PRESIDENT BUHARI APPOINTS NEW CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF

The Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President  Mohammadu Buhari has appointed Major General Farouk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff. 

According to Brig. Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, Acting Director Defence Information, prior to his appointment, Major General Yahaya was the General Officer Commanding 1 Division of the Nigerian Army and the incumbent Theatre Commander of the Counter terrorism Counter Insurgency Military outfit in the North East code named  Operation HADIN KAI.