in Lagos earlier in the week. His body …

The military high command, on Thursday, paid last respect to the late Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Taoreed Lagbaja, who died on Tuesday, 5 November, after a brief illness. Lagbja’s corpse departed for Abuja on Thursday morning shortly after top military personnel and other dignitaries, including the Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, and other dignitaries paid …

The National Security Adviser (NSA), Malam Nuhu Ribadu, on Wednesday, November 13, 2024, paid a condolence visit to the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa, and the Acting Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, at the Defence and Army Headquarters in Abuja following the passing of Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, who died on Tuesday, 9 …

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has declared a three-day mourning period in the state, beginning on Thursday, in honour of the late Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Taoreed Lagbaja. The death of Lagbaja, an indigene of Ilobu, Osun State, was announced in an X post on Tuesday by the President’s spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga. Adeleke also directed that flags be …

Following the death of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun has ordered officers and men of the Nigeria Police Force to wear black band throughout the seven-day mourning period. According to a statement by the Force spokesperson, Assistant Commissioner Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the directive is to pay tribute and honour the General. The …

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Taoreed Lagbaja has ordered a probe into the death of a hotel manager in Abia State, Achimugu James Etubi. Some personnel of the Nigerian Army were said to have brutally tortured Etubi which resulted in his death. This was after a Nigerian Air Force cadet, Emmanuel Onyemereche reportedly drowned in the hotel’s swimming …

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt-General Taoreed Lagbaja has said that the insecurity currently bedeviling the South East region will end soon. The Army and other security agencies, he said, are working round the clock to address the insecurity in the region. Lagbaja, represented by the Deputy Director Operations Army Headquarters, Brigadier General Gabriel Olufemi Esho, stated this on Thursday …