Lagbaja wittingly registered his name as an inspiration before he took a bow through his actions and inactions as a soldier, ...

The Chicago Bears invited the U.S. Armed Forces to Chicago, providing live music by the U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne Division ...

The Bears are honored to celebrate Salute to Service, a dedicated time to recognize and pay tribute to the courageous men and women who have served or are currently serving our country. Salute to Serv ...

Soldiers from the 207th Military Intelligence Brigade (Theater) recently earned the Army’s top maintenance award as they ...

FILE - Nigeria Chief of Army Staff Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja salutes during a funeral ceremony for officers in Abuja, Nigeria, Wednesday, March 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Olamikan Gbemiga, File ...

ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigeria’s army chief who led soldiers through a critical period in the fight against Islamic extremists in the West African nation’s hard-hit northeast has died, President ...

President Bola Tinubu, yesterday, promoted the acting Chief of Army Staff, Major General Olufemi Olatubosun Oluyede, to the rank of Lieutenant General at a ceremony held at the Presidential Villa ...

Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja, has passed on at the age of 56 years. Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu, on X, on Wednesday, said Lagbaja died on ...

The Chief of Army Staff, Taoreed Lagbaja, is dead. He was 56. Mr Lagbaja, a lieutenant general, died in Lagos after a brief illness, presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga wrote in a Wednesday ...

Born on February 28, 1968, Lt. General Lagbaja was appointed Chief of Army Staff on June 19, 2023, by President Tinubu. His distinguished military career began when he enrolled in the Nigerian ...

Chief of army staff is the highest-ranking military officer in the Nigerian army. Gen Lagbaja was appointed to the position in June 2023, not long after President Tinubu took office. He was often ...